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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The Giants’ final game before the All-Star break won’t be on NBC Sports Bay Area — or on television at all.
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Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
And if women’s matches spend less time on television screens than men’s matches, especially at the climaxes of the biggest events in the sport, then the men’s game necessarily receives more exposure.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Their children, the Baby Boomers, would get their first exposure to nuclear fears through monster movies and popcorn flicks that would later air regularly on television.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
What are your hopes for the doors this could open for transgender characters globally on television?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
And if women’s matches spend less time on television screens than men’s matches, especially at the climaxes of the biggest events in the sport, then the men’s game necessarily receives more exposure.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Their children, the Baby Boomers, would get their first exposure to nuclear fears through monster movies and popcorn flicks that would later air regularly on television.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
What are your hopes for the doors this could open for transgender characters globally on television?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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