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The Young Turks
Other namesTYT
GenreNews show
Political commentary
Running time2 hours (plus 30-minute extra for paid members)
Country of originVereinigte Staaten
Language(s)Englisch
StarringCenk Uygur[1]
Ana Kasparian
Created byCenk Uygur[1]
Directed byJesus Godoy[2]
Mark Register[2]
Produced byJayar Jackson[2]
Tom Hanc[2]
Ana Kasparian[2]
Mark Register[2]
Aaron Wysocki[2]
Jesus Godoy[2]
Executive producer(s)David Koller[2]
Cenk Uygur[2]
Original releaseFebruary 14, 2002 –
November 19, 2010 (radio)[3]
December 21, 2005–present (YouTube)[4]
Websitewww.tytnetwork.com
Podcastwww.tytnetwork.com/podcast-2/
The Young Turks
File:TYTOpenBlue 640x360.jpg
Created byCenk Uygur
Presented byCenk Uygur
Ana Kasparian
Ben Mankiewicz
Michael Shure
Brian Unger
Wes Clark, Jr.
RJ Eskow
Country of originVereinigte Staaten
Production
Executive producersCenk Uygur
Dave Koller
ProducersJesus Godoy
Jayar Jackson
Mark Register
Production locationsCulver City, CA
Running timeTelevision: 1 hour
Original release
NetworkCurrent TV (2011-present
ReleaseDecember 5, 2011

The Young Turks (TYT) is the name of two progressive daily news and political commentary[5] programs hosted primarily by Cenk Uygur. One show, known as The Young Turks, broadcasts via live web stream and YouTube. The second, known fully as The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur, is available on television, premiered on 5 December 2011 and airs daily on Current TV.[6][7] Politically liberal[8][9][10]/progressive[9] and humanist, TYT was founded in 2002 as a liberal talkshow[9] on Sirius Satellite Radio as that radio's first original talk programming.[11] The Young Turks claims to be the first Internet TV news show[12] and the world's largest online news show. Video of the show is streamed daily on their website and is available as a podcast.[13][14] The show offers Internet-only video content via their YouTube channel, which in April 2012 averaged 750,000 views a day, and over 750 million views since December 2005. On 20 April 2013 The Young Turks announced that their YouTube channel had received over 1 billion video views.[15] The Young Turks offers a paid members-only Postgame Show, an Internet only wrap-up show. The shows are produced from a studio in Culver City, CA.

History

Cenk Uygur

The Young Turks as a show began when Cenk Uygur started a talk show in the mould of a public-access television cable TV show he had done previously called The Young Turk. With the help of friend Ben Mankiewicz, with whom he had previously worked, his childhood friend Dave Koller, and Jill Pike, they began The Young Turks.

The show's name is derived from the English-language phrase "Young Turk", meaning a reformist or rebellious member of an institution, movement, or political party.[16]

In 2005, the show received attention for its 99-hour "Live On Air Filibuster" conducted during the Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination. Hosts including Thom Hartmann and John Amato filled in so that the show's regulars could rest or have breaks.[17]

It was announced on August 20, 2007, that Mankiewicz would leave the show and move to a new television show for TMZ.[18] At roughly the same time, Pike left to pursue a job in Washington, D.C., at which point then-intern Ana Kasparian was hired to do pop-culture segments.

During the 2008 elections, the show developed close ties to Brave New Films, often airing their ads and featuring personalities such as Robert Greenwald and Jonathan Kim.

