the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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She was later nominated twice more — for The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1990 Love Field in 1993 — before also finding herself decades later in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and on the small screen, in projects such as Showtime’s The First Lady. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025 But now it's confirmed that the mighty mechs will be powering up to trade punches with those colossal kaiju on the small screen at Amazon, as first reported last week by Variety. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025 Swank most recently starred on the big screen opposite Alan Ritchson in Ordinary Angels and on the small screen in a two episode arc on Yellowjackets. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025 The overall effect on fans, based on social media chatter, has been simultaneous Jedi fatigue on the small screen and a yearning for a larger, sweeping stories in the cinema. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the small screen

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“The small screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20small%20screen. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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