talk fest

He holds a 7 a.m. news conference nearly every weekday, a talk fest that often lasts two hours.

Such goings would make ideal fodder for the great Sunday talk fest on the networks, right?

“The risk is another never-ending talk fest that consumes energy and produces nothing,” said David Schulze, a lawyer in Montreal who represented an indigenous man in a court case that prompted the government’s legislation.

When CBS announced that Colbert would be taking over for David Letterman, it was even worse — not only would we miss Dave, but what cruel universe would switch out "The Colbert Report" for another celebrity talk fest?

But law-flouting government mangers get treated to a talk fest.