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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The day’s panel kicked off with a sizzle reel followed by the trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, which was announced during a CD Projekt Red panel Friday.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 5 July 2025
From Searchlight came a new sizzle reel for horror comedy sequel Ready or Not 2, which wrapped shooting two weeks ago and is on deck for a spring 2026 release.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 18 June 2025
This might not make the summer sizzle reel on Instagram, but those days will come.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2025
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
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Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 5 July 2025
From Searchlight came a new sizzle reel for horror comedy sequel Ready or Not 2, which wrapped shooting two weeks ago and is on deck for a spring 2026 release.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 18 June 2025
This might not make the summer sizzle reel on Instagram, but those days will come.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2025
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
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“Sizzle reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sizzle%20reel. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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