the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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Of course, this is all playing out in the real world as well as on the small screen. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024 On the small screen, his most notable role was on the 2010s NBC sitcom Community, as Pierce Hawthorne. Colson Thayer, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024 Since then, she’s appeared on the small screen in The Baby-Sitters Club, American Woman and Suburgatory. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024 The actress played famed socialite Leonore Lemmon, ex-fiancee of the tragic George Reeves (Ben Affleck), in Hollywoodland (2006), and found a home on the small screen around that time, too. Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024 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 18 Nov. 2024.

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