small screen
nounEtymology Analogy with big screen.
1
Broadcasting, Media The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen)
2
Broadly The medium of television.
- Jane Smith made her small-screen debut in 1998, appearing as a patient in a hospital drama.
- "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."2018, Ferran Adrià, “What's on Netflix and Amazon this month - July 2018”, in The Guardian:
- Antonyms
- big screen