Reception

Politically, The Young Turks is liberal/progressive. The Guardian described it as beginning life as, "a liberal talkshow on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002"[9] and reported TYT's film critic Ben Mankiewicz as saying that TYT's brand as, "genuine, real and generally progressive",[9] while an article in NY Daily News also described TYT as, "a liberal-leaning show on Sirius Radio".[8] Writing for US News, Paul Bedard described TYT as, "the loudly liberal counter to the right-leaning presets on my Sirius Satellite Radio"[10] and Current TV (the current television carrier for the TYT) has described TYT as "a group of progressive, outspoken journalists and commentators discussing politics and pop culture" and the founder Cenk Uygur as bringing a, "uniquely progressive and topical commentary about politics and pop culture."[19]

Segments

Regular segments during the show include:

  • TYT Supreme Court: Critical examination of parties involved in a news story; judgment is decided usually amongst Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson, and Jesus Godoy (who serves as "Chief Justice").
  • Turk of the Week (during the 2008–2009 seasons, and was brought back as Turk of the Year for 2012)
  • Elbow of the Day (TV broadcasts): Uygur calls out the person that he criticizes for their actions or comments. The subject's face is animated onto a wrestler's body and is then body slammed by a big elbow featuring the person or subject that they criticized about on its biceps.

Co-hosts

Ana Kasparian

The show is primarily hosted by Cenk Uygur and often includes a co-host,[20] usually Ana Kasparian during the online show's second hour.

Anahit Misak Kasparian[21] (Western Armenian pronunciation: [ɑnɑˈhid miˈsɑkʰ kʰɑsbɑˈɾjɑn]);[22] born July 7, 1986) is the primary co-host and a producer for the online news show. Kasparian began working as a fill-in producer for The Young Turks in 2007.[23] She also appears on the TV version of the show that airs on Current TV. Born in Los Angeles, California, Kasparian is the daughter of Armenian immigrant parents and was raised in the Reseda community of the San Fernando Valley.[24] Kasparian graduated from Valley Alternative Magnet High School of Van Nuys in 2004[25] and California State University, Northridge in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts, Journalism (BAJ).

Kasparian was an assistant producer with CBS Radio news stations in Los Angeles, first with KFWB and then KNX.[26] She has also worked with AOL News, YouTube, TidalTv and On Point. In addition to being the host of TYT, Ana Kasparian appeared frequently on the English version of the Russian-based channel RT and RT America.[citation needed] After becoming a fill-in host in April 2007, Kasparian became the producer and co-host with Cenk Uygur of the progressive talk radio on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and internet show/TV show The Young Turks. She completed her Master of Political Science in 2010.[23]

Some other hosts are Ben Mankiewicz, Brian Unger, Jimmy Dore, John Iadarola, Wes Clark Jr, Michael Shure, Teresa Strasser, Hermela Aregawi, Cara Santa Maria, RJ Eskow, Gina Grad and Kim Horcher. Cenk has regular bits and on-air interaction with those who help run the show: Jesús Godoy, Ana Kasparian, Cliff Schecter, Dave Koller, Jayar Jackson, Dave Rubin, Tom Hanc, Steve Oh and Andrew Napier.

The TYT Network

Over the years The Young Turks have expanded their operation from one show to a variety of shows covering a variety of topics. These shows collectively are known as the TYT Network. Each has its own YouTube channel.

Name Discription
What the Flick?! Featuring movie reviews by Alonso Duralde, Ben Mankiewicz, and regular guests Matt Atchity of Rotten Tomatoes and Christy Lemire of the Associated Press.[citation needed] What The Flick?! is produced by Andrew Napier, Ana Kasparian, and Cenk Uygur, and directed by Andrew Napier.
TYTUniversity A college-centered show was launched on YouTube. Originally hosted by Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson, John Iadarola joined in January 2012 and now co-hosts the show with Lisa Ferguson . This segment covers everything from college life to academics, and studying to relationship drama.
TYTComedy Comedy TYT style, home of the Jimmy Dore Show.
TYTSports Originally featuring Cenk Uygur, Jayar Jackson, and Ben Mankiewicz. It is currently hosted by Rick Strom.
TYTShows More from the TYT Network
TYT Investigates Documentaries and Undercurrent. Also contains a show hosted by Lauren Windsor, it features a broad variety of topics that were usually covered on the main show to get a little bit deeper into it, as well as interviews with politicians, media figures and opinion makers.
TYT Interviews Interviews from TYT
NerdAlert A spin-off show of TYT University debuted to focus on news about technology, gaming and online geek culture. It is hosted by Kim Horcher.
PopCultured Hosted by Samantha Schacher. The show features a number of regular contributers including Bree Essrig, Brett Erlich and Jason Horton. The show seeks to provide some intelligent conversation on otherwise mindless news from Pop Culture.
The Point and TownSquare A current affairs panel discussion series hosted by either a Young Turks host or more frequently a guest host such as Jimmy Dore, Greg Proops or Ana Kasparian. It also involves video submitted by bloggers and personalities.
The David Pakman Show Political and current events radio show hosted by David Pakman.
The Lip TV Experts Speak Live and Unscripted
Majority Report News and Politics with Sam Seder
DennisTrainorJr
Secular Talk The Kyle Kulinski Show on Secular Talk Radio Network
Absurdity Today News Satire with Juliana Forlano
Rubin Report Weekly news panel show
Richard Fowler Show Weekly Political Talk
Cynically Tested Weekly Canadian Comedy
Ron Placone Comedian and Media Activist

