How to Use on TV in a Sentence

on TV

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  • And of course watched on TV the tall ships in the harbor and stuff like that.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026
  • Here are all the stars who've portrayed Monroe in film and on TV.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Laura Vandervoort was the first actress to star as Supergirl on TV.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • There weren’t any Iranian characters on TV shows or films, there weren’t any Iranian women who were famous directors or actors.
    — Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • John Oliver usually appears on TV screens late at night, but the Last Week Tonight host has long harbored a desire to appear on daytime TV.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The twins also appeared on TV series like The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley and Two of a Kind, and secured lucrative brand deals.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
  • In more recent decades, TV has greatly expanded in perspectives and diversity, and by the early 2000s, the Black experience on TV was no longer a monolith.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The collection of PACs has spent additional millions on TV and streaming ads, SMS text messages and mailers, Federal Election Commission filings show.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
  • After his success on TV, Brooks began writing and then directing comedies, including Blazing Saddles (seen here with Cleavon Little and Harvey Korman), which was a massive success — and an enduring one.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • Born on September 10, 1940, in New Orleans, Ligon got his start guesting on TV in the mid-1960s before booking a supporting role in the 1969 film musical Paint Your Wagon starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 June 2026

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