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  • noun Alternative spelling of quiz show.

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Examples

  • Last week she ordered three new ITV1 shows from the in-house production arm – gameshow High Stakes, quizshow Holding Out for a Hero and Born to Shine, a collaboration with Save the Children in which talented youngsters teach famous faces a new skill they must perform in a live show.

    ITV's Elaine Bedell is still betting on the Simon Cowell factor 2011

  • Programme-makers are looking at ways of freshening up the Chris Tarrant quizshow after a special live Christmas Eve edition was watched by 6.5 million viewers, its biggest audience for five years.

    The Guardian World News John Plunkett 2011

  • David Mitchell has criticised the BBC over its decision to block its newsreaders from appearing on the star's new comedy quizshow.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • The quizshow - called Masaka No Mystery - followed the misadventures of a honeymooning couple in London.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

  • David Mitchell has criticised the BBC over its decision to block its newsreaders from appearing on the star's new comedy quizshow.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • David Mitchell has criticised the BBC over its decision to block its newsreaders from appearing on the star's new comedy quizshow.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • "Instant Cash is a unique and noisy format that combines elements of hidden camera, quizshow and stunt TV," said Cineflix CEO of programming Simon Lloyd.

    C21Media.net 2010

  • The quizshow - called Masaka No Mystery - followed the misadventures of a honeymooning couple in London.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

  • Though this doc, depicting a fake gameshow in which contestants were asked to administer electric shocks to a quizshow participant (an actor in on the "experiment"), created a media firestorm, "Game" came in third in the March 17 ratings for France Televisions.

    Variety.com 2010

  • The quizshow - called Masaka No Mystery - followed the misadventures of a honeymooning couple in London.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

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