"film at 11" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-us-film at 11.oga [US]
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. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} film at 11
  1. (historical) The video footage of a breaking news story will be screened later that evening. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-film_at_11-en-phrase-qXRk1HWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 7 43 8
  2. More information will follow in the future.
    Sense id: en-film_at_11-en-phrase-WfesvhD3
  3. (sarcastically) This news story (etc) is unsurprising, typical, or should be obvious: more at eleven.
    Sense id: en-film_at_11-en-phrase-zSfukOLJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 7 43 8
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see film, at, 11. Related terms: eleventh hour, more at eleven, watch this space
    Sense id: en-film_at_11-en-phrase-mCknEp7b

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