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Definition: Talk Show |
Talk ShowNoun1. A program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience; "in England they call a talk show a chat show". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Talk ShowSynonym: chat show (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Political talk shows of all sorts are common on radio stations across the country ranging from local radio talk stations in major metropolitan areas, to nationally syndicated radio talk shows such as the Rush Limbaugh show. Popular radio "shock jock" Howard Stern also hosts a talk show that is syndicated nationally.
Politics are hardly the only subject of talk shows, however. Other radio talk show subjects include Car Talk, hosted by NPR, and a talk show hosted by Art Bell which discusses topics of the paranormal, conspiracy theories, fringe science, and the just plain weird.
Talk shows have been broadcast on television since the earliest days of the medium. Late-night talk shows including The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman have aired for decades, featuring celebrity guests and comedy sketches. Political TV talk shows predominately air on Sunday mornings.
Syndicated daily talk shows range from the family-oriented Oprah Winfrey and Rosie O'Donnell shows to "trash TV," such as The Jerry Springer Show.
Networks enjoy talk shows because they are generally inexpensive to produce. However, they rely heavily on the personality of the talk show hosts, which sometimes makes that host a valuable commodity. There have also been cases in which a person who is skilled in acting has proven to be spectacularly bad talk show host as in the case of a short lived talk show host Chevy Chase.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Talk show."
Crosswords: Talk Show |
| English words defined with "talk show": barker ♦ chat show. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "talk show": Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ talk show host/hostess. (references) |
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Screenplays | You come on a talk show people ask questions. (Life with Bonnie; writing credit: Bonnie Hunt) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Talk Show Story (2000) Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993) The Talk Show with Clive James (1990) My Talk Show (1990) NDR Talk Show (1979) | |
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 | Excerpt typical of a television talk show theme song. |
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Business | In Guangxi province, a radio station featured a call-in talk show that addressed women's issues, including domestic violence. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | On December 20, 2000, Hunan Star TV's talk show, Take it Easy, became the first program in to air a program talking frankly about homosexual life. (references) |
Haiti | Most stations carry a mix of music, news, and talk show programs, which many citizens regard as their only opportunity to speak out on a variety of political, social, and economic issues. (references) | |
Poland | The case against talk show host Wojciech Cejrowski, charged with publicly insulting President Kwasniewski, was decided against the defendant in April 1998; an appeal was pending at year's end. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Schieffer | What happened when I got back is the local television station invited me to come out and talk about the war. It was on a little noon talk show, and afterward they offered me the job. |
Fran Drescher | I will probably do a movie, I will probably do a Broadway play. I'm working on a series for MTV, and I'm talking about doing a daytime talk show. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
talk show | 670 |
radio talk show | 136 |
tv talk show | 99 |
talk show host | 98 |
oprah winfrey talk show | 73 |
the view talk show | 25 |
combine talk show | 25 |
daytime talk show | 22 |
talk show guest | 21 |
late night talk show | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "talk show"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | برنامج تلفزيوني (program, programme, telecast). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | радио-телевизионно интервю, радио-телевизионна дискусия. (various references) | |
Dutch | praatprogramma. (various references) | |
French | conversade, émission-rencontre, émission-débat, émission télévisée, émission de télévision. (various references) | |
German | Talk-Show. (various references) | |
Greek | τοκ-σόου. (various references) | |
Italian | talk show. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | デ杯 (bathroom, Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talkie, Taurus, tautology, toad, toast, toaster, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonal, tonality, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | トークショー . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alktay owshay.(various references) | |
Swedish | kändisintervju, intervjuprogram (chat show). (various references) | |
Turkish | talk-show, sohbet programı (chat show). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-k-l-o-s-t-w" | |
-2 letters: lotahs, skatol. | |
-3 letters: altho, altos, awols, halos, halts, hawks, holks, holts, hosta, howks, howls, khats, kohls, kolas, lakhs, laths, loath, lotah, lotas, oaths, shako, shalt, shawl, shoal, shoat, skoal, sloth, stalk, swath, talks, thaws, tolas, walks, whats. | |
-4 letters: alow, also, alto, alts, awls, awol, halo, halt, hast, hats, hawk, haws, holk, hols, holt, host, hots, howk, howl, hows, kats, khat, koas, kohl, kola, lakh, lash, last, lath, lats, laws, lost, lota, loth, lots, lows, oaks, oast, oath, oats, okas, owls, salt, shat, shaw, shot, show, skat, slat, slaw, slot, slow, soak, sola, soth, staw, stoa, stow, swat, swot, talk, taos, task, taws, thaw, tola, tosh, tows, twas, twos, walk, wash, wast, wats, what, whoa, woks, wost, wots. | |
-5 letters: als, alt, ash, ask, awl, hao, has, hat, haw, hot, how, kas, kat, koa, kos, las, lat, law, lot, low, oak, oat, ohs, oka, owl, sal, sat, saw, sha, ska, sol, sot, sow, tao, tas, taw, tho, tow, tsk, twa, two, was, wat, wha, who, wok, wos, wot. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-k-l-o-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: lathworks. | |
+2 letters: walkathons. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6C 6B 53 68 6F 77 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101100 01101011 00100000 01010011 01101000 01101111 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a l k   S h o w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006C 006B 0053 0068 006F 0077 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54677877253748189 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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