the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and the Cookie Monster first debuted on the small screen in 1969. Esther Kang, People.com, 19 May 2025 Madonna might be appearing on the small screen soon. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 May 2025 Mac was also a staple of the small screen, especially with the success of his long-running series, The Bernie Mac Show. Ew Staff, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Beginning in the late ’90s, her work helped resuscitate the Black and prominently female image on the small screen at a time when it was desperately needed and that continues today. Candice Frederick, Refinery29, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the small screen

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“The small screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20small%20screen. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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