It will definitely be interesting to see what a man brings to the daytime chat-show world.
Today, the chat-show host is as well known for her generosity as she is for her fame.
As he comes under keener scrutiny from political chat-show hosts and newspaper columnists, his own image may suffer too.
The story, such as it is, moves from Harvey the record collector to Harvey the cancer sufferer to Harvey the chat-show guest.
The chat-show regular who has had high profile relationships with ITV weathergirl Sian Lloyd and one-half of the Cheeky Girls, Gabriela Irimia, lost to Glyn Davies despite defending a majority of more than 7, 000 from 2005.
Moreover, the polyglot Mr Strauss-Kahn, fluent in German, English and Spanish, and with a (third) wife, Anne Sinclair, who until 1997 had her own political chat-show on television, was the perfect man to smooth-talk journalists and placate suspicious foreigners.
And there was little attention paid to his chat show - Meet Ricky Gervais.
Cue the Tories' Annabel Goldie, who, along with Labour MSP Kez Dugdale, embarked on a chat show-like questioning of some of them.
Mr Knapman took over the role of leader in 2002, but in 2004, a new pretender to the crown - former Labour MP and chat show host Robert Kilroy-Silk - arrived in a flurry of publicity to shake things up once again.
But a switch to the BBC in 1971 saw him beginning an 11-year run of the Saturday-night chat show which would make him a household name.
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Without the star power the longtime co-anchor lends the chat-fest, the second-place morning show could struggle to compete with NBC's top-rated Today when it comes to access and exclusive interviews.
"Jonathan Ross returned to prime-time television tonight with a new chat show that looked remarkably like his old one - and, well, made a pretty good fist of it, " wrote the Telegraph's Serena Davies.
This year the dragonflies helped the 25-year-old Mr. Sukrit win the coveted "most popular actor" award at entertainment magazine Siam Dara and have flooded Thailand's show-business chat-rooms with tributes to his talents.
Johnny Vaughan's new chat show on BBC One - it debuts on BBC Choice earlier each evening - had a solid opening of more than two million, but that dropped by 500, 000 by the third show.
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The 41-year-old confessed during an interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey that was watched around the world.
She also denied newspaper reports that Ross was "fuming" over the decision, pointing out that his Friday night chat show on BBC One was also pre-recorded.
She did not go to the police at the time, but did raise the allegation in a TV chat show in 2007, when Mr Strauss-Kahn's name was bleeped out.
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But rapturous receptions for writers like Anthony Beevor, author of a tome on wartime Berlin, show that interest in real books at least matches the appetite for chit-chat.
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He sits, Davros-like, behind his desk which looks as if it has come with him from his chat show and just had a quick paint job.
He appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres chat show in the US in front of a TV audience of millions to talk frankly about his so-called "coming out" experience.
Through the app, which goes live this week, Sky customers can interact more fully with content than ever before, following and contributing to online chat via an in-built Twitter feed, plus gain easy access to a range of extra information related to the show they are watching.
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