MORNING SHOWS
SHOW WHAT?????!!!
Morning Shows:Morning TV shows are the new rage in the world of
television/ silver screen. They are live programs telecast between
8 am to 12 am. These morning shows are hosted by a male or female
anchor and usually guests/celebrities are invited from different
walks of life to be interviewed. These morning shows are also known
popularly as breakfast television. Pakistan television with more
than 30 private channels has opened avenues for the upcoming talent
and the best way to easily gain success is to acquire the position
to host a Pakistani Morning Show.Pakistani morning shows are
usually aired between 9 am to 12 am. More than half of these shows
are hosted by females while the rest are hosted by males. Some
popular Pakistani morning show hosts are Shaista Wahidi, Shaan,
Sahir Lodhi, Juggan Kazmi, Fiza Ali etc.
Anchors of Morning Shows:With the passage of time, the new
trends of presenting morning shows have increased tremendously and
have gained huge popularity among people. You will find many
celebrity morning shows anchors working with dedication beginning
from Nadia Khan to Sanam Baloch.With the first break of dawn, the
studio lights are lit up and Pakistani viewers become glued to
numerous Pakistani morning shows which are unique, controversial
and interesting and entertaining at the same time.Becoming a
morning show anchors may seem very easy for those who have not
entered this field but in reality, it is a tough job where you have
to coordinate with your team to invite guests, take live calls and
focus on the relevant issue. Sometime you get sponsored programs
too
Famous Morning Shows: Morning with Farah Breakfast with Nadia
Good Morning Pakistan Subh ki Fiza Utho Jaago Pakistan Morning with
Sahir Jaago Pakistan Jaago and many more
Critical Analysis of Morning Shows- MORNING SHOWS.. SHOWS
WHAT???!!!!Before Analyzing Morning Shows lets see what the
definition if ETHICS says.
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of
philosophy that involves systematizing, defending and recommending
concepts of right and wrong conduct.
Now what does MEDIA ETHICS say?
Issues of moral principles and values as applied to the conduct,
roles, and *content of the *mass media, in particular *journalistic
ethics and *advertising ethics; also the field of study concerned
with this topic. In relation to news coverage it includes issues
such as *impartiality, *objectivity, *balance, *bias, privacy, and
the *public interest. More generally, it also includes
*stereotyping, *taste and decency, *obscenity, *freedom of speech,
advertising practices such as *product placement, and legal issues
such as *defamation. On an institutional level it includes debates
over *media ownership and control, *commercialization,
accountability, the relation of the media to the political system,
issues arising from *regulation (e.g. *censorship) and
*deregulation.
Now what does these mornings shows SHOW??? Does these morning
shows makes any sense, whats the purpose of these morning shoes???
Are they not supposed to provide us entertainment and
information??? But what these shows are actually showing.. Lets
see.
A Picture is worth a thousand words..
The pictures have described all..
Ethical Problems in Morning Shows.1. What is the purpose of
dancing so showing such disgusting and boorish dances in a morning
show???? is this the culture of Pakistan or being an Islamic
country are we suppose to start our day with such vulgar
dances!!!!!!
2. Morning shows have become a medium through which designer
clothes are advertised and the makeup artists gain more publicity.
There is more of vulgarity, extravaganza and competition instead of
entertainment in the morning shows. In a country like Pakistan,
where most of the people cannot afford to have a meal 3 times a
day, these shows add an insult to their injury. Showing Rs
50,000designer wear or a meal worth Rs 5,000 in your show is just
not fair.
3. Celebrities, writers, artists, sports stars, athletes,
politicians; almost everyone and anyone are invited. Then the hosts
ask silly questions especially tailored to suit the intellect of
the target audience and hence are quite popular among the female
viewers. Interestingly, dermatologists, hairstylists, cooks and
even psychologists are invited to offer a complete program platter
to the viewers. Live calls are made to get answers for personal
queries. Hosts swirl and dance with the star guests.
4. Hosts being illiterate: Something really deplorable happened
on iqbal day during a many morning show. The host told her viewers
it was allama iqbals birthday (90 percent of showbiz people
pronounce Allama with a single l) and hurled a question at them.
she said shed read out a line from one of iqbals famous couplets
and the viewers would have to tell her whether they knew the second
line. the line she read was sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil
mein hai.For heavens sake, didn't the producer, director or writer
of the show know that it wasnt allama iqbals couplet? The said
couplet perhaps came to the notice of these showbiz wallahs through
an Indian movie in which it was profusely used. No brownie points
for guessing the name of the show host. A certain Wahidi it sure
was.
