TV dinner
noun
: a quick-frozen packaged dinner (as of meat, potatoes, and a vegetable) that requires only heating before it is served
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Each meal is packaged in a plastic tray with two or three compartments sealed with a plastic film—think a more refined TV dinner.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2025
So it’s not processed food, a TV dinner that’s brought in and just reheated and given to kids.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
Hank was in the early running, but actually, eating a TV dinner in front of Elf beats drunk-driving to Ted’s motel room.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
Prosecutors, however, presented photographs of the scene that showed nothing was disturbed or out of place in the area around Askew’s body, including a TV dinner tray and a Christmas tree.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
By the end of 1954, Swanson had sold 10 million frozen turkey meals, and the TV dinner industry was born.
—House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2023
In the living room, a fireplace burns alongside a one-of-a-kind couch plucked straight from the original Barbie Dreamhouse, with wooden TV dinner trays that pop out seamlessly.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
Using the back gate of my Toyota like a TV dinner tray, the sandwich, chips, soda and cannoli fit spaciously.
—Danny Palumbo, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
Fried chicken, the centerpiece of Eaton’s nostalgic take on the frozen TV dinner ($19), is a perfect example.
—Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2025
So it’s not processed food, a TV dinner that’s brought in and just reheated and given to kids.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
Hank was in the early running, but actually, eating a TV dinner in front of Elf beats drunk-driving to Ted’s motel room.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
Prosecutors, however, presented photographs of the scene that showed nothing was disturbed or out of place in the area around Askew’s body, including a TV dinner tray and a Christmas tree.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
By the end of 1954, Swanson had sold 10 million frozen turkey meals, and the TV dinner industry was born.
—House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2023
In the living room, a fireplace burns alongside a one-of-a-kind couch plucked straight from the original Barbie Dreamhouse, with wooden TV dinner trays that pop out seamlessly.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
Using the back gate of my Toyota like a TV dinner tray, the sandwich, chips, soda and cannoli fit spaciously.
—Danny Palumbo, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
Fried chicken, the centerpiece of Eaton’s nostalgic take on the frozen TV dinner ($19), is a perfect example.
—Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
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“TV dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TV%20dinner. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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