Dan Shilon

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

Dan Shilon
Born	(1940-10-24) 24 October 1940 (age 84) Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
Spouse	Miri Shilon ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2012)​
Children	Adi Shilon, Dafna Shilon
Career
Show	Dan Shilon Live
Station	Channel 2
Time slot	Late night
Style	Talk show
Country	Israel

Career

Dan 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]

Shilon hosted an 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]

See also

• Television in Israel
• Media of Israel

References

1. Yaron Peleg (2008). Israeli culture between the two Intifadas: a brief romance. University of Texas Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780292794269. Retrieved 27 July 2011. dan shilon.
2. Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (2000). And the sea is never full: memoirs, 1969–. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 9780307764096. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
3. Bar, Michael (5 March 2006). "Celebrity Grapevine". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
4. Yoram Peri (2004). Telepopulism: media and politics in Israel. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804750028. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
5. Dan Petreanu and Andy Goldberg (24 October 1988). "Smaller parties label debate 'a total waste'". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
6. Daniel Lefkowitz (2004). Words and stones: the politics of language and identity in Israel. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-802843-7. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
7. Lea Rabin (1997). Rabin: our life, his legacy. G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 9780399142178. Retrieved 27 July 2011. dan shilon.
8. Andrew Tolson (2001). Television talk shows: discourse, performance, spectacle. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781410600950. Retrieved 27 July 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. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781571819680. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
11. Filip Bondy (14 May 1993). "OLYMPICS; Israeli Medalist Finds Fame Overpowering". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
12. Michael Yudelman (8 September 1998). "Shilon, Bushinsky exchange barbs". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.