on (the) television

idiom

: broadcast by television : being shown by television or in a television program
What is on the television tonight?
There's nothing (I want to watch) on television right now.
I recognize your face. Are you on television?

Examples of on (the) television in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The spookiest sitcom on television is back Thursday night for a special All Hallows' Eve episode. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024 Clarkson is one of, fittingly, three talk show hosts who decided to dress up as the bio-exorcist on television for Halloween this year. EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 The whole event, from the colorful build-up through the fight and into the aftermath, was a global spectacle, and around a billion people are believed to have watched the October 30, 1974 fight in Zaire on television. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024 One-hundred and forty law enforcement officers were injured because of that attack, and while Donald Trump sat in the White House watching as the violence unfolded on television, he was told by his staff that the mob wanted to kill his own vice president, and Donald Trump responded with two words. Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on (the) television 

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“On (the) television.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20%28the%29%20television. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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