appointment television
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Another throwback is that streamers are increasingly rolling back the years to adopt the weekly airing of an episode at a time, in order to reinvent the era of appointment television.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
When Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972, the State of the Union address was appointment television for tens of millions of Americans who watched on three major networks.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
As appointment television has become scarcer and TikTok has created a platform that fosters viral "recipe/content creators," the definition of a "celebrity chef" is more ambiguous than ever.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2023
The difference is that they ran in the era of appointment television, whereas today any squirt with an iPad can gape at “Blippi,” another Moonbug mega-franchise, all day, every day.
From New York Times • May 5, 2022
Despite disappointing seasons for both franchises, a win-or-go-home shootout between Durant and Young would be appointment television.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2022
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