on (the) television

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Definition of on (the) television

: 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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television play

: an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound
: a television receiving set
: the television broadcasting industry

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What made you want to look up on (the) television? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

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