Be on
Be on verb - Appear in a show, on T.V. or radio.
Essay
Essay verb - To make an effort to do.
Both terms in one sentence
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A very early episode of South Park features Cartman winning an essay contest and getting to be on TV.
Source: Muscle Angst -
When the series reached its 20th year, Reginald Hill wrote a brief essay on the issue, noting that if they kept it up the two detectives would still be on the job when men walked on the moon again — and published it as the foreword of a story, "One Small Step", depicting just that.
Source: Comic-Book Time
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