captive audience

“This is kind of a captive audience,” explained Sgt. Sean Whitcomb.

Drill Sargeants [sic] go out of their way to make fun of you for the captive audience.

Asian slapstick humor does not translate well, and most of the captive audience agreed, although they grudgingly watched it.

There's a captive audience for TV shows starring people who horrify us with their behavior.

At its heart is a business model that keeps Jewish citizens a captive audience.

A Wiig character invariably has a captive audience—including us—which they pummel with their own anxiety.

Happiness lifted some of the gloom from his face as he realized that he had a captive audience who would listen to his troubles.

As you can see, I dearly love a lecture—and a captive audience.

In exchange for his generosity he intended to get some information from his captive audience.

He thought sourly to himself: "I'm a captive audience without even an interest in the production tricks."