game show
noun
: a television program on which contestants compete for prizes in a game (such as a quiz)
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Windfalls for winning reality shows and game shows have been decimated by inflation.
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thehustle.co, 17 Apr. 2026
For the first time in its 54-year history on CBS, television’s longest-running game show will air live with The Price Is Right Live, a Christmas primetime special.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
There are two pool areas, fitness classes, and a spa, plus on-ship entertainment that ranges from live music and acrobatics to a two-story nightclub and interactive game shows.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
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thehustle.co, 17 Apr. 2026
For the first time in its 54-year history on CBS, television’s longest-running game show will air live with The Price Is Right Live, a Christmas primetime special.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
There are two pool areas, fitness classes, and a spa, plus on-ship entertainment that ranges from live music and acrobatics to a two-story nightclub and interactive game shows.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for game show
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“Game show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20show. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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