sizzle reel
noun
: a short, usually flashy video used to promote a product, service, proposed project, etc.
He and Kari are also pitching a family show to the networks. … The sizzle reel has his two teenage daughters in Maui, learning to cut sugarcane.—
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Absent from the sizzle reel, however, are For All Mankind (which dropped its Season 4 finale in January 2024 and was renewed that April) and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (which ended its freshman run in January 2024, but only wrapped filming on Season 2 in March).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 June 2025
There were a few notable bits of news about various series, along with the customary sizzle reels.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Unlike its great western counterparts along the Pacific Crest or the Continental Divide, the United States’ most iconic footpath is subtle—a green tunnel through some of the oldest and most graceful mountains in the world, not some sizzle reel of endless panoramas.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2025
My friend and fellow producer, Keri Selig, sent me a sizzle reel.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 14 June 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 June 2025
There were a few notable bits of news about various series, along with the customary sizzle reels.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Unlike its great western counterparts along the Pacific Crest or the Continental Divide, the United States’ most iconic footpath is subtle—a green tunnel through some of the oldest and most graceful mountains in the world, not some sizzle reel of endless panoramas.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2025
My friend and fellow producer, Keri Selig, sent me a sizzle reel.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 14 June 2025
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“Sizzle reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sizzle%20reel. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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