Oralno doba was a Serbian talk

Talk show

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/cabaret

Cabaret

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 show airing nightly on Fox televizija from mid November 2007 until early June 2008. It was hosted by Lane Gutović.

Launched on November 19, 2007, and airing nightly from Monday to Thursday at 10 pm, the show came as replacement to the similarly conceptualized Marko Živić Show

Marko Živic Show

Marko Živić Show was a Serbian late-night talk show that aired nightly on Fox televizija for a just over 4 months during 2007.-Background:...

 that was taken off the network's schedule months earlier. Oralno dobas very first guest was Ceca Ražnatović, followed by Ana Ivanović

Ana Ivanovic

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 later on as part of the same show but her interview was conducted via satellite.

History

The show's guests covered a wide spectrum: from turbo folk stars (Jelena Karleuša

Jelena Karleuša

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) and retired footballers turned reality television stars (Saša Ćurčić

Saša Curcic

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) to individuals from politics and religious life discussing very serious topics and issues (mufti Muamer ef. Zukorlić).

Modified format

Initially a straight talk show with usually one guest and a single comedy bit called "Pisma uredniku", since January 19, 2008, some two months into its run, Oralno doba went through slight retooling that included the arrival of well-known Serbian TV director Stanko Crnobrnja on board. Simultaneously, the show got more cabaret elements and furthermore its title was modified to Oralno doba - Video cabaret. Also joining the show on this occasion were actors Jelena Škondrić and Bora Nemić who participated in various cabaret sketches with Gutović.

Hiatus & cancellation

From the beginning of June 2008, the show went on summer hiatus with assumption that it would be returning in the fall. However, on August 6, 2008, Fox televizija announced that Oralno doba will not be included on the network's fall schedule. According to Press

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 daily newspaper's sources, the cancellation was made due to the show's high production costs of €100,000 per month (the host's salary was reportedly €2,000 per show) as compared to its ratings that "weren't terrible, but weren't stellar either as they were barely above Fox televizija's highest rated programme - WWE

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's Raw

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 and SmackDown brands - that cost the network much less money to put on".