game shown.
/ˈɡeɪm ʃəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪm ʃoʊ/ Originally U.S.
A broadcast entertainment programme in which contestants compete in a game or quiz, usually for prizes. Cf. panel game n. 2.
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news bulletin1857
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soap opera1939
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magazine programme1941
season1942
soap1943
soaper1946
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public service announcement1948
simulcasting1949
breakfast-time television1952
call-in1952
talkathon1952
game show1953
kidvid1955
roundup1958
telenovela1961
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miniseries1963
simulcast1964
soapie1964
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novela1968
phone-in1968
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schools programme1971
talk-in1971
God slot1972
roadshow1973
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1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 6 Feb. a11/3 This marks the third anniversary of the popular parlor game show, ‘20 Questions’.]
1953 Billboard 20 June 7/4 ‘City Hospital’..will alternate with ‘Place That Face’, a new game show sponsored by Toni.
1961 Sat. Evening Post 21 Oct. 19/1 The set announced, ‘It's Time to Say When!’ and after a commercial, the first of the day's ‘game shows’ began.
1984 Broadcast 7 Dec. 22/1 The year has seen the successful development of a new game show for Channel Four.
1996 E. Winner Gifted Children ii. 22 He told me he had wanted to be a game-show host since the age of two.
2008 New Yorker 24 Mar. 78/2 ‘Oprah's Big Give’ is a game show, two of whose executive producers are creators of ‘The Amazing Race’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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