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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Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024 This made for explosive headlines in the Miami Herald and on television news programs, but the evidence connecting these killings to Willy or Sal was sketchy. —

T.j. English, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024 Eight days ahead of the December 7 reopening of the cathedral, Macron conducted an inspection, broadcast live on television, which provided the first official insight into how the 850-year-old edifice now looks inside. —

Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 29 Nov. 2024 An officer saw a white rock-like substance and a small handmade foil pipe on the television stand near the victim. —

Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on (the) television

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