captive audience

And for the next few hours he's a captive audience.

These days, everyone knows there's no such thing as a captive audience.

"The others, you can tell they see a captive audience and are looking to cash in."

"They have a captive audience on television and the crowd is all here."

Last week, the court was a reluctant but captive audience.

This, he said, "at least made sure there was a captive audience for four minutes."

Perhaps she comes every morning - captive audience always on tap.

But captive audience meetings, a majority of the board felt, were different.

Someday, he told himself, I'm going to find a way to make that woman a captive audience.

He added that the new loan program has a captive audience.

"I've got a captive audience five times a day," he said.

Maybe it's just human nature to look for solutions where there's a captive audience.

When that day came, he meant to have a giant captive audience.

The campaign trail is, if nothing else, rich with captive audiences.

"They have a strong brand name and a captive audience," she said.

"I guess for me the really important issue is the captive audience.

We are all here, a captive audience, waiting to be entertained.

If the speaker has a captive audience, the reverse is also true.

They were by no means a captive audience, but the girls provided a running commentary through the night.

We have a captive audience - no one can leave the Earth."

"People sitting watching the machines are a captive audience," he said.

"Come on, it's close and we have a captive audience."

We're a captive audience, but only until the train arrives.

They are role models in positions of great power and authority over a captive audience, their students.

The women themselves are a kind of captive audience.