Using two displays simultaneously

Skipping over the unnecessary details, this is what I'm trying to do.
I'm on a MacBook. I want to have a video game running on my MacBook's screen, while having firefox displaying on my TV, and I'll have a movie streaming from Netflix.
I'm not too experienced with Macs, is this possible? I already have the proper cables and I've used the TV before as my monitor, but I haven't figured out how to display two different things on the TV and on my MacBook's screen.
Thanks in advance for any help

smiledk wrote:
Skipping over the unnecessary details, this is what I'm trying to do.
I'm on a MacBook. I want to have a video game running on my MacBook's screen, while having firefox displaying on my TV, and I'll have a movie streaming from Netflix.
I'm not too experienced with Macs, is this possible? I already have the proper cables and I've used the TV before as my monitor, but I haven't figured out how to display two different things on the TV and on my MacBook's screen.
Open the "Displays" panel of System Preferences. Select the "Arrangement" tab, then uncheck "Mirror Displays".

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