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China to ban celebrities from hosting TV shows

From July jobs must go to professionally trained hosts -and not guest celebrities.

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The Chinese government has announced that from July 1st celebrities can no longer guest host television shows -ruling that the job must go to professionally trained hosts.

The move is part of a wider crackdown on what it considers base, vulgar, or politically inappropriate entertainment.

“TV stations often hire famous actors, actresses and celebrities as guest hosts, especially for popular reality shows, which might result in improper remarks or mistakes during live broadcasting,” state news agency Xinhua said, citing the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

“TV shows, including news, commentary and interview panels, should not recruit guests in the role of supporting host.

“TV hosts are responsible for the show, guiding the audience and controlling the pace of the live broadcast.

“Thus, it is unsuitable for guests to be hosts or presenters.”

The ban applies to news and commentary shows, as well as interview panels.

Hosts must undergo “more training” before shows are recorded, and qualifications will be checked.

Source: ABC

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  2. Can we have this law enacted here, please?

    Also, could we add a corollary which will force shows that use words such as “Celebrity” or “Stars” in their titles to actually have celebrities and/or stars, and not ex-sports people (or their partners) and reality nobodies looking for another 15 minutes of fame?

  3. I do like the concept of holding hosts personally accountable if a show runs over time. Scotty, Joanna, Manu, Pete and the Masterchef gang all locked up could see the start of another reality show though.

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