1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) – 1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
The show consisted of him and two designated letter-readers reading viewer letters and responding on air. At the time, FX's gimmick was the FX Apartment, which the hosts of various TV shows (such as Breakfast Time and Sound FX) would use as a set. Also part of this gimmick was a very high level of interaction with viewers via their letters and e-mails, hence the TV show.
Probst has commented that later in the show's run, he and the writers simply made up letters due to a drought of letters, and that none of the audience was ever able to tell the difference. Backchat was ultimately cancelled as the FX Apartment gimmick was dropped and the network shifted into a secondary network for Fox.
backchat, 1995, series, other, uses, back, chat, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, bac. For other uses see Back chat disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Backchat 1995 TV series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Backchat was a half hour television show on FX which ran through the mid 1990s right after the network s inception and was hosted by Jeff Probst 1 BackchatDirected byDavid KalmowitzPresented byJeff ProbstCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionRunning time30 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkFXRelease1 January 1995 1995 01 01 1 January 2007 2007 01 01 The show consisted of him and two designated letter readers reading viewer letters and responding on air At the time FX s gimmick was the FX Apartment which the hosts of various TV shows such as Breakfast Time and Sound FX would use as a set Also part of this gimmick was a very high level of interaction with viewers via their letters and e mails hence the TV show Probst has commented that later in the show s run he and the writers simply made up letters due to a drought of letters and that none of the audience was ever able to tell the difference Backchat was ultimately cancelled as the FX Apartment gimmick was dropped and the network shifted into a secondary network for Fox References edit Backchat TV com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Backchat 1995 TV series amp oldid 1173610580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
