Backchat was a half-hour television show on FX

FX Networks

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 which ran through the mid 1990s right after the network's inception. Hosted by Jeff Probst

Jeff Probst

Jeffrey Lee "Jeff" Probst is an American game show host, executive producer and a reporter. He is best known as the host of the U.S. version of the reality show Survivor.-Biography:...

, the show consisted of him and two designated letter-readers reading viewer letters and responding on air. At the time, FX's gimmick was the FX Apartment, which the hosts of various TV shows (such as Breakfast Time and Sound FX) would use as a set.