on (the) television

idiom

: broadcast by television : being shown by television or in a television program

What is on the television tonight?

There's nothing (I want to watch) on television right now.

I recognize your face. Are you on television?

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The Indians’ story needs to be told in books, on television and on social media so that all Americans know what really happened. —

Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024 Davis has also found huge success on television, starring in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, United States of Tara and most notably, How to Get Away with Murder. —

Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024 White was still making wisecracks on television shows in her 80s and early 90s and even hosted Saturday Night Live in 2010. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024 One bar had Fox News on the television, but no one was watching. —

Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on (the) television

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