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A Date with Luyu | |
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鲁豫有约 | |
Genre | Talk show |
Created by | Chen Luyu |
Presented by | Chen Luyu |
Starring | Chen Luyu |
Narrated by | Chen Luyu |
Country of origin | China |
Original languages | Mandarin English |
Production | |
Production location | Beijing |
Camera setup | Multiple |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | Phoenix New Media Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | PHTV, HBS, AHTV |
Release | 1998 present | –
Related | |
The Oprah Winfrey Show |
A Date With Luyu (also spelled A Date With Lu Yu) ( simplified Chinese: 鲁豫有约; traditional Chinese: 魯豫有約; pinyin: Lǔyù Yǒu Yuē) is a popular Chinese television talk show that airs on Phoenix Television. Because the show emulates the success and format of The Oprah Winfrey Show[ citation needed], its host and creator, Chen Luyu, has been called "China's Oprah"[ citation needed]. The show includes a studio audience of about 300. The show covers a wide range of issues: interviewees range from artists and musicians such as Li Yundi, [1] business leaders such as Robin Li, diplomatic figures such as US ambassador to China Gary Locke, [2] academics such as Prof Michael Dobson [3] and sports figures such as Shane Battier. She is also willing to address controversial subjects.[ citation needed]
It is noted that some interviews are conducted in English, with Chinese subtitles, as was the cases when Lu Yu interviewed Wentworth Miller, Nick Vujicic, and Hillary Clinton with Timothy Geithner. [4] Audience members are required to understand English in these instances, because Lu Yu has warned about problems with interviews being done entirely in a single language, i.e. Mandarin Chinese.
Luyu averages 140 million viewers per show.