telefilm

noun

tele·​film ˈte-li-ˌfilm How to pronounce telefilm (audio)
: a motion picture made to be telecast

Examples of telefilm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Heavenly Dog, starring Chevy Chase as a detective reincarnated as a pooch — 1987 and 2004; two telefilms that aired in 1978 and others that aired in 1980 and 1981; and the 1983 CBS kids series Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024 Survivors include his son, David, a film and television composer whose credits include the High School Musical telefilms, daughter-in-law Faye, granddaughter Mabel and brother Bernie. Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024 During that period, Vincent also wrote and produced two telefilms—Panache, and The Imposter. Marc Berman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 McKenzie played the housekeeper Alice — the role made famous by Ann B. Davis — in the 2000 telefilm Unauthorized: Brady Bunch — The Final Days and showed up in Rodney Dangerfield’s Meet Wally Sparks (1997) and on episodes of Daddy Dearest, Frasier, Big Brother Jake and Caroline in the City. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024 The pair then returned for the telefilms Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996) and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997). Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2024 In the Heat of the Night and in a 2002 Showtime telefilm, 10,000 Black Men Named George. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023 Kandel shared a Humanitas Award for the 1979 NBC telefilm Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love, a drama about an autistic child that starred James Farentino and Kathryn Harrold. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023 Gonzales Falcon also worked in Heartbreaker (1983), starring Miguel Ferrer, and in the 1986 CBS telefilm Houston: The Legend of Texas, starring Sam Elliott. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telefilm was in 1919

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“Telefilm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telefilm. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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