light entertainment
Breezy TV fare
Light entertainment refers to television or radio programming designed to amuse rather than inform or challenge—variety shows, game shows, talent competitions, and comedy programs.
The term implies pleasant diversion without intellectual demands: The network filled its Saturday schedule with light entertainment.
British broadcasters use the category more formally than American ones.
- variety showProgram mixing different performances
- variety actSolo entertainment segment
- prime timeEvening TV's busiest window
- Saturday nightWeek's final evening
- comedyWork meant to amuse
vaudeville · joke · cabaret · operetta · music hall · song and dance · amusement · revue · dance · pantomime · game show · fun and games · farce · soaps · observational comedy · sitcom · burlesque · reality TV
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Factual film about reality
tragedy · current affairs · drama · investigative reporting · social realism
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Ambitious, critically acclaimed series
art house cinema · arthouse · independent film · festival film
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