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?
Examples of on (the) television in a Sentence
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One aspect not seen on television was Rubin’s love of family, Amezcua said.
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Alina Habba, who represented Trump in his recent E. Jean Carroll and civil fraud trials and is a big personality defending him on television shows, is here again today in one of the benches behind the defense trial team's table.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
James Wilson, 74, of Portage, was at his property in South Haven watching news reports on television Tuesday evening and returned home Wednesday afternoon to assess the damage.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2024
In prison, Griner watched Russian propaganda on television that linked President Biden to the Nazi party, and brushed her teeth with toothpaste that had expired in 2007.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 7 May 2024
Additionally, the documentary delves into the hardships Wilson has faced along the way, including her father’s health struggles in 2022 while Wilson was filming her role on the television series Yellowstone.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 May 2024
In 2006, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on the television series Rome.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Based on the television series that retooled The Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors as a show-business stunt coordinator who also solved crimes, this facetious film adaptation stars Ryan Gosling, not quite a replacement for towering tough-guy Majors.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
But without money to amplify the embarrassing story on television, Ms. Brady’s campaign spliced together 11 minutes of network news footage recounting the story on 40,000 VHS tapes and mailed them to addresses on the Delaware voter rolls.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Alina Habba, who represented Trump in his recent E. Jean Carroll and civil fraud trials and is a big personality defending him on television shows, is here again today in one of the benches behind the defense trial team's table.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
James Wilson, 74, of Portage, was at his property in South Haven watching news reports on television Tuesday evening and returned home Wednesday afternoon to assess the damage.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2024
In prison, Griner watched Russian propaganda on television that linked President Biden to the Nazi party, and brushed her teeth with toothpaste that had expired in 2007.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 7 May 2024
Additionally, the documentary delves into the hardships Wilson has faced along the way, including her father’s health struggles in 2022 while Wilson was filming her role on the television series Yellowstone.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 May 2024
In 2006, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on the television series Rome.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Based on the television series that retooled The Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors as a show-business stunt coordinator who also solved crimes, this facetious film adaptation stars Ryan Gosling, not quite a replacement for towering tough-guy Majors.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
But without money to amplify the embarrassing story on television, Ms. Brady’s campaign spliced together 11 minutes of network news footage recounting the story on 40,000 VHS tapes and mailed them to addresses on the Delaware voter rolls.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 May 2024
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