chat show

noun

chiefly British

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In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows. Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026 In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows. Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026 Winkleman earned her chat show stripes by stepping in for Norton earlier this year when the Irish presenter was on a break from his BBC duties. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025 Among some of the more high-profile names on the first season were actor-presenter Stephen Fry, Bridget Jones star Celia Imrie, singer-songwriter Paloma Faith, Olympian Tom Daley, chat show host Jonathan Ross and Ted Lasso‘s Nick Mohammed. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chat show

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chat show was in 1969

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“Chat show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat%20show. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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