Meaning & use
teleplay
A script or dramatic work written specifically for broadcast on television.
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The writer adapted the novel into a two-hour teleplay for the network.
Her first teleplay won an award for outstanding original drama.
A note on using this word
Parallel to "screenplay," but specifically for television rather than film.
Words with a similar meaning
screenplay
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