ワイドショー
also: ワイド・ショー · ワイドショウ
Meanings
1
infotainment TV program; TV gossip show; tabloid talk show
A daytime or early-evening TV format that mixes celebrity gossip, scandal, and light news commentary. Wasei-eigo from 'wide show'.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from wide show
The TV gossip show only covers celebrity scandals.
My mother does housework every morning while watching an infotainment program.
Usage patterns
- ワイドショーで〈事〉を取り上げるfor a story to be featured on a tabloid TV show
The incident was heavily covered on the tabloid TV shows.
- ワイドショーを賑わすto be a hot topic all over the tabloid shows
The celebrity's divorce became the talk of every tabloid show.
- ワイドショーに出るto appear as a guest on a tabloid talk show
He appeared on a tabloid show to apologize.