From Friday to Sunday, I chaired five of this year's daytime debates.
The daytime crime prompted debate among many New Yorkers after the photo of Mr. Han — hanging on to the side of the train platform, unable to lift himself to safety — appeared on the front page of The New York Post on Tuesday.
And yet, in a country where 400,000 women are sexually assaulted every year, a popular daytime television program ran a debate last month asking whether men pinching women's bottoms was actually just "a bit of fun".
Stephenson said that despite the overall cutbacks – which are creating debate about axing daytime, off-peak services and screening more repeats – drama was being ringfenced as it was too important to the identities of the television channels and to the audience.
And 10 minutes walk away, as usual, was the slightly misnamed Left Field: actually a giant tent, curated by that enduring Glastonbury icon Billy Bragg, in which the daytime is given over to debate and songwriters' workshops, while the evening features full live sets with a political tilt.
He worked on daytime dramas, national conventions and presidential debates, covered town meetings in Israel and South Africa, traveled to Sarajevo and Lake Placid for Olympics, and to stadiums across the country for Monday night Baseball and Football.
She appeared Wednesday on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," where she has been a frequent topic of debate.
Inside was an engaging mix of quirky profiles, subversive groups, weighty debates and fantastical conversations about obscene acts apparently committed by daytime television presenters.
The notion of an ensemble talk show immediately conjured up comparisons to "Crossfire," the long-running debate show that CNN canceled in 2005, and "The View," the popular daytime talk show on ABC.