All Channels At TYT Network Shows

Discontinued shows

  • In June 2010, TYT helped launch thetopvlog on YouTube, a vlog channel featuring a variety of liberal political vloggers posted irregularly online.
  • In October 2011, twenTYTwelve, a spin-off show of The Young Turks was created to focus specifically on the upcoming 2012 elections. This show is hosted by Michael Shure and is designed to focus not only on the 2012 Presidential election, but rather various elections throughout the country.
  • TYT Now, a TYT spinoff hosted by columnist Tina Dupuy and Tim Mihalsky, ran from May to August 2011.
  • WMB, a spinoff hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, Michael Shure and Wes Clark Jr., ran from May to June 2011.
  • Reality Bites Back, a reality-television-focused review series hosted by Jacki Bray and Misty Kingma, ran from May to July 2011.

Rocku

It was announced on July, 30th 2013 that The Young Turks will have a Roku app.[27] The Roku app will feature much of the same content that’s already freely available on The Young Turks’ YouTube channel, which has over 1.3 million subscribers and generates 50 million monthly views. The network is also among the few channels to generate more than 1 billion views since launching on YouTube, too. Yet since there isn’t a YouTube channel on Roku, the new app should fix that. Young Turks COO Steve Oh said making TYT Network available on Roku is the first part of the network’s strategy to continue its growth regardless of where people are watching its programming. The basic idea is to figure out a way to monetize its programming from multiple distribution channels rather than relying on one or two big channels (such as YouTube or cable television). The network is also planning to launch native apps for iOS and Android in the near future and is speaking with other media platforms about expanding its programming.

Satellite radio

Prior to signing with Air America, the show was broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio, on Sirius Left 143 and later 146, weekdays from 6-9PM ET, and re-aired on Sirius Talk Central 148 from 12-2PM ET. The Young Turks was the first show exclusively for Sirius Left to air not part of a syndication network.[citation needed] The show was exclusive to Sirius for several years. TYT was also carried by KFH (1330 AM/98.7 FM) in Wichita, Kansas from 7-9PM CT and webcast by RadioPower.org.

On February 2, 2009, TYT was removed from the broadcast schedule on XM/Sirius Channel 167, America Left, and their program was filled by an extra hour of Bill Press. The show returned to XM/Sirius on March 16, 2009. However in late 2010, TYT announced they would leave XM/Sirius radio through their Facebook page; their last show on XM/Sirius was on November 19, 2010.

Weeknight program on Current TV

On September 20, 2011, Current TV announced that TYT would launch a weeknight TV edition of the show at 7 pm EST on the network beginning sometime in the 4th quarter of 2011. The show joined Countdown with Keith Olbermann as the second news and opinion program on Current as the network continued to develop a new lineup of programming followed by The War Room with Jennifer Granholm in January. According to the show's website, the show is introduced as The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur to differentiate itself from the popular web series.[28]

On January 2, 2013, it was announced that Current TV had been sold to Al Jazeera, a Qatar based broadcaster.[29] As a result, TYT will be discontinued on the channel as Al Jazeera reorganizes the channel into the new Al Jazeera America network. However, Cenk Uygur confirmed on the online show that TYT will continue on Current TV until at least March 2013.[30]

