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  • This study was aimed to investigate the code mixing and code switching found in “The Next Mentalist” program on TRANS7 Television channel and to describe kinds of code mixing and code switching found in “The Next Mentalist” program on TRANS7 TV channel. The study used qualitative research design because it described the phenomena of code mixing and code switching in “The Next Mentalist” program and the data were presented in description, not in numbers. The document was collected by downloading video talk show program of TRANS7 TV from YouTube then saving as the data. After analysing the data, it was found that there were 62 code mixings and 22 code-switching used by the presenter and the guest stars in “The Next Mentalist” program broadcasted on 9th February 2014 on TRANS7 TV channel. The code mixing used were categorized into two kinds of code mixing, namely: situational code mixing and conversational code mixing. The findings were 46 Situational code mixings and 16 Conversational code mixings. However, the code-switching expressions used were categorized into three kinds of code switching, namely: Tag code switching, inter-sentential code switching, and intra-sentential code switching. The findings include 8 Tag Code-Switching, 39 Inter-sentential Code-Switching, and 25 intra-sentential Code Switching. It could be concluded that the presenter and the guest stars in “The Next Mentalist” program on TRANS7 TV channel used code mixing and code switching. They used two languages, Indonesian and English together in their utterances. The presenter and the guest stars were able to mix or switch their language in the conversation.