the small screen

noun

: television
a movie made for the small screen

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Notable credits also include Road to Avonea, In Treatment, and Mayor of Kingtown on the small screen, and The Purple Rose of Cairo, Footloose, and The Mule, to name a few of her big-screen hits. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025 This pattern doesn’t just happen on the small screen, but older women in many workplaces face a similar dismissal. Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Shaw also appeared on the small screen on 21 Jump Street, The X-Files, The Commish, Terminal City, Supernatural and Van Helsing. Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025 More than 30 years after John Grisham’s Rainmaker book became a bestseller, the novel has finally been adapted for the small screen. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 12 Sep. 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 23 Sep. 2025.

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