teledrama

[tel-i-drah-muh, -dram-uh]

noun

Television.

1. a drama written especially for broadcast on television.

Word History and Origins

Origin of teledrama¹

First recorded in 1950–55; tele(vision) + drama

Example Sentences

It was Wyler's first stab at TV, and the result was a slick, highly polished teledrama about a bored wife who riddles her lover with bullets and gets away with it.

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