TV talk show host Wang Ben-hu (
As conventional TV practice reserves the weekday 8pm time slots on terrestrial television stations for drama series, the CTS decision to replace a drama series at that time with a talk show was the first of its kind.
The new show, Taiwan Advancement (
Taiwan Voice (
"In order to highlight the differences between the two shows, Taiwan Voice is a pre-recorded show that targets a specific topic, while Taiwan Advancement is a live show that discusses current affairs," stated Wang at a press conference last week about his new show.
Wang's connection with CTS goes back a long way, as Wang has served as a screenwriter for many 8pm prime-time drama series that received high audience share ratings.
"As politics is a popular and much talked-about subject in Taiwan, viewers do not necessarily have to watch drama series at 8pm," he said.
According to a Chinese-language news report, some political commentators have speculated that Wang's current affairs talk program may be politically biased due to recent high-level management appointments at the station.
In response to these com-ments, CTV program manager Hsu Yong-te (許永德) stated that the public should not associate the show with any particular political ideology.
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