small screen

small screen

1. (broadcasting) The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen); by extension, the television programs themselves.

   Jane Smith made her small-screen debut in 1998, appearing as a patient in a hospital drama.

   • 2018, Ferran Adrià, “What's on Netflix and Amazon this month - July 2018”, in The Guardian:

     "Marvel’s attempts to conquer TV as comprehensively as it has done cinema continues with what might be its most distinctive small-screen effort yet."

• big screen