film at 11

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. The video footage of a breaking news story will be screened later that evening.
  2. More information will follow in the future.
  3. This news story (etc) is unsurprising, typical, or should be obvious: more at eleven.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see film, at, 11.

Pronunciation

En-us-film at 11.oga

Word forms

film at 11

Etymology

"11" means 11 o'clock. This phrase originated from the U.S. television news broadcasting industry, where the late evening news is traditionally broadcast at 11 o'clock. In short promotional advertisements during primetime, announcers provided tantalizing bits of a story and end with the phrase as a teaser to encourage viewers to continue watching.

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