television landn.
/ˈtɛlᵻˌvɪʒn land/, /ˌtɛlᵻˈvɪʒn land/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒ(ə)n ˌlænd/ The television industry; (also) the world as characteristically depicted in television programmes. Cf. TV land n.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > organized television broadcasting
television1927
television industry1928
TV industry1946
television land1950
TV land1952
1950 Bee (Danville, Va.) 13 Apr. 4/2 Hope explores television land.
1973 Times 16 Oct. 15/7 I'm sorry about these lights coming on and off for crowd shots, but you know man how in televisionland the audience has to be part of it.
1990 Sun (Brisbane) 23 Jan. 13/2 Seems for television land the soggy bits of paper, tangled line and dumped stubbies were not colorful enough, so they threw down fresh, clean rubbish.
2000 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. i. 9 While television land's celebrity chef may have scored points for tolerance, his outspokenness began to antagonize other gay people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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