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Il y a un bon film à la télé ce soir.

Il y a un bon film à la télé ce soir.
There is a good film on TV tonight.
From Lesson 284:Informal French·French

Questions & Answers about Il y a un bon film à la télé ce soir.

Why is it à la télé and not sur la télé to say it is on TV?
In English, we say something is on TV, but French uses the preposition à for broadcasts and media. If you said sur la télé, it would mean the film or DVD is physically sitting on top of the television set!
Why does bon come before film here?
While most French adjectives go after the noun, short and common adjectives that describe Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size usually go before it. Because bon describes goodness, it goes before film.
Would il y a change if there were multiple films playing?
No, il y a is a fixed expression that means both there is and there are. It does not become plural, so you would use the exact same phrase if there were two good films playing.
Why does the sentence use ce soir for tonight?
French does not have a single dedicated word for tonight. Instead, it uses the demonstrative adjective ce which means this, combined with soir meaning evening, to literally say this evening.

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