TV
Broadcast viewing device
TV is the standard abbreviation for television, used for both the appliance and broadcast content: Turn on the TV, TV ratings, reality TV.
It's among the most common abbreviations in English, appearing in compound terms like TV guide, TV station, and cable TV.
The lowercase form tv appears in casual digital communication but TV remains standard. (Lowercase tv is informal.)
Interconnected system
- channelPassage for transmission
- airtimeScheduled transmission period
- primetimeTelevision's highest-viewership period
- syndicationMulti-outlet content distribution
cable · satellite · antenna · transmission · frequency · affiliate · local · public
Subscription streaming service
- HuluVideo streaming platform
- PeacockNBC's digital streaming brand
- cord-cuttingDropping pay television subscriptions
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
on-demand · subscription · apps · platform · buffering · streaming · queue · autoplay
Episodic TV comedy series
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- realityWhat actually exists
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- documentaryFactual film about reality
cartoon · news · miniseries · special · infomercial · pilot · finale · rerun
Thin display device
- remoteDistant or controller
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
OLED · 4K · 1080p · HDMI · antenna · coaxial · receiver · tuner
Portable timekeeping device
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
- bingeBout of excess
- remoteDistant or controller
- viewerOne who observes visually
ratings · audience · Nielsen · share · demographic · household · appointment · background
network
Interconnected system
- channelPassage for transmission
- airtimeScheduled transmission period
- primetimeTelevision's highest-viewership period
syndication · cable · satellite · antenna · transmission · frequency · affiliate · local · public · signal
Netflix
Subscription streaming service
- HuluVideo streaming platform
- PeacockNBC's digital streaming brand
- cord-cuttingDropping pay television subscriptions
binge-watching · on-demand · subscription · apps · platform · buffering · streaming · queue · autoplay · watchlist
sitcom
Episodic TV comedy series
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- realityWhat actually exists
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
documentary · cartoon · news · miniseries · special · infomercial · pilot · finale · rerun · marathon
flatscreen
Thin display device
LED · OLED · 4K · 1080p · HDMI · antenna · coaxial · receiver · tuner · console
watch
Portable timekeeping device
viewer · ratings · audience · Nielsen · share · demographic · household · appointment · background · recap
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- reporterOne who gathers news
- headlineNews article title
bulletin · breaking · live · coverage · broadcast · weather · sports · editorial · interview · footage
plot
Storyline or land parcel
cliffhanger · arc · subplot · twist · finale · premiere · binge · recap · spoiler · showrunner
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, address, phone, key messages
- comunicaçãoradio, internet, email, carta, debate
- elettronicacomputer, smartphone, tablet, laptop, stereo
- entertainmentmovie, movies, films, band, television
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- pastimeshobbies, amusement, puzzles, cards, crafting
TVradio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
podcasts · audiobooks · print media · AM radio · newspapers
TVexercise
Activity for fitness
sports · reading · hiking · physical activity · gardening
TVbooks
Bound written works
newspapers · print media · literature · magazines · reading
- TV showBroadcast episodic entertainment
- TV seriesOngoing broadcast entertainment
- reality TVFilmed unscripted programming
- TV screenVisual display panel
- cable TVWired broadcast subscription service
- TV commercialsPaid broadcast promotions