game show
noun
: a television program on which contestants compete for prizes in a game (such as a quiz)
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With over 60 flavors and rotating seasonal releases, choosing which of the company's ice cream to bring home can make the freezer aisle at the Piggly Wiggly feel like the final round of a high-pressure, high-stakes game show.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
At wit's end trying to find a job and get medicine for his sick daughter, a working-class guy (Glen Powell) volunteers for the deadliest game show on TV.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The lineup features plenty of nostalgic nods to dating through the decades, haunt-worthy game show taglines and quite a few varieties of fake facial hair.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
At wit's end trying to find a job and get medicine for his sick daughter, a working-class guy (Glen Powell) volunteers for the deadliest game show on TV.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The lineup features plenty of nostalgic nods to dating through the decades, haunt-worthy game show taglines and quite a few varieties of fake facial hair.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Game show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20show. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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