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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 correspondents, talk show guests, game show contestants, announcers, commentators, etc.Fictional characters should use the "TV Character" type.
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x Game Show Host   QI Stephen Fry  
Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of game show. List of famous game show hosts:
The Price Is Right Bob Barker  
Family Game Bob Barker  
Truth or Consequences Bob Barker  
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Meredith Vieira  
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x Game show announcer   Wer wird Millionär? Günther Jauch    
The Price Is Right Johnny Olson  
The Price Is Right Rod Roddy  
The Price Is Right Rich Fields  
Extreme Championship Wrestling Josh Lomberger  
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x Contestant   QI Alan Davies  
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...
8 Out of 10 Cats Sean Lock  
8 Out of 10 Cats Dave Spikey  
8 Out of 10 Cats Jason Manford  
Fear Factor Ryan Seacrest  
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x Newscaster   CBS Evening News Katie Couric  
A person who presents the news on radio or television.
60 Minutes Katie Couric  
Dateline NBC Katie Couric  
CBS Evening News Diane Sawyer  
60 Minutes Diane Sawyer  
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x VJ   The Wedge Sook-Yin Lee  
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...
Scrap MTV MariMoon  
x Co-host   Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Teller    
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Penn Jillette  
Remote Control Kari Wührer  
The Today Show Meredith Vieira  
Good Morning America Diane Sawyer  
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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...
Saturday Night Live    
x Host   Late Night with Conan O'Brien Conan O'Brien Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Season 1  
Yo Momma Wilmer Valderrama Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Season 9
Sessions at West 54th David Byrne Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Season 10
Sessions at West 54th Christopher Douridas Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Season 6
Sessions at West 54th John Hiatt Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Season 13
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x Interviewee   Sweet Nothing Lendon Smith    
Sweet Nothing Ralph Nader  
To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Children Bill Clinton  
To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Children Theodore R. Sizer  
To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Children John Goodlad  
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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  
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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  
The Apprentice Donald Trump  
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x Sidekick Don Quixote and Sancho Panza unsuccessfully confront windmills. By Gustave Doré 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, Batman's companion Robin, and Xena's partner, Gabrielle are some well-known sidekicks in...
Late Show with David Letterman Paul Shaffer  
The Pat Sajak Show Dan Miller  
TV total Elton  
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...
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Brandford Marsalis  
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Kevin Eubanks  
x Musician The Musicians by Caravaggio Shindig! Delaney Bramlett  
A musician is a person who performs 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 ·...
Christmas in Rockefeller Center Kelly Clarkson  
An Evening at Tanglewood Itzhak Perlman  
x Guest host   The Pat Sajak Show Rush Limbaugh  
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...
  Rush Limbaugh  
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  
Late Night with David Letterman Howard Stern  
Late Night with David Letterman Howard Stern  
Late Night with David Letterman Howard Stern  
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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...
Access Hollywood Trey Smith  
Entertainment Tonight Canada Tanya Memme  
Fox & Friends Jill Dobson  
NBC Nightly News Star Jones Reynolds  
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x Judge An American judge talks to a lawyer 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...
The People's Court Joseph Wapner  
The X Factor Louis Walsh The X Factor - Season 1
The X Factor Cheryl Cole The X Factor (UK) - Season 2
The X Factor Dannii Minogue The X Factor (UK) - Season 3
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x Sportscaster   Extreme Championship Wrestling Matthew Kaye  
A sports commentator (also sports announcer, sports broadcaster, sportscaster, 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,...
WCW Saturday Night Mike Tenay  
When Worlds Collide Mike Tenay  
WCW WorldWide Mike Tenay  
WCW Monday Nitro Mike Tenay  
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x Reality show judge   American Idol Simon Cowell    
American Idol Paula Abdul  
American Idol Kara DioGuardi  
American Idol Randy Jackson  
America's Best Dance Crew Lil' Mama  
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x Bailiff Ontario Provincial Bailiff Shoulder Flash The People's Court Rusty Burrell  
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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