My Talk Show

My Talk Show
Starring	Cynthia Stevenson Stephanie Hodge Debra McGrath David Packer Ron James
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	59
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bob Tischler Andrew Alexander
Running time	22-24 minutes
Production company(s)	SCTV Productions Imagine Entertainment MCA Television
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Syndicated
Original release	1990 – 1991

My Talk Show is a daily comedic parody talk/variety television program that ran in first-run syndication from September 1990 to March 1991 in the United States and Canada. The series was produced by SCTV Productions, Imagine Entertainment and MCA Television.

The series, set in the fictional town of Derby, Wisconsin ("The Hat Capital of the World"), featured a local talk show aptly titled "My Talk Show", which was created by housewife and talk television fan Jennifer Bass, which aired on cable access. The program became a hit with viewers, leading to the series being picked up for syndication. The shows' setting took place in Bass' home with the garage being converted into an area for the studio audience, since the local television station in Bass' home town (possibly Milwaukee, since a channel 65 was circled as the station in the credits that showed a newspaper TV listings that also featured actual TV channels from Madison, Rockford and Chicago) could not accommodate any space for the production, so a satellite van and cameras were bought over to help tape the show for the airing.

However, despite Bass' attempt to host a talk show (attempt being the operative word, and at times awkward to the point that she had to even include the audience to help move things along, like asking an audience member to disregard the introduction paper he was asked to read and just proceed with welcoming the host), she would be interrupted by best friend and next door neighbor Anne Marie Snelling, who also doubled as her sidekick, her brother-in-law Marty Dissler, Bucky Fergus, the town's multi-tasked city employee, her in-house organist (and my old school nurse, as pointed out by Jennifer) Mrs. Battle and other Derby residents, especially when it came to the guests who were scheduled to appear on the show. Midway through the series' run, Bass would be replaced by next door neighbor (and rival) Angela Davenport, who had been jealous of Jennifer hosting a talk show from the beginning, and D.A. Young replaced Mrs. Battle as the house musician. However, Angela also had the same problems as Jennifer when others showed up to disrupt the taping.

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