telefilm

noun

tele·​film ˈte-li-ˌfilm How to pronounce telefilm (audio)
: a motion picture made to be telecast

Examples of telefilm in a Sentence

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Carter went on to launch a Made for Television movie division and executive produce such telefilms as 1981’s The Wave, which won Peabody and Emmy awards, and 1982’s Eleanor: First Lady of the World, starring All in the Family standout Jean Stapleton as Eleanor Roosevelt. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024 Gabriel’s Fire and as the owner of a shoe-repair business in the TNT telefilm Heat Wave, about the 1965 Los Angeles Watts riots. Jacqueline Mansky, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024 All 122 episodes of the Nineties cop drama are now on Peacock, along with Homicide: The Movie, a 2000 telefilm featuring the entire cast — even the ones whose characters died at some point in the previous seven seasons. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024 The 90-minute telefilm follows a mother who joins forces with an FBI investigator and a local detective to track down her abducted daughter. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for telefilm 

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telefilm was in 1919

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“Telefilm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telefilm. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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