chat show

noun

chiefly British

Examples of chat show in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the sketch, Thompson hosts a chat show but stops his guests from ever actually speaking by frequently breaking out into song and dance. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 3 May 2023 The Great Indian Kapil Show is a variety chat show set in the bustling confines of an airport and features prominent celebrity guests every week. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024 The chat show host also sported a fun, high ponytail with long extensions added that had been styled into loose curls. Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024 But celebrity chat shows, for better or worse, have endured. Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2023 The Duchess, 64, is a regular guest on chat shows and earlier this year sat around the table on The View. Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023 Former radio host and Emmy-winning tabloid chat show dynamo Sally Jessy Raphael, whose eponymous daytime talkfest, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show (later shortened to just Sally), ran from 1983 to 2002, has decided to part with her longtime country estate in New York’s historic Dutchess County. Mark David, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2023 On Monday, SiriusXM signed former Late Late Show host James Corden to host an exclusive weekly celebrity chat show. Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023 That's the betting at the moment, as bookmakers install the Duchess of York (popularly known as Fergie) as a favorite to sit in the chair vacated by a TV favorite in the U.K. Last week, Fergie — who had breast cancer surgery in June — had a successful stint on the chat show Loose Women. Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 28 Mar. 2024.

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