on TV
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: broadcast by television : being shown by television
There's nothing (good) on TV tonight.
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Flueger joked about the moment on Instagram at the time, sharing a snap of Amara on TV.
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Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The story of Aileen Wuornos—who murdered seven men between 1989 and 1990 and was executed by lethal injection in 2002—has long been a fixture of culture, fictionalized on TV and dramatized for film, with Charlize Theron playing the serial killer in an Oscar-winning role.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Many see the red carpet on TV but don’t think about actually coming to see films.
—Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Guzzling a beer outside a store and yelling at a soccer game on TV, he gets chatted up by Blanchett’s character, offering his insights about Eric Cantona before inviting her out for a pint nearby.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The story of Aileen Wuornos—who murdered seven men between 1989 and 1990 and was executed by lethal injection in 2002—has long been a fixture of culture, fictionalized on TV and dramatized for film, with Charlize Theron playing the serial killer in an Oscar-winning role.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Many see the red carpet on TV but don’t think about actually coming to see films.
—Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Guzzling a beer outside a store and yelling at a soccer game on TV, he gets chatted up by Blanchett’s character, offering his insights about Eric Cantona before inviting her out for a pint nearby.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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“On TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20TV. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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