Hot seat
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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 chairElectric chairExecution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...
- Hotseat (multiplayer mode)Hotseat (multiplayer mode)Hotseat or hot seat is a multiplayer mode provided by some turn-based video games, which allows two or more players to play on the same device by taking turns playing the game...
, a multiplayer mode in computer games, where players take consecutive turns in a single "seat" - Hot Seat (talk show)Hot Seat (talk show)Hot Seat is a syndicated, politically-oriented, though often satirical and comedic television talk-show that began in the early 1980s, hosted by conservative commentator Wally George...
, a former syndicated politically-oriented talk show in the United States - Hot Seat (game show)Hot Seat (game show)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....
, 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?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
- Millionaire Hot SeatMillionaire Hot SeatHot Seat is a spin-off of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire that began airing on Australia's Nine Network on 20 April 2009, and is hosted by Eddie McGuire, as with the original version of the show...
, the 2009 relaunch of the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
- Millionaire Hot Seat
- Hot Seat (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe