There is indeed an immense competition of survival amongst political talk shows. Critics argue that the programme panders to the (psychological) needs mostly of the lower strata of society but the question is this: should that be taken as the programme’s weakness or strength? Why is the lower section of society not entitled to entertainment? What about the practice of inviting Sheikh Rasheed, a politician, to political talk shows to achieve the ratings target needed to keep the show viable for the television channel? The appearance of Sheikh Rasheed or Faisal Raza Abidi as solo flights may popularise that particular episode of the talk show commercially but not the rest of the episodes. If an anchorperson or a producer wants to know how to make a programme popular amongst the masses, watch Khabarnaak, a comedy-come-satire (late night) show on a private television channel.
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