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Recent Examples of unscripted
Its pitch to advertisers will be focused on premium content from HBO, as well as unscripted programming from its TV networks that drive social media conversations.
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 May 2026
The unscripted casting director has spent her career scouting and vetting everyday people destined to be TV characters.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Dirty sodas hit a new peak in September in 2024 after being featured in the Hulu unscripted series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, according to Food & Wine.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
For his part, President Donald Trump contributed to some of the visit’s social media highlights, from trading jokes with Charles to unscripted interactions that quickly caught fire online.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 May 2026
The unscripted casting director has spent her career scouting and vetting everyday people destined to be TV characters.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Dirty sodas hit a new peak in September in 2024 after being featured in the Hulu unscripted series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, according to Food & Wine.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
For his part, President Donald Trump contributed to some of the visit’s social media highlights, from trading jokes with Charles to unscripted interactions that quickly caught fire online.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscripted
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Shires brought the song to its high point by trading bluesy, swampy fiddle solos and twin harmony with the backing band’s Noah Jeffries, unrehearsed.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2026
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The impassioned celebration was quickly clipped and shared across social media, with thousands enjoying what initially looked like a release of unbridled, unrehearsed joy.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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But the studio’s initial footage and photos certainly led many to assume this was an impromptu moment, and media outlets covered the stunt without knowing the lucky tourists were hand-picked by the studio.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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In an Instagram carousel posted on Tuesday, April 21, the mogul shared snaps from what appears to be an impromptu photo shoot in her home — with her massive wall of Hermès serving as a backdrop.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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My first show was basically an hour of extemporaneous grief talk.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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And while its predecessor was created in a more conventional process, with songs prepared before the full band entered the studio, A Pound of Feathers was decidedly more extemporaneous.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Joined on his visit by son Hunter, what Fieri (and likely many viewers) discovered was a chef turning out dishes that are at once creative and accessible, improvisational yet simple.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2026
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But seeing the improvisational group War Babies provided the clarity Short desperately needed.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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But energy itself – raucous, coordinated and diligently trained on every shot – seems largely spontaneous and self-generated.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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From scenic highways and spontaneous detours to roadside inns and vintage diners, road trips offer a certain kind of freedom and ambiance that a flight can simply never replicate.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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In March, a man bearing an AR-15-style rifle crashed a car loaded with improvised explosives into a Michigan Jewish preschool near dismissal time.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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The over 13-minute uncut interview shows the rapper thoroughly unsettling Colbert, in an improvised rap about, among other things, a romantic relationship between the pair of them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Yet too many Angelenos feel forced to choose between the political establishment and an outsider unprepared for the magnitude of this job.—
Adam Miller,
Daily News,
23 May 2026
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But this year, many were caught unprepared.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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There’s a suite of professional-quality cameras on board, and each astronaut also has an iPhone for more informal, spur-of-the-moment picture-taking.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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The cheeky wink that Isabella gives Nelly, however, was a spur-of-the-moment idea that came to Fennell during filming.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Unscripted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscripted. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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