Definition of "infomercial" []

• A relatively long commercial in the format of a television program. (noun)

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• "Everything is Terrible found this funny infomercial from a long gone company Zillionaire. com, pushing a site called dotplanet. com ( "the world's only lifestyle destination portal")."
• "The infomercial is another excuse for Kimmel to call in favors from his hot actress friends, like Heidi Klum and Zoe Saldana, but the best guest is Neil Patrick Harris, who pops up in a doctor's coat to explain the science of the diet while the Doogie Howser theme song plays in the background."
• "Even if the infomercial is a variation of what he's heard dozens of times before, believe it or not, there are people who haven't."