teleplay

noun

tele·​play ˈte-li-ˌplā How to pronounce teleplay (audio)
: a story prepared for television production

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The Humanitas Prizes are for to film and television writers across nine categories — including drama teleplay, comedy teleplay, limited series teleplay, children’s teleplay, drama feature film, comedy feature film, family feature film, documentary and short film. Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025 Rich Larson, the author of such books as Ymir (2022) and Annex (2018), wrote a novelized short story for the Sifu episode before working with Petty to develop the teleplay. Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024 Cult science-fiction author Nigel Kneale wrote the original teleplay, and the film retains all of the best parts of Kneale's misanthropic sensibilities. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024 The stage musical version of the album, titled Star Maker, co-starred Ray and June Ritchie and aired on British television (an earlier attempt by the same network, Granada TV, to produce a teleplay of Arthur was aborted when funding fell through). Al Shipley, SPIN, 29 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for teleplay

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of teleplay was in 1947

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“Teleplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleplay. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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