small screen

American  

noun

1. the medium of television.

2. a television set.

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small screen British  

noun

1. an informal name for television

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Example Sentences

Still, most character-based, reality-grounded dramas and comedies are just as good on the small screen, where most of my picks quickly went.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the years, as the show’s popularity grew across Latin America, “31 Minutos” has transcended the small screen and spilled into other formats.

From Los Angeles Times

But it’s also doing something that only a few years ago may have seemed unlikely: it’s reviving the Western’s popularity on the small screen.

From Salon

It was initially set in Copenhagen and based on the books by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, but the location was moved to Edinburgh before it made the jump to the small screen.

From BBC

While Kardashian’s professional law career has yet to take off in real life, she is currently portraying a power player of an attorney on the small screen.

From Los Angeles Times