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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This casting category encompasses the best comedies on television right now.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
None All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, as perhaps 20th Century Fox’s most beloved film property, the seminal musical was only aired occasionally on television, typically on an annual basis on one of the major networks.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2025
Brown—whose greatest exploits, unlike those of Poitier and Washington, have been on television rather than on the silver screen—is back on TV at a more muddled juncture in the American racial story.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
None All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, as perhaps 20th Century Fox’s most beloved film property, the seminal musical was only aired occasionally on television, typically on an annual basis on one of the major networks.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2025
Brown—whose greatest exploits, unlike those of Poitier and Washington, have been on television rather than on the silver screen—is back on TV at a more muddled juncture in the American racial story.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 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 Aug. 2025.
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