Having an appearance or manner that is appealing on television.
‘his telegenic charm appears to be his major asset’
‘I thought it was my telegenic charm and rapier-like wit.’
‘She now needs to broaden her own brand, she is telegenic and would made a star television performer.’
‘TV commentators fell for the telegenic president, and more important, sympathized with the civil rights struggle, a ‘bias’ in news reporting that few would criticize today.’
‘Articulate and telegenic, he has the political equivalent of a good bedside manner, coming across as more moderate than many prominent Republicans, even though his voting record is fairly conservative.’
‘It is a very telegenic event and ITV Sport looks forward to the challenge of giving it the same prominence as our other big sporting events.’
‘Indeed, table tennis is such a telegenic sport - more so than the likes of motor - racing and golf, in the opinion of this viewer - that you wonder why it is not on our screens more often.’
‘Well, tonight the telegenic trial lawyer argues the case of a lifetime before a highly sympathetic hall of delegates and a supremely divided nation.’
‘It was a classic fin-de-siècle American protest: a staged telegenic moment steeped in Western symbolism.’
‘Nodding sympathetically is so much more telegenic.’
‘The game commentators also made the telegenic 20-year-old and his hometown the main topic of their banter between plays.’
‘Not only was his analysis absolutely on target, he was tremendously self-assured, well spoken and telegenic.’
‘These days a lot goes on presentation and first impressions; and David scores highly on these points as a handsome, smart and telegenic character.’
‘Despite the attention lavished on telegenic backdrops and gauzy imagery, spoken words still matter in politics.’
‘They feel the need to be telegenic and comfortable with the electronic media, while they must also be intelligent, good communicators.’
‘Even those left-wing media types are calling him telegenic.’
‘But the wiser course is to do what you can to make yourself telegenic.’
‘The memo was enthusiastic about younger, telegenic presenters, but failed to mention more experienced reporters.’
‘He is an outstandingly able and telegenic performer.’
‘Tall, slim and telegenic Joseph was known to be artistically inclined.’
‘Only very thin people are telegenic because the camera adds pounds.’
Origin
1930s (originally US): from tele-‘television’ + -genic‘well suited to’, on the pattern of photogenic.
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