talk show
- noun
- /tɔk ʃoʊ/
- On her popular talk show, celebrities often discuss their latest projects.
- a talk show host
- radio talk shows
- appear on talk shows
Just look at any daytime talk show, it's all yelling at each other.
- Just look at any daytime talk show, it's all yelling at each other.
- So like his his her favorite talk show host was Tucker Carlson.
- Why do scishow talk shows lately seem to be terrifying?
- Voted the number one black talk show that ain't on TV yet.
- Whoever thought a YouTube chicken wing talk show could take it this far?
- You're always been a hilarious talk show guest.
- I do not laugh like a talk show host.
Examples
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I spent three hours there, mostly listening to callers on a talk show arguing about all the new taxes.
Fiction book (1996) -
Morning shows, late night, all the talk shows.
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Maybe a television talk show or something.
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I was on a talk show with your father.
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What is this, a talk show?
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For two years, he was host of a weekly talk show on science on a San Francisco radio station.
Academic text (1992) -
When they do address state politics, radio talk shows do not necessarily provide the most objective coverage available.
Academic text (2000) -
In time, she made her way as a journalist and talk show host in Santiago.
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And she's doing our daytime talk show as the first talk show.
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The host invited several experts to the talk show to answer viewers' questions about health.
Synonyms
An event like a play or concert that people watch
A show on radio or television for an audience
A TV program that people watch for fun or information
A program you watch on TV in separate episodes
A TV or radio programme where famous people talk about topics and answer audience questions
How Public
- Literature
- Texting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a program where people talk' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'talk' (a spoken exchange) with 'show' (a program or staged event). This noun+noun composition is a common, literal pattern found across languages and in English media vocabulary, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Talk show comes from the simple idea of a talk and a show: a program on radio or TV where hosts and guests speak to each other. That's why it means 'a radio or TV program in which people, often famous guests, discuss topics or answer questions from the audience'.