<P> In Japan, panel shows--called "tooku bangumi" (トーク 番組) in Japanese--are very commonplace, accounting for about 30% of daytime and prime - time programming on the four main television stations . Due to language and cultural differences, Japanese TV stations could not freely use syndicated programs (mostly from Europe and North America) and therefore turned to panel shows, which could be produced cheaply and easily, to fill time during daytime programming . </P> <P> Japanese panel shows are distinct in generally not employing regular panelists but instead having a panel made up of different freelance comedians and celebrities each program, although the program is generally hosted by the same compere . Talk shows evolved in tandem with the Japanese variety show and it is very common for talk shows to borrow variety elements, typically by having celebrity guests attempt some kind of amusingly incongruous activity . Often, one of the guests will be a gaijin tarento (foreign talent) in order to provide comedy or to comment on matters related to Western culture . However, the comedic elements are usually written for the guests and hosts . </P> <P> In Brazil, Jô Soares inaugurated the genre with Jô Soares Onze e Meia ("Jô Soares Eleven Thirty") from 1988 to 1999 . In 2000, Soares took his show's format to Rede Globo, where it was then called Programa do Jô, and hosts the program until the present day . Jô's main competitors are Danilo Gentili and Fábio Porchat . </P>

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