television show
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən ʃoʊ/
- Ugly George was a television show about the adventures of a man named Ugly George.
- watch a television show
- a popular television show
- a favorite television show
Maybe I'm mixing up television shows with reality now.
- Maybe I'm mixing up television shows with reality now.
- You have to be able to host a television show unscripted while sprinting, right?
- When I abruptly quit the television show, MTV was kind of stunned by it.
- They don't feel like watching the same television show any longer.
- And, and, you know, Japanese television shows.
- I mean, we are Co workers on a television show.
- Dude, I'm filming a special for a television show.
- I managed to land a television show publishing deal.
- First have a television show and then straight to president.
- It was it was the best television show I've ever been on my life.
Examples
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John, what's your favorite television show of all time and why?
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What is your favorite television show that you've watched this year?
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Now, if I got this right on my television show, that was your first television performance.
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How would you like to be on a television show?
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I thought it would be fun for him to see a live television show.
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What's the number one television show in the whole wide world?
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What's your favorite television show?
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Barney Miller was one of the most popular television shows to emerge during the 1970s.
Academic text (1996) -
You don't think a television show is more important than solving a murder, do you?
Fiction book (1995) -
Ads are also strategically placed on television shows, radio stations, and in newspapers.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
An event like a play or concert that people watch
A show on radio or television for an audience
A set of related television or radio programs released in episodes
A TV program that people watch for fun or information
A television or radio program where famous people speak about topics and answer audience questions
A television program where people compete in games or quizzes to win prizes
A TV or radio program that reports current events and includes interviews and discussion
A show or series that people watch on television
TV programs that report recent events and give updates
A show, series, or live event that people watch on television
A short series on TV, radio, or online that tells a complete story in a few episodes
A program that people watch on television
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a program broadcast on television' is directly and compositionally derived from 'television' (the broadcast medium) plus 'show' (a staged or presented program). This noun–noun compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., Spanish 'programa de televisión', French 'émission de télévision') and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The term television show comes from early times when a television sent moving pictures of a show into people's homes from far away, so it became the name for 'a program you watch on TV'.