Dan Shilon

Dan Shilon
Born	October 24, 1940 (1940-10-24) (age 71) Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
Show	Dan Shilon Live
Station(s)	Channel 2
Time slot	Late night
Style	Talk show
Country	Israel

Dan Shilon (Hebrew: דן שילון‎, born October 24, 1940) is an Israeli television host, director, and producer.^[1]

Early career

Shilon began his career in the 1960s with Israel Radio, was a correspondent of Kol Israel (Voice of Israel), and was a journalist for Yediot Ahronoth.^[2][3] He also was the General Manager of the Israeli television company Reshet (רשת), a franchisee of Channel 2 on Israeli television, until he resigned in 1988.^[4][3]

In 1988, after political opponents Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres debated each other, leftist Mapam politician Meir Pa'il, opined: "Neither is qualified to lead Israel. [Shamir] is complete square and [Peres] is a shifty mediocrity. [Dan Shilon] is more intelligent than both of them, and Shilon is no Rambam."^[5]

Talk show

Shilon hosted a highly rated, popular Israeli late-night television talk show about political and social issues on Channel 2 on Israeli TV, which was very popular in the early 1990s, known as The Dan Shilon Show or Dan Shilon Live.^{[6][7][8][9][10][3]} It was the Israeli equivalent of The Phil Donahue Show.^[11] The show features both liberal and conservative Israeli public figures as guests, and dealt with controversial topics.^[6]

In 1998, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman accused him of "crossing the lines" of appropriate journalistic behavior, and taking a stand against Netanyahu.^[12]

Poll – greatest Israelis

In 2005, he was voted the 141st-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.^[13]

References

1. ^ Yaron Peleg (2008). Israeli culture between the two Intifadas: a brief romance. http://books.google.com/books?id=dSTWPhG0lAMC&pg=PA45&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=qkIwTsCGNKft0gHBqpyGAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20shilon%22&f=false. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
2. ^ Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (2000). And the sea is never full: memoirs, 1969–. http://books.google.com/books?id=XnRmCs2IKaEC&pg=PA57&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=V0QwTrPMNcq1tgfdqqCkCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20shilon%22&f=false. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Bar, Michael (March 5, 2006). "Celebrity Grapevine". The Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=15112. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
4. ^ Yoram Peri (2004). Telepopulism: media and politics in Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=PuPGsI6JR2UC&pg=PA322&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=AUUwTqaxDY600AGc4MmFAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20shilon%22&f=false. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
5. ^ Dan Petreanu and Andy Goldberg (October 24, 1988). "Smaller parties label debate 'a total waste'". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/98467757.html?dids=98467757:98467757&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+24%2C+1988&author=By+DAN+PETREANU+and+ANDY+GOLDBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Smaller+parties+label+debate+%27a+total+waste%27&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Daniel Lefkowitz (2004). Words and stones: the politics of language and identity in Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=0TOxDQ7IL6MC&pg=PA221&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=qkIwTsCGNKft0gHBqpyGAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20shilon%22&f=false. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
7. ^ Lea Rabin (1997). Rabin: our life, his legacy. http://books.google.com/books?id=voVtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dan+shilon%22&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=qkIwTsCGNKft0gHBqpyGAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAw. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
8. ^ Andrew Tolson (2001). Television talk shows: discourse, performance, spectacle. http://books.google.com/books?id=WRM6WUof9AsC&pg=PA112&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=V0QwTrPMNcq1tgfdqqCkCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20shilon%22&f=false. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
9. ^ Between Sodom and Eden: a gay journey through today's changing Israel, Lee Walzer (2000)
10. ^ Dina Siegel (1998). "The great immigration: Russian Jews in Israel". http://books.google.com/books?id=RJHFK7wQUckC&pg=PA115&dq=%22dan+shilon%22&hl=en&ei=AUUwTqaxDY600AGc4MmFAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20shilon%22&f=false. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
11. ^ Filip Bondy (May 14, 1993). "OLYMPICS; Israeli Medalist Finds Fame Overpowering". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/14/sports/olympics-israeli-medalist-finds-fame-overpowering.html. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
12. ^ Michael Yudelman (September 8, 1998). "Shilon, Bushinsky exchange barbs". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/33757662.html?dids=33757662:33757662&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+08%2C+1998&author=MICHAL+YUDELMAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Shilon%2C+Bushinsky+exchange+barbs&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
13. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011.