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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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“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

The idea of tabloid TV as cultural boogeyman feels almost quaint now.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018

In Ohio, tabloid TV star Jerry Springer attended a Labor Day parade in Cleveland on Monday amid speculation he is considering a run for Ohio governor as a Democrat in 2018.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2017

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

What those people did has already provided the fodder for numerous books, movies, magazine articles and half-baked tabloid TV specials.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2016

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