Sentence examples for modest television from inspiring English sources

There was a modest television mini-series starring Paul Winfield in the late '70s, but the task of filming an ambitious, era-encapsulating fictional feature has enticed directors since his assassination in 1968.

And tonight, not to be outdone by a multi-million-dollar production, NBC rushes obliquely into the Scarlett O'Hara sweepstakes with a drably modest television movie called "A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story". Miss Mitchell's story is hardly the stuff of epic.

They drew modest television audiences and were carried by news divisions as a way to forge their brand and build goodwill.

You will not find hundreds of channels on the TVs; modest televisions, in fact, were installed only after repeated requests from guests.

The Reds have not had a winning season since 2000 — and in a small television market, they must make do with a modest payroll.

By world standards, the campaign is modest, forsaking television in favor of more affordable media like newspapers, magazines and billboards.

Hugh Dancy, now 25, was barely out of Oxford when he took the role of the adult David, and had only some modest British television roles to his credit.

The offerings may be bare bones — the modest-size television sitting right atop the desk, the fridge empty of any minibar offerings — but the personal touches of the decorator are evident and appealing.

By contrast, Mrs. Clinton has spent a still-hefty, but more modest $43 million on television time.

Then they hired the Manhattan ad agency Lowe Marschalk to do something, on a modest budget, for television.

Ferrer later enjoyed modest success on television, most notably in a recurring role on the CBS drama Falcon Crest in the 1980s.