IN a movie, ON TV

Tue Oct 4 14:05:53 UTC 2011

On the radio; on the air.  But in a play.  And in a television series/show/commercial/etc.

Maybe "on" has to do with the medium, "in" with the genre?

--Charlie

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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Joel S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
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Why is one IN a movie, but ON TV?

Anon.

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