sizzle reel

noun

: a short, usually flashy video used to promote a product, service, proposed project, etc.

He and Kari are also pitching a family show to the networks. … The sizzle reel has his two teenage daughters in Maui, learning to cut sugarcane.

—Rebecca Flint Marx

Examples of sizzle reel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hawley cued up a sizzle reel that offered fans an exclusive preview of the action to come, and Entertainment Weekly was there to break it all down. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026

Thursday’s panel kicked off with a sizzle reel recapping series within the MCU, including Loki, WandaVision, She-Hulk, Ironheart, Secret Invasion, and the upcoming VisionQuest. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

That entailed creating a sizzle reel with a lot of flashy effects in hopes of convincing Universal to get behind the new budget and schedule. — Geoffrey Bunting, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2026

Every year, studios, streamers, agencies, financiers and production companies are flooded with scripts, pitch decks, lookbooks, sizzle reels and proof of concepts all competing for the same limited attention. — E'ian West, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sizzle reel

• bookmobile
• cochineal
• nonideal
• peroneal
• philomel
• snowmobile
• waterwheel
• abele
• alkyl
• anneal
• appeal
• cartwheel