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telefilm

American  
[tel-uh-film] / ˈtɛl əˌfɪlm /

noun

  1. a motion picture intended primarily to be shown on television.


Etymology

Origin of telefilm

First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + film


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Case in point: ABC’s 1972 telefilm “The Night Stalker.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2019

But the telefilm any aging kid will recall with a shudder was Trilogy of Terror, starring Karen Black and produced and directed by House of Dark Shadows’s Dan Curtis from three Matheson stories.

From Time ● Oct. 31, 2011

The telefilm is based on the bestselling book of the same name by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin.

From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2011

His “Blade Runner” meets “Network” back story had been detailed in a lavishly produced introductory telefilm: after an accident, the telejournalist Edison’s personality is downloaded to a computer as a precaution.

From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2010

You've got cans of telefilm in the cellar, but them I don't mind.

From Spacemen Never Die! by Morris Hershman

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