How to Use on (the) television in a Sentence

on (the) television

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• So, what to do when one of the best shows on television is no more?
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 3 June 2023
• The event was broadcast on television for the first time in 1948.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
• This was nothing like the sitcoms that were on television at the time.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 May 2023
• These days, just turning on the television seems to trigger a blitzkrieg of F-bombs.
  — Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
• These are some of the best shows on television and on any streaming network.
  — Tess Garcia, Men's Health, 25 May 2023
• He is glued to the news on television and social media.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• And while the long game may not play as well on television, there is something fitting in that.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• That’s what separates us from many of the shows on television.
  — Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
• In some ways, August is a month of endings, at least on television.
  — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
• Laura Dern will not not be rich — at least on television.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
• Those who can’t attend games can find them on television.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
• All the while, the president was watching the riot on television.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Nov. 2023
• The moment was broadcast on television and led to four reunions.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• It was broadcast live on television in the U.K. and throughout Europe.
  — Richard Smirke, Billboard, 9 May 2023
• This will be the third time an actor is playing Candy on television.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
• Jones first broke out on television in shows such as The Office and Parks and Recreation, but she's since gone on to write, produce, and direct projects, too.
  — Aja Hoggatt, EW.com, 29 May 2024
• Thanks for adding the category of best stand-up on television.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
• About 10:20, results suddenly appeared on television and a roar went up in the room.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
• Here’s a look at which live sports are on television in the greater Los Angeles area for Thursday, July 20.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• It was recently seen on television with the word intact both times.
  — James H. Dygert, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
• The crew member says these incidents were filmed but didn’t air on television.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
• Still, any press is good press, and Swift knows that football games get more eyeballs than anything else on television.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
• What Deion made obvious through one quarter of the season was that the product always will be what’s put on the television.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• The idea that Iran read about this operation in the paper or on television is laughable.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
• It is earned, and millions will share the experience, watching on television screens around the globe.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2024
• Anyone buying a ticket knows the deal, but imagine stumbling across the film by chance on television.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• In 2011, Markle got her big break on the television drama Suits, playing Rachel Zane for seven seasons.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• No character portrayed in the series has spent more time on television than Doc Rivers.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• Both can go on television and deliver a good two minutes.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
• That’s potentially one public service that the Emmys can provide: a shortlist of the best shows on television that viewers can accept, within reason, as the best of the best on TV.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Sep 2024