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tabloid TV

American  

noun

  1. a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.

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Simpson created the perfect nexus of breaking news, tabloid TV and the nascent true crime genre.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2024

“Fred was making a lot of ancillary dough then, appearing on tabloid TV shows like ‘Inside Edition,’” Ellroy says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2021

“Unsolved Mysteries” debuted on NBC in 1988 as part of a late-80s tabloid TV boom and endured for decades on various networks and cable channels.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020

Franken presented evidence that O’Reilly had falsely boasted that Inside Edition, a tabloid TV show on which O’Reilly worked, had won two Peabody Awards.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2017

Springer says he doesn't find his free-wheeling tabloid TV show shocking, no more than what is in daily newspapers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2013

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