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. Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 She will soon be seen on the big screen in feature film ‘The People Before’ (Sea High Productions) and on the small screen in ‘Professor T’ (ITV) and ‘Waterloo Road’ (BBC). Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 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 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 26 Dec. 2024.

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