Prompt 4 of 7
Name a talk show host
62 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Steve Allen— The very first host of The Tonight Show, in 1954, who invented the late-night format everyone else has copied since.
85 ptsDeep Cut18 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Barbara Walters
- Charlie Rose
- Craig Kilborn
- David Frost
- Jack Paar— The Tonight Show host between Steve Allen and Carson.
- Jenny Jones
- Kapil Sharma— The Kapil Sharma Show pulls audiences most US hosts only dream about.
- Katie Couric
- Merv Griffin— Also created Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.
- Michael Parkinson
- Michael Strahan
- Mike Douglas
- Montel Williams
- Phil Donahue— The daytime pioneer who basically invented the audience-participation format.
- Queen Latifah
- Ricki Lake
- Sally Jessy Raphael
- Tom Snyder
60 ptsRare22 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Andy Cohen
- Arsenio Hall
- Chelsea Handler
- Craig Ferguson
- Dr. Phil
- Drew Barrymore
- Geraldo Rivera
- Graham Norton
- Joan Rivers
- John Oliver
- Kelly Clarkson
- Maury Povich
- Rachael Ray
- Regis Philbin
- Rosie O'Donnell
- RuPaul
- Ryan Seacrest
- Sherri Shepherd
- Steve Harvey
- Tamron Hall
- Tyra Banks
- Wendy Williams
30 ptsSchooler13 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Bill Maher
- Conan O'Brien
- James Corden
- Jay Leno
- Jennifer Hudson
- Johnny Carson
- Jon Stewart
- Kelly Ripa
- Larry King
- Seth Meyers
- Stephen Colbert
- Trevor Noah
- Whoopi Goldberg
15 ptsToo Clever3 answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Dick Cavett— The intellectual's late-night host. Name-dropped to signal you have taste.
- Howard Stern
- Jerry Springer— 'Final thought' delivered with a smirk. The chaos-nostalgia pick, right on cue.
10 ptsPlankton5 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- David Letterman
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Oprah Winfrey