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A non-character role is essentially a non-fiction television appearance. Examples include game show and talk show hosts, news anchors and...
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| x Game Show Host | QI | Stephen Fry | 2003 |
Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of game show.
List of famous game show hosts:
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| The Price Is Right | Bob Barker | Sep 4, 1972 | |||
| Family Game | Bob Barker | 1967 | |||
| Truth or Consequences | Bob Barker | Dec 31, 1956 | |||
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Meredith Vieira | 2002 | |||
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| x Game show announcer | Wer wird Millionär? | Günther Jauch | |||
| The Price Is Right | Johnny Olson | 1972 | |||
| The Price Is Right | Rod Roddy | 1986 | |||
| The Price Is Right | Rich Fields | 2004 | |||
| Extreme Championship Wrestling | Josh Lomberger | ||||
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| x Contestant | QI | Alan Davies | 2003 |
A contestant is someone who takes part in a competition, usually a professional competition or a game show on television. The participants competing against each other have to go through rounds. The winners may have to compete in later stages or...
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| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Sean Lock | 2005 | |||
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Dave Spikey | 2005 | |||
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Jason Manford | 2007 | |||
| Fear Factor | Ryan Seacrest | ||||
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| x Newscaster | CBS Evening News | Katie Couric | 2006 |
A person who presents the news on radio or television.
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| 60 Minutes | Katie Couric | 2006 | |||
| Dateline NBC | Katie Couric | 1992 | |||
| CBS Evening News | Diane Sawyer | 1978 | |||
| 60 Minutes | Diane Sawyer | 1984 | |||
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| x VJ | The Wedge | Sook-Yin Lee | 1995 |
A video jockey (usually abbreviated to VJ, or sometimes veejay) is an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as the United States' MTV, VH1, Fuse TV, non-commercial TVU, Canada's MuchMusic, and Asia's Channel V...
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| x Co-host | Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | Teller | Jan 25, 2003 | ||
| Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | Penn Jillette | Jan 25, 2003 | |||
| Remote Control | Kari Wührer | 1987 | |||
| The Today Show | Meredith Vieira | 2006 | |||
| Good Morning America | Diane Sawyer | 1999 | |||
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| x Impressionist | MADtv | Aries Spears |
An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the "impression" of being someone else by imitating the other person's voice and mannerisms.
The word usually refers to a professional comedian who specializes in such performances, has...
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| Saturday Night Live | 2008 | ||||
| x Host | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Conan O'Brien | |||
| Yo Momma | Wilmer Valderrama | ||||
| Sessions at West 54th | David Byrne | ||||
| Sessions at West 54th | Christopher Douridas | ||||
| Sessions at West 54th | John Hiatt | ||||
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| x Narrator | Arrested Development | Ron Howard | |||
| Bob Saget | |||||
| Planet Earth | David Attenborough | ||||
| Planet Earth | Sigourney Weaver | ||||
| Who'll Age Worst | Chris Coghill | 2009 | |||
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| x Him/Herself | Futurama | Al Gore | |||
| I Love the '80s | Michael Ian Black | ||||
| I Love the '80s | Tom Arnold | ||||
| Driven | Dina Lohan | 2002 | |||
| The Apprentice | Donald Trump | Jan 8, 2004 | |||
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Andy Richter |
A sidekick is a stock character, a close companion who assists a partner in a superior position. Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, and Batman's companion Robin are some well-known sidekicks in fiction.
The origin of the...
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| Late Show with David Letterman | Paul Shaffer | ||||
| The Pat Sajak Show | Dan Miller | 1989 | |||
| x Bandleader | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Max Weinberg |
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll...
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| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Brandford Marsalis | 1992 | |||
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Kevin Eubanks | 1995 | |||
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Shindig! | Delaney Bramlett |
A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:
Conductor · leader · Concertmaster
Composer · Songwriter · Arranger · Orchestrator
Bassist or Double bassist · Bassoonist ·...
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| Christmas in Rockefeller Center | Kelly Clarkson | ||||
| An Evening at Tanglewood | Itzhak Perlman | ||||
| x Guest host | The Pat Sajak Show | Rush Limbaugh | Mar 30, 1990 |
A guest host (or guest presenter in the United Kingdom) is a host, usually of a talk show, that substitutes for the regular host if they are, for example, ill or have other commitments. Although guest hosts are often undesirable, some shows have...
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| Rush Limbaugh | Dec 17, 1993 | ||||
| Good Day Live | Ryan Seacrest | ||||
| Larry King Live | Ryan Seacrest | ||||
| MADtv | Tyra Banks | ||||
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| x Celebrity guest | Match Game | Charles Nelson Reilly | |||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | Oct 18, 1984 | |||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | Jun 19, 1984 | |||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | Aug 1, 1989 | |||
| Late Night with David Letterman | Howard Stern | Nov 11, 1988 | |||
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| x Correspondent | The Daily Show | Kristen Schaal |
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign country. The term...
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| Access Hollywood | Trey Smith | ||||
| Entertainment Tonight Canada | Tanya Memme | ||||
| Fox & Friends | Jill Dobson | ||||
| NBC Nightly News | Star Jones Reynolds | ||||
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Judge Judy | Judith Sheindlin |
A judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different...
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| The People's Court | Joseph Wapner | 1981 | |||
| x Sportscaster | Extreme Championship Wrestling | Matthew Kaye |
A sportscaster (also sports announcer, sports commentator or sports presenter) is a type of journalist on radio and/or television who specializes in reporting or commentating on sporting events. Sportscasting is often done live, "in real-time". In...
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| WCW Saturday Night | Mike Tenay | ||||
| When Worlds Collide | Mike Tenay | Nov 1994 | |||
| WCW WorldWide | Mike Tenay | ||||
| WCW Monday Nitro | Mike Tenay | Sep 2, 1996 | |||
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| x Reality show judge | American Idol | Simon Cowell | |||
| American Idol | Paula Abdul | ||||
| x Bailiff |
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The People's Court | Rusty Burrell | 1981 |
A bailiff (from Late Latin baiulivus, adjectival form of baiulus) is a governor or custodian (cf. bail); a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties...
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