Whats the purpose of a table read?

Question

I’m seeing a lot of posts from The Last Watch documentary which shows the actors reading through each episodes script

Is the point of this to make sure every actor has actually read the script before they begin shooting?

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Answer 1

They do this so that everyone gets an idea of how the story will play out with all of the characters/actors together. They figure out if certain lines work or if jokes make sense, and they can do rewrites at the same time.