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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Able to be goofy, which is the opposite of what a lot of Black women are portrayed as on television.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2025
Perhaps that’s because Garden Society’s Grosse Pointe isn’t really specific enough to separate it from any other nondescript upscale suburb on television.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
Anyone who’s watched baseball on television in recent years will be familiar with the faint, rectangular box that appears in front of the batter.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2025
My first encounter with Gorey’s work was on television.
—Lisa Brown, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2025
Perhaps that’s because Garden Society’s Grosse Pointe isn’t really specific enough to separate it from any other nondescript upscale suburb on television.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
Anyone who’s watched baseball on television in recent years will be familiar with the faint, rectangular box that appears in front of the batter.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2025
My first encounter with Gorey’s work was on television.
—Lisa Brown, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“On (the) television.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20%28the%29%20television. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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