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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jUeifzCIlU> In the first few seconds of this
ad promoting a TV show, the narrator is saying 実況してみた. I looked up 実況する and
see it means 'live broadcast', so does it mean 'watch live'? But in that case,
why is 見る in past tense short form rather than て form?
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tense japanese-to-english
Meaning of 実況してみた
みた in 実況してみた means try to do or try doing something.

In the phrase, 見る has almost completely lost its original most familiar
meaning, but supports the verb 実況する by adding the meaning of an attempt or
try.

As for this particular usage of 実況してみた, I assume this is more about online
subculture than language.

The widespread online use of 〜してみた, such as 踊ってみた, I believe, has originated
in Niconico, a popular hangout among manga and anime aficionados. Now, 〜してみた
is more widely used online, and often appears in the headlines of videos of
amateur YouTubers.
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