What is "hot seat"

n. 1 (context slang English) the electric chair 2 (context by extension English) any stressful situation

1. n. an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" [syn: electric chair, chair, death chair]

2. a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism

Hot Seat is a Saturday late night syndicated, politically oriented, though often satirical and comedic television talk-show that began in the early 1980s, hosted by conservative commentator Wally George. It was shot in the studios of KDOC, a UHF television station licensed to (and, at the time, having their studios in) Anaheim, California. The first edition of the series aired on Saturday July 16, 1983.

The term hot seat or hotseat can refer to:

• "Being in the hot seat", an expression for a high-pressure situation in which a great deal of attention and scrutiny is focused on a person or organization
• Hot seat, a slang term for the electric chair
• Hotseat (multiplayer mode), a multiplayer mode in computer games, where players take consecutive turns in a single "seat"
• Hot Seat (talk show), a former syndicated politically oriented talk show in the United States
• Hot Seat exercises, or "Hotseating", a drama workshop technique in which an actor takes the role of a character and workshop participants ask them questions, which are to be answered from the perspective of the character.
• Hot Seat (game show), a former ABC game show in the United States
• Hot seat, the term used for the contestant's chair on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • Millionaire Hot Seat, the 2009 relaunch of the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
• Hot Seat (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

Hot Seat is an American game show which aired on ABC from July 12 to October 22, 1976. The series was created by Heatter-Quigley Productions, which at this point were best known for creating Gambit and The Hollywood Squares.

Jim Peck was the host, with Kenny Williams as the announcer.