television program; TV show
General term for any broadcast program on television, including series, specials, and one-off shows.
昨日のテレビ番組はとても面白かった。
Yesterday's TV program was very interesting.
このテレビ番組は毎週金曜日に放送される。
This TV show airs every Friday.
She appeared on a popular TV show.
This company produces educational TV programs.
That program is broadcast every Saturday.
He has hosted that TV program for many years.
ラジオ番組 refers to a radio program whereas テレビ番組 refers to a television program, so the two share the 番組 form but differ in broadcast medium.
For episodes and self-contained stories (第3話 = episode 3).
Used when referring to installments or parts of a series, but less central than 話.
Compound of テレビ (terebi, 'television') and 番組 (bangumi, 'program'). テレビ is a loanword from English 'television', and 番組 is a native Japanese word for a scheduled broadcast program.