5. Vulgarity and cheapness:
6. Role of live calls and response of anchor persons: Their
content too is almost always identical in which a female host
invites a few guests and takes some live telephone calls. A typical
guest in these morning shows is a fortuneteller, a palmist, a tarot
card reader, a black magic expert or a self-proclaimed sufi with
unique capabilities of precognition and telepathy. One of the sufi
guest who also conducts his own religious programme, once predicted
a divorce between the female caller and her husband on television
just after listening to their names (prophecy at its best). In
another programme, the guest was a paranoid schizophrenic
faith-healer who had brought his cat in the show and was publicly
claiming the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Hepatitis B through
his cat!The live calls add further fuel to the fire; as the callers
are not correctly scrutinized, they invariably want to comment on
the physical beauty of the host (in detail) or the guest and are
mostly oblivious of the topic of discussion (if any). Many of these
nave callers would indiscreetly discuss their family and financial
problems with the experts during their live conversation. And once
they made that mistake, they are immediately diagnosed with the
spell of black magic by the sufi expert and are provided with
effective remedies, like the lizard liver oil, rat droppings and
cats brain extract, for a successful marital and financial
future.
7. Lack of Interview Skills: In many programmes, the guests are
popular movie stars and sportsmen but our hosts still are incapable
to conduct an interesting interview with the celebrity because of
their inadequate information about the contributions and
performances of the luminary. As such, they rely heavily on their
personal details and ask dull questions like favorite color, soup,
dress, etc or even worse, idea about life, truth, commitment, hard
work along with many other irrelevant philosophical ideas.
Doubtless, the revelation of some private information of the
celebrities is important but it becomes counterproductive if the
interviews are only limited to such questions. In one of these
transmissions, the top ranking Indian actress was obviously
offended and refused to comment, when asked about the performance
of her male colleague and ex-boyfriend. She was visibly annoyed by
the indifference and insensitive attitude of our excited,
nonprofessional host.Well these morning shows are full of ethical
issues. As different titles can be given to these shows. Morning
shows: infotainment or disaster, Morning Shows: Halloween in
Pakistan, Morning shows: a morning delight or.???? , Morning shows:
a morning treat or tease.Well these are countless..!!!!
VOX POPS:
Now what the general public say about these shows..
Miss Bushra Ahmad:She said morning shows do not show any
sensible content. Morning shows are meant to provide infotainment
and create awareness but the scripting of todays morning shows is
not understandable. These morning shows are wastage of time and are
simply a disaster. Miss Sidra Chaudary:According to her television
in Pakistan started to educate its people through information and
entertainment. But todays morning shows have neglected this fact
and are taking our society towards glamorization and creating
frustration. We are leaving behind our important issues to be
discussed and are only worried about high ratings of a show.
Producers and directors are not focusing on the content and script
of these shows and this morning culture which was at peak some time
back is now declining. Miss Shumaila Sadaf:Morning shows are not
worth watching programmes and are simply wastage of time. thay do
not cater our religious and moral values. Dances, discussions,
games are not the things to watch in morning. They are suppose to
be informative and entertaining but todays morning shows are simply
nonsense.
Miss Sundas Shaheen:Morning. a new day, a fresh start!! But are
we suppose to start our new day with such stupid dances and
vulgarity???!!! said Miss Sundas. These morning shows are simply
crap and purposeless.
Miss Qurat ul Ain:Todays morning shows show lack of sense. The
major problem which she sees is these morning shows interfere in
the personal lives of the people, whether they are general public
or their guests. They disclose their personal matters on
international media which is not ethically right. Similarly the
glamour the artificial environment they create is discouraging. For
example the wedding culture they present.. Normal people cannot
have such weddings and this create frustrations and
disappointments. Miss Asfia hanif:All morning shows have uniformity
and show no variations. They are copying each other. If one starts
a wedding week every other morning show does same. They show
outclass dresses which are not affordable by a normal person.
Similarly there are many other ethical problems and yes these shows
are wastage of time.
EXPERT OPINION:
Mr. Tauseeq Haider:Todays morning shows are quite different from
old ones. The time when I started as a morning show host things
were different. Channels were countable and same goes for
programmes. There was less competition in those days. But if
compare todays media with our past media it has change drastically.
Now there are uncountable channels. Talking about morning shows he
said there are 25 morning shows that are telecasted daily and this
has increased completions. Because of this competition there are
some faults in these shows. He said competition and race of ratings
has created many problems. He supported his statement by the
example of Botox treatment. He said I agree there are some points
and content which should not be shown on media but on the other
hand he said these morning shows would be nostalgic in coming
future.
Conclusion and Suggestions: Directors must focus on scripting of
shows. Our religious and moral values should be kept in mind.
Important issues should be discussed. Anchors should behave
responsibly and sensibly. Irrelevant questions should be avoided.
Personal lives of guests should not be discussed on media. The
content should be shown by keeping in mind Pakistani people.
