game show
noun
: a television program on which contestants compete for prizes in a game (such as a quiz)
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India was waiting for a game show that matched its hustling fin-de-siècle ethos, marking an irreversible break from the socialist values that had defined its first few decades as an independent nation.
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Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The sports books spend hundreds of millions on advertising annually, primarily during games, along with pregame and post-game shows, according to MediaRadar, which tracks and estimates ad spending.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
She was injured in September during a WNBA performance, but made her comeback on the Thursday Night Football post-game show this week.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Two separate Monopoly projects are in the works (a feature take set up at Lionsgate and produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap, and also an unscripted game show on Netflix).
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The sports books spend hundreds of millions on advertising annually, primarily during games, along with pregame and post-game shows, according to MediaRadar, which tracks and estimates ad spending.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
She was injured in September during a WNBA performance, but made her comeback on the Thursday Night Football post-game show this week.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Two separate Monopoly projects are in the works (a feature take set up at Lionsgate and produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap, and also an unscripted game show on Netflix).
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Game show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20show. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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