
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show popular in the United States, where the format originated. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news, guest interviews, comedy sketches and music performances. It is characterized by spontaneous conversation, and for an effect of immediacy and intimacy as if the host was speaking alone to each of the millions of audience members. Late-night talk shows are also fundamentally shaped by the personality of the host, which constitutes the "trademark" of the show.

A talk show is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation. A talk show is distinguished from other television programs by certain common attributes. In a talk show, one person discusses various topics put forth by a talk show host. This discussion can be in the form of an interview or a simple conversation about important social, political or religious issues and events. The personality of the host shapes the tone of the show, which also defines the "trademark" of the show. A common feature or unwritten rule of talk shows is to be based on "fresh talk", which is talk that is spontaneous or has the appearance of spontaneity.

Etefagh was an Iranian TV show performed by Reza Rashidpour. The program dealt with topics in the fields of science, culture, society, politics and sports with the presence of prominent figures in each of these fields. In this program, you can also wait for anything, including debates, conversations, representations of amazing events in the world of science, and so on. "Etefagh" included stand-up science in the form of a TV show with a different and creative look at different topics. This program ended its work after the end of Ramadan 1399.

Main Hoon is an entertainment talk show on TV Asia channel that hosts some of the biggest Bollywood celebrities. It showcases some of the biggest stars in the business and is watched by a wide audience that includes people from the film fraternity.

Mesle Mah is a special iftar program of IRIB TV3 with the performance of Resalat Bouzari, which with a positive, kind and hopeful approach and focusing on categories such as self-sacrifice and forgiveness during Ramadan every day from 19:00 until around the Maghrib Adhan from the IRIB TV3 are broadcast. This program replaced the Mah-e Asal in Ramadan 2020. This program narrates the life of the guests invited to the program; Guests from all over the country attend the event and talk about their life events.

Seifu on EBS is an Ethiopian late-night talk show airing each Sunday at 9:00 p.m. in Ethiopian Time on EBS TV. The hour and a half long show premiered on 24 October 2013, and is hosted by comedian and radio host Seifu Fantahun. Modeled after the traditional late-night talk shows of the U.S., the show incorporates the use of comedy bits, monologue jokes, musical guest performances as well as celebrity interviews.

Smile Jamaica is a Jamaican-produced television show that is broadcast on Television Jamaica (TVJ) on weekdays from 6:00 am – 8:30 am. It is the premier morning show for the network providing programming of news, information and entertainment.