talk show
noun
: a radio or television program in which usually well-known persons engage in discussions or are interviewed
Examples of talk show in a Sentence
She asked the actor to appear on her talk show.
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Aftersun is a weekly recap talk show that airs as Saturday’s episode of Love Island USA.
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Kay is the longtime TV voice of the New York Yankees and an ESPN New York radio afternoon talk show host.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 29 May 2026
But Ava’s flourishing is also part of Deborah’s legacy, as a boss who has (mostly) stopped exploiting her employees and started supporting them—going so far, at the end of Season 4, as to choose her writing partner over her talk show.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Carr later opened an equal-time rule investigation into ABC’s The View, even though the interview portions of talk shows have historically been exempt from the rule.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Kay is the longtime TV voice of the New York Yankees and an ESPN New York radio afternoon talk show host.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 29 May 2026
But Ava’s flourishing is also part of Deborah’s legacy, as a boss who has (mostly) stopped exploiting her employees and started supporting them—going so far, at the end of Season 4, as to choose her writing partner over her talk show.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Carr later opened an equal-time rule investigation into ABC’s The View, even though the interview portions of talk shows have historically been exempt from the rule.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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“Talk show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20show. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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