[TheGregmeister]

Those lifestyle shows are money makers for these stations. Because alot of the segments are paid. Its a dicey grey area because some of the shows are produced and feature some of the employees from the news department. Hardly surprising really. So many stations have added these types of quasi-talk show programmes to their mid morning schedules. John OIiver's programme Last Week Tonight did a programme about them.

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I'm sure most of us here are adults that aren't too easily offended, but that video should perhaps have had text above it for strong language and adult humour. Only in case there maybe some people accessing this forum for whom a video of that particular topical HBO comedy show wouldn't be suitable viewing, or actually are easily offended.