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light entertainment

NOUN
comedy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
farce fun humor satire sitcom
STRONG
ball burlesque camp comicality drollery facetiousness funnies funniness grins hilarity hoopla humorousness interlude laughs merry-go-round picnic schtick slapstick takeoff travesty vaudeville witticism wittiness
WEAK
chaffing comic drama comicalness drollness field day fun and games gag show high camp high time jesting joking send-up wisecracking
Antonyms
STRONGEST
sadness tragedy
STRONG
seriousness

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Morris branched out in to light entertainment with The Animal Roadshow and Animal Country, alongside Sarah Kennedy.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Kelly was a journalist who later pivoted to light entertainment, hosting TV gameshow Game For A Laugh and Going For Gold in the 1980s and 90s.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Throughout his long career, Jewison combined light entertainment with topical films that appealed to him on a deeply personal level.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

When Parkinson was recruited to present his eponymous show on BBC One, the corporation's head of light entertainment, Bill Cotton, envisaged a variety programme along the lines of America's Ed Sullivan Show.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023

Mr. Blackburn will be illuminated by oxy-hydrogen; he will thus appear as Mr. White-burn; so altogether a light entertainment.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 by Various

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