the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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Two Supergirl co-stars — and real-life spouses — are teaming up again on the small screen. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 5 Dec. 2024 Of course, at the time, achieving success on the small screen wasn’t enough. Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 Northrop continued to find success elsewhere on the small screen, playing the mysterious chauffeur Michael on Dynasty and the manipulative Rex Stanton on the General Hospital spinoff, Port Charles. Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2024 Watch on Hulu Fargo Noah Hawley’s anthology series isn’t the first attempt to adapt the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning crime-comedy to the small screen (Edie Falco starred in a previous version, which was a more straightforward adaptation of the movie), but his approach was clearly the smarter move. Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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