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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Example Sentences

The entrepreneurial zeal shown by Levine helped land him a job in 1992 as managing editor of “A Current Affair,” a pioneering tabloid TV show that featured exhaustive coverage of O.J.

From Seattle Times

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

From Salon

He only chooses subjects he’s madly in love with, then fearlessly dives in, just as he did with Shakespeare, setting the story of Romeo and Juliet in Verona Beach, a fictionalized Miami of sorts, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, pink hair, tabloid TV and a hot-dog stand.

From New York Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

Now out of jail and stripped of his private investigator’s license, Mr. Portley-Hanks is eager to explain the tricks of his trade — honed over two decades when he worked for two American tabloid TV shows, “A Current Affair” and “Hard Copy,” as well as a contractor for numerous British tabloid papers.

From New York Times