the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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On the small screen, 2025 looks set to be the year of buzzy returning favorites, from the sophomore installments of The Last of Us and Wednesday to the conclusions of Stranger Things and Squid Game. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025 On the small screen, Shōgun led the pack with six nods. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025 This will be the second of Hilderbrand’s novels to be adapted for the small screen. Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025 From 1993 to 1998, Jane Seymour and Joe Lando shared the small screen on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, the beloved CBS Western. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025 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 22 Feb. 2025.

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