Awards and nominations

The Young Turks has won the 2009 Podcast Award in the "Political" category,[31] as well as the 2009 Mashable Open Web Award for the "Best Political News Site".[32] In March 2011, the show won a Shorty award. In the 2011 Webby Awards, The Young Turks won the People's Voice award in the news and politics series category.[33]

See Also

References

  1. ^ a b "How'd You Draw 250 Million Viewers to Your Web Show, The Young Turks". Mediabistro.com. May 25, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Young Turks: Rebel Headquarters : News : Politics : Commentary". Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "The Young Turks: Cenk: User Profile". Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  4. ^ "TheYoungTurks's Channel". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Life after cable: The Young Turks Network launches a Roku app". Digital Marketing. Retrieved July 31, 2013. The channel's new owners have opted not to keep The Young Turks on the network due to it being political commentary rather than reporting/analysis.
  6. ^ Frazier Moore, Associated Press, Cenk Uygur to host prime-time show for Current, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/21/DDB31L6VN0.DTL, retrieved September 21, 2011.
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  8. ^ a b Saltonstall, David (SEPTEMBER 12, 2009,). "Fox News' Glenn Beck's right-wing rants go way too far, critics charge Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/fox-news-glenn-beck-right-wing-rants-critics-charge-article-1.382031#ixzz2UTCQdzU9". NY Daily News. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  9. ^ a b c d e Madlena, Chavala (Monday 26 April 2010). "Cenk Uygur on the success of The Young Turks". Guardian. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ a b Bedard, Paul (September 13, 2006). "Air America's young turks". US News.
  11. ^ Dupuy, Tina (December 1, 2009). "Cenk Uygur Sets Out to Take Down Traditional Television". Fast Company. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  12. ^ Madlena, Chavala (April 26, 2010). "Cenk Uygur on the success of The Young Turks". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  13. ^ "The Young Turks: Rebel Headquarters : News : Politics : Commentary". Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  14. ^ "The Young Turks: Welcome to The Young Turks Podcasting : News : Politics : Commentary". Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ7ei0a1ZZE. Retrieved April 21, 2013. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ "About. TYT network details". Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  17. ^ Gold, Matea (March 19, 2006). "Can't get on the network? Get on the Net". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  18. ^ "The Young Turks: Ben Mankiewicz Has Left the Building". Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  19. ^ "ABOUT 'THE YOUNG TURKS'". Current TV.
  20. ^ Rainey, James (September 8, 2010). "On the media: For Young Turk Cenk Uygur, TV is the next frontier". Los Angeles. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  21. ^ Kasparian, Ana (October 26, 2007). "The Young Turks...From an Armenian's Perspective". The Young Turks. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  22. ^ ՄԱՆՈՅԵԱՆ, ԳԷՈՐԳ (April 30, 2005). "ԼՈՒՍԱՐՁԱԿ- Երիտհայուհին" (in Armenian). Retrieved March 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ a b Kasparian, Ana (2007). "AnaKasparian". The Young Turks. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  24. ^ Kasparian says she grew up in Reseda at 2:00 mark of The Young Turks video "Mom Jailed For Putting Kids In Good School" (January 26, 2011)
  25. ^ http://www.lausd.net/Valley_Alternative_Magnet/alumni/2000_current/2004.htm
  26. ^ Kasparian describes her experience with KFWB and KNX from 1:20 to 3:20 in the TYT University video "Bad Internships for College Students & Graduates" from October 25, 2011.
  27. ^ http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/life-after-cable-the-young-turks-network-launches-a-roku-app/
  28. ^ [2]
  29. ^ [3]
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  31. ^ Cochrane, Todd (December 12, 2009). "2009 Podcast Awards Winners". Podcast Awards. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
  32. ^ Cashmore, Pete (December 16, 2009). "OPEN WEB AWARDS 2009: The Winners". Mashable. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  33. ^ "15TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS". Retrieved June 11, 2012.
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