teleplay

Noun

Meaning

teleplay (plural teleplays)

(authorship) A script formatted like a screenplay, but written to be made into an episode of a television show.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

script ballet vaudeville soap opera screenplay

Examples

Bester returned to Sunday Showcase March 5, 1960 with an original teleplay, Turn the Key Deftly. Source: Internet

Beckett wrote the radio play Embers and the teleplay Eh Joe specifically for MacGowran. Source: Internet

The book is based on the teleplay for the TV pilot of the series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures by Burt Armus. Source: Internet

In 1995, Borderlands Press published The City on the Edge of Forever (ISBN 1-880325-02-0), with nearly 300 pages, comprising an essay by Ellison, four versions of the teleplay, and eight "Afterwords" contributed by other parties. Source: Internet

Sayles received a 1990 Edgar Award for his teleplay for the pilot. Source: Internet

A reading of the script, however, suggests that this teleplay remained fairly faithful to the book. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

teleplasm teleplasmic teleplastic teleplaywright telepoint telepointer