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A companion show is a non-fiction show intended as a complement to another show, usually fiction. You usually get one episode of the companion show for each episode of the main show. There are two main types of companion show, although there is some overlap between the two.
The first is a documentary-style show, offering a look behind-the-scenes of the main show, showing how special effects are done, and with the cast and crew discussing the characters, plotlines, sets and costumes, and anything else the producers of the show want to highlight. The style is similar to the sort of featurette you might get on the DVD of the series.
The second type is a more fan-based show. The presenters will almost always be telegenic fans or popular former actors or runners-up of the main show who transitioned to hosting, and discuss the latest episode, highlighting their favourite and least favorite moments and characters, as well as commenting on the unfolding storylines and possible theories of how the plot will develop. Expect some audience involvement, by e-mail, text message or telephone. Some shows have a studio audience to lend their comments.
In the United States, this practice was popularized by AMC, who introduced such a program as a lead-out for its highly-popular series The Walking Dead beginning in its second season. Other cable series have since followed in their footprints. In North America, these are colloquially known as an "aftershow" (not to be confused with an After Show), since they often air immediately after their respective show.
Reality TV shows sometimes have companion shows as well, although usually some of the elements of companion shows are included in the main show.
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The Great British Bake Off: The fifth series has introduced an accompanying show called The Great British Bake-Off: An Extra Slice, in which Jo Brand and a couple of guests console the eliminated contestant and discuss the week's show.
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In the United Kingdom, Heroes has both types of show. Heroes Unmasked is a documentary (with voice-over by Anthony Head), focusing on different elements (usually different characters) of the show each week, and broadcast after each episode on BBC2. Heroes: The Official Radio Show is a fan-based radio show (with podcast), with fan e-mails read out (and some fans phoning in).
For season two, G4 aired an American companion show that, over its run, managed to get most of the cast on. It was called The Post Show.
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Hustle has The Real Hustle, a documentary series which focused on demonstrating common scams on members of the public, and explaining how people can protect themselves. It is so distinct from Hustle that it is fairly easy to watch in its own right, and ran for almost just as long as its parent series.
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In 2017, after The Walking Dead wrapped up for the season, the show was reformatted as a straightforward interview show, Talking with Chris Hardwick, rather than put on hiatus until Fear the Walking Dead returned.
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Vikings has Real Vikings, a documentary series that focuses on outlining the real-life history and folklore that inspired the historical drama.
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Hardwick himself made a cameo when it became Talking Hawaii Five-0. Corden returned the favor by appearing as a guest on the aforementioned Talking with Chris Hardwick on April 30, 2017.
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The second season of 24 in the UK had Pure 24.
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Torchwood has its own version of Doctor Who Confidential with much shorter episodes, known as Torchwood Declassified.
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The Apprentice - You're Fired for the UK's The Apprentice
The companion show for The Restaurant punned on this with The Restaurant: You're Fried!.
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The first episodes of The Owl House had the accompanying web series Look Hoo's Talking.
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The Last Leg began as this for Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympic Games, but proved so popular that it was turned into a regular series outside of the Games.
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Parodied by The Late Late Show with James Corden, when CBS was airing reruns of its primetime dramas to fill the void between the end of Late Show with David Letterman, and the premiere of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. A few June 2015 episodes featured a cold opening sketch entitled Talking Mentalist, where James and his guests discussed the rerun of said show that CBS had just aired.
It even got a companion show of its own, Talking Talking Mentalist, where Corden's bandleader Reggie Watts talks about the last episode of Talking Mentalist.
Hardwick himself made a cameo when it became Talking Hawaii Five-0. Corden returned the favor by appearing as a guest on the aforementioned Talking with Chris Hardwick on April 30, 2017.
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Australian Survivor has two. Talking Tribal is a weekly panel show featuring guests talking about the events of the past week's episodes. The Jury Villa airs after contestants are eliminated and added to the jury, focusing on them moving to the post-elimination resort where they reunite with their fellow eliminated players and enjoy a full meal and warm room for the first time in weeks, while also discussing who they may vote for in the Final Tribal Council.
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Lost in the UK had UK Lost (a podcast) while Season 2 was being shown on Channel 4. Presented by Ian Lee and others, it was the fan-based variety of show, including, among other things a discussion of fan theories e-mailed in, including more than a few Epileptic Trees. It also provide updates on The Lost Experience the Alternate Reality Game. When the show moved to Sky, the name changed to The Lost Initiative.
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Britain's Got More Talent for Britain's Got Talent
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Strictly Come Dancing has a weekday BBC2 show called Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, with interviews and behind the scenes footage, among other things. It also features some truly awful puns in its captions. Such as (brace yourself): "The Penny's Dropped" for Penny Lancaster-Stewart after she recently went out of the competition.
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Big Brother had Big Brother's Little Brother which featured interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, and Big Brother's Big Mouth, which was more of a Talking Dead-type show with celebrity guests and viewer contributions. When the show moved from Channel 4 to Channel 5, they were merged into a new companion called Big Brother's Bit on the Side.
There was also Big Brother's Big Brain, where psychologists examined the goings-on in the house; it would later be renamed Big Brother: On the Couch, and was later replaced by Big Brother's Bit on the Psych — which aired in place of Bit on the Side on Saturdays). Eviction night would also get an aftershow on 5 Star, Big Brother: Live from the House.
The Canadian version of the show started the Big Brother Side Show in season 2, where previous houseguests Peter and Gary talked about the events in the the house and interview the most recent evictee.
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The Xtra Factor for The X Factor
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Brian W. Foster hosts Talks Machina, the aftershow for Critical Role on Twitch and Project Alpha. The show has a very informal atmosphere as Brian and the cast of the show all know each other in real life. Standard moments include Brian introducing the show by checking "Are we on the internet?", making self-deprecating jokes about his own life, and deliberately mispronouncing words and the names of guests. Viewers can submit questions for the cast to answer, and Alpha subscribers get an extra section at the end dubbed Talks Machina After Dark. Prizes are given to fans for the best art and gifs based on the most recent episode.
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Doctor Who had two companion shows. Doctor Who Confidential is a behind-the-scenes show, and Totally Doctor Who was a children's show, with a mixture of things including games, behind-the-scenes segments and reviews of the episode; perhaps most notably it was through Totally that the series three animated serial The Infinite Quest was shown (with voice acting from Anthony Head). As on October 2011, both shows have been cancelled. In 2014, a much shorter version of Confidential was introduced on the red button channel, called Doctor Who Extra.
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Until 2018, domestic broadcasts of the Indian Premier League cricket had a post-game-type show called Extraaa Innings T20, which mixed typical analysis from panelists into a talk show with tons of celebrity guests who were cricket fans, from Bollywood actors to even The New Day (The Big E's father played cricket in Jamaica). This ended in 2018 when the IPL moved from Sony's channels to Star Sports — which was more interested in producing conventional studio programming.
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The UK version of Hell's Kitchen had a companion show titled Extra Portions.
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After Trek, hosted by Matt Mira, discusses the preceding episode of Star Trek: Discovery (Season 1) on CBS All Access with members of the show's cast and occasionally real scientists and scientific advisors for the show, and is also available on Netflix.
Season 2 replaced After Trek with The Ready Room, hosted by Naomi Kyle and released to Facebook Live. Wil Wheaton took over the role of host as the show covered the first seasons of Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek Lower Decks then back to Discovery with Season 3.
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The ill-fated Fox Reality Channel had American Idol Extra; it was more like the British examples, and typically featured an interview with the most recent eliminated contestant, as well as behind the scenes segments and guest performances by past contestants.
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