the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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Thompson continued to make appearances on the small screen with roles on The Good Wife and Allegiance. Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026 Sarnoff had the job of dissecting Cornwell’s 29 works, which began rolling out in 1990, for the small screen. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Kayce Dutton returns to the small screen this weekend. Yffy Yossifor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026 That is because entertainment has been moving from the big screen to the small screen in the form of microdramas. Devika Rao, TheWeek, 18 Feb. 2026 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 13 Mar. 2026.

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