"Bugün televizyonda ne var?"

Translation: What is on television today?

[LucBE]

is the 'var' necessary? "Bugün televizyonda ne?"

[AlexinNotTurkey]

It is definitely needed. What you wrote doesn't really make sense :)

[Danika_Dakika]

Following on Alex's comment, if you were making a statement about something on the television, you would use a locative-var sentence -- "Televizyonda X var" --> There is X on television. It puts the emphasis on the "location" rather than the item/show. That same logic applies to asking it as a question.

[JosefKnecht.]

"What is today on television?" was marked wrong...

[AlexinNotTurkey]

It is incorrect English...

[Ender_M_G]

Today, what's on television? is not accepted

[LucBE]

Because it is not really good English, I believe.

[ChecheLlamas]

Missing.. "the"

[Danika_Dakika]

"The" or "a" is used when talking about the television as a physical object, but not when talking about what is being broadcast.

Turn on the television.
I am buying a television.
My favorite show is on television tonight!