small screen

noun

1. the medium of television.

2. a television set.

small screen

noun

1. an informal name for television

Example Sentences

Although he found fame on the small screen, Adler did not start acting until his early 60s - as he was preparing to retire from an illustrious behind-the-scenes Broadway career.

From BBC

The list of TV shows in which Brooks appeared in the 1960s and 1970s reads like a run-down of the British small screen's biggest hits of the era.

From BBC

Two, she seems very much at ease as she prepares to launch the new book in the midst of a grueling schedule to bring “The Good Daughter” to the small screen as a limited series next year.

From Los Angeles Times

Moving to the small screen that year, he gained a national reputation, for better or for worse.

From BBC

On the small screen, the Bergmans left their personal touch on numerous TV series from the 1970s to the 1990s, providing the theme music for shows including “Good Times,” “Alice,” “In the Heat of the Night” and Norman Lear’s “Maude.”

From Los Angeles Times