talking head
noun
: the televised head and shoulders shot of a person talking
also
: a television personality who appears in such shots
Examples of talking head in a Sentence
The debate was followed by hours of talking heads analyzing the candidates' performances.
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A lot of talking heads blamed this game on Jalen Duren.
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David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Cunk on Earth plays like a Daily Show segment spread out across five hours, in which viewers watch the earnest — and ofttimes exasperated — talking heads field inane questions from Morgan’s uproariously daft Cunk.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
There’s no connection between the two states, and clearly Purnell is trying to avoid the conventional documentary method of talking heads droning on.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
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David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Cunk on Earth plays like a Daily Show segment spread out across five hours, in which viewers watch the earnest — and ofttimes exasperated — talking heads field inane questions from Morgan’s uproariously daft Cunk.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
There’s no connection between the two states, and clearly Purnell is trying to avoid the conventional documentary method of talking heads droning on.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for talking head
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“Talking head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talking%20head. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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