663. Write Television, Movie, and Play Titles in Italics

The names of television shows and the titles of plays and movies are written in italics.
We saw Gone With the Wind on the big screen.
Our English class went the the Shakespeare Theater to see Macbeth.
I love the new Top Gun movie with Tom Cruise.
My favorite show is Wheel of Fortune.
We studied A Raisin in the Sun in junior year English.
My mom loves to watch reruns of the television show Family Ties.

Use italics whenever you write the title of a television show, a movie, or a play.

▶It’s your turn. Italicize the title you find in this sentence: The movie American Graffiti was in theaters fifty years ago. Did you figure it out? Good for you!