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TV SHOW

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does TV show mean? 

TV SHOW (noun)
  The noun TV SHOW has 1 sense:

1. a program broadcast by televisionplay

  Familiarity information: TV SHOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TV SHOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A program broadcast by television

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

television program; television show; TV program; TV show

Hypernyms ("TV show" is a kind of...):

broadcast; program; programme (a radio or television show)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "TV show"):

colorcast; colourcast (a television program that is broadcast in color)

pilot; pilot film; pilot program (a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors)

sitcom; situation comedy (a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life)

special (a television production that features a particular person or work or topic)


 Context examples 


You may win a book contract or a TV show to host.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you hope to host a TV show, then you need to see influential people—or find an agent who will represent you—and go after that goal with a sense of purpose.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be given a stellar writing assignment for a magazine or Internet column or be given the chance to produce an important TV show or segment.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You likely have an important project on your desk, which might involve a book, screenplay, thesis, podcast, app, new TV show, or digital project that is consuming quite a bit of your thinking, or if you are a lawyer, you could be writing a dynamite opening and closing statement to present to the jury on a trial you’ll soon begin.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are working on a highly artistic assignment, such as one involving music, choreography, painting, theatrical set design, a film or TV show, costume or fashion design, window display, package design, or another artistic expression, you will be at your best, not only due to Mars’ position but also thanks to Neptune’s turn direct.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As I write this to you, I am thinking of the old black-and-white 1960s TV show Dragnet and Sargent Joe Friday, whose signature phrase was, Just the facts, ma’am. (According to Google, however, Sargent Friday never said those exact words, but everyone attributes the line to Sargent Friday.) Anyway, if you keep Joe Friday’s words in mind, you will do really well—focus on the facts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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