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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Top administration officials also were absent from the Sunday morning television talk shows to discuss the attacks.
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Garrett Downs,greg Iacurci,azhar Sukri,spriha Srivastava,emma Graham,lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson spent years as bitter rivals on competing talk shows.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
And that spectacle says more about the FCC’s uneasy place in the modern media ecosystem than about any single candidate or talk show.
—Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The ex-cohost — who publicly slammed the talk show and longtime panelist Joy Behar in early 2025 — spoke out online against problematic college fraternity practices, amid recent headlines covering notable alleged hazing instances on campuses around the country.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
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Garrett Downs,greg Iacurci,azhar Sukri,spriha Srivastava,emma Graham,lee Ying Shan,anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson spent years as bitter rivals on competing talk shows.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
And that spectacle says more about the FCC’s uneasy place in the modern media ecosystem than about any single candidate or talk show.
—Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The ex-cohost — who publicly slammed the talk show and longtime panelist Joy Behar in early 2025 — spoke out online against problematic college fraternity practices, amid recent headlines covering notable alleged hazing instances on campuses around the country.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Talk show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20show. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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