"My older sister likes watching American TV shows."

Translation: 我的姐姐喜欢看美国电视。

[cinimidrak]

I had 节目 at the end of the sentence which is more correct than the "correct" answer....

[BobBowles1]

I agree. Why specify 'shows' in the English if it has no bearing on the Chinese?

[Nhungnguye200246]

I've learnt that"真人秀 " is "reality shows" ( it's also a loan word). So I wonder can I use that word?

[Chris387368]

"Loan" word? I got bills to pay. I can't afford any more debt

[Lawwrence]

My teacher told me you don't need the possessive 的 when referencing family.

[brandonrte]

Duolingo's own grammar notes say this as well, but it's still not accepting it without 的. Reported.

[Karoliina765050]

I've come here because of the same problem. In the later levels it even teaches that you can omit the 的 when talking about family.

[Ruth3.14159]

So did mine

[zuo3ge1]

The question should just say "My older sister likes to watch American TV." Seeing as Duolingo also teaches us a separate word for "shows"

[John837485]

Why no 节目？

[leowtyx]

美国的电视 should be correct too

[Tiffany114]

Actually when adding nationalities to your object you will never hear a native speaker use 的. The same goes for languages. Eg. 英国电影，日文歌，英语书，中国舞

[NathanRasm]

This guide was recommended to me on some other sentence's post. It's amazing. I'm bookmarking it, because I definitely didn't absorb it all the first or second time through.

[Jol211649]

Should be 美国电视节目 right? There is no "shows" in the propositions. So the correct translation should be"my older sister likes to watch american TV "only.

[Radin539985]

I thought 电视剧 was the word for TV shows, but 电视 works too??

[hippietrail]

Should this also be accepted? 我姐姐喜欢看美国的电视

[LightKnigh4]

You can Indeed remove possessive "de" for wo jiejie, however you can't add it to meiguo dianshi.

[Iwilleatyouall]

I would think so, because you can leave out the 的 for family.

[Cat722536]

我(的)姐姐喜欢看美国电视节目 should be an accepted answer. No need for the "de" before "older sister" either.

[Liya888673]

为什么他们不接受我的答案？我写“我姐姐喜欢看美国电视剧”

这个跟“我的姐姐喜欢看美国电视“的意思一样！

[jeffhamm18]

为什么 "节目" 不收吗?

[TeamChampion]

i wrote the correct answer and i got it wrong

[Franz665746]

same. in other lessons it wants 电视节目 when referring to "TV shows", but for some reason this is wrong here, even though the english specifically states "TV shows".