advice show
Call-in help broadcast
A television or radio program where a host—often with claimed expertise in relationships, psychology, or life skills—dispenses guidance to callers or guests about their personal problems.
The format ranges from earnest self-help to entertainment spectacle: She called in to an advice show about her mother-in-law.
Compare talk show and call-in show.
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- hostOne receiving guests
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
- life coachProfessional growth mentor
- tipsExtras for servers
guidance · counseling · recommendation · tough love · panel · interview · guest · audience · wisdom · lifestyle · self-help · Dear Abby · makeover · Dr. Phil · Oprah · daytime · couch · segment
- daytime TVsoap opera, soap operas, soaps, daytime drama, daytime host
- talk showslate night, late-night, guest host, co-host, host
- talk radiotalk radio, phone-in, caller, open line, host
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
advice shownews program
Broadcast of current events
news broadcast · hard news · documentary · sitcom · fiction series
advice showscripted series
Preplanned episodic television fiction
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