Meaning of ambush television | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A television format in which guests are deliberately tricked into embarrassing or upsetting confrontations.
   uncountable
2. A television format in which a hidden camera captures a public prank played on unsuspecting people.
   uncountable

Examples

“The reasoning usually goes along the lines: ' Talk⟳ shows, which started out innocently, have⟳ degenerated into ambush television'.”

“The case had focused attention on “ambush” television and titillating daytime TV tactics, with Schmitz's lawyers arguing that the show⟳ misled him into believing he was going to meet⟳ the woman of his dreams.”

“Having been a former high school cheerleader and beauty queen, Birdee is remembered by everyone and pitied for her embarrassment on "ambush" television.”

“An "ambush" television interview conducted on a public street does not violate⟳ the federal wiretap statute.”

“An increasingly controversial incarnation of reality television is the hidden camera show⟳, or “ambush television,” in which a prank is played at the expense of an unsuspecting victim.”

“Politicians have⟳ learned to apply⟳ a fixed smile⟳ to disguise the blind panic as Chaser representative goes about his line in ambush television.”

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