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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most television sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, Digital Light Processing (DLP), plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. LEDs are being gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have started increasingly producing smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s. (Full article...)
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Cable News Network, commonly referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major news cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. The network is now owned by Time Warner; the news network is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System. CNN introduced the idea of 24-hour television news coverage, celebrating its 25th anniversary on June 1, 2005.
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- ... that Filipina actress Angel Aquino has been described as a "perennial villainess" for portraying several antagonistic roles on television?
- ... that Fred Rogers created and hosted a television documentary series titled Old Friends ... New Friends due to his concern that older generations were getting more isolated from younger generations?
- ... that reporter Bobbie Wygant got her first television show after filling in while its host was sick with the flu?
- ... that Czech television reporter and author Vladimír Škutina was arrested and imprisoned twice for his use of political satire?
- ... that in the 1970s, Coors Brewing Company owned Television News Inc., which provided newsfilm to North American TV stations?
- ... that to prepare for her role in the television film Search for Grace, actress Lisa Hartman Black underwent hypnosis?
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- ...that the book The Psychology of The Simpsons uses this TV series to analyze topics in psychology including clinical psychology, cognition and Pavlovian conditioning?
- ...that one of the television advertisements from the Good things come to those who wait Guinness advertising campaign was voted the "Best ad of all time" by the British public?
- ...that the participants of the Channel 4 programme Dumped were not told that they would be living on a landfill site for three weeks?
- ..that the time traveling premise featured in the Chrono series of video games was inspired by such television programs as The Time Tunnel?
- ...that Ralph "Petey" Greene overcame a drug addiction and prison sentence to become an Emmy Award-winning radio and television talk show host and a guest at the White House?
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Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist, best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.
Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at age 9. He began his professional career with CJOH-TV in Ottawa during its early years, anchoring the local newscasts and hosting the teen dance show Saturday Date on Saturdays. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. Critics and others in the television news business attacked his inexperience, making his job difficult. He became a foreign correspondent in 1968, reporting from the Middle East. (Full article...)General images
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1 | 24 | September 17, 1972 | March 25, 1973 | 46 | 17.5 | |
2 | 24 | September 15, 1973 | March 2, 1974 | 4 | 25.7 | |
3 | 24 | September 10, 1974 | March 18, 1975 | 5 | 27.4 | |
4 | 25 | September 12, 1975 | February 24, 1976 | 14 | 22.9 | |
5 | 25 | September 21, 1976 | March 15, 1977 | 4 | 25.9 | |
6 | 25 | September 20, 1977 | March 27, 1978 | 8 | 23.2 | |
7 | 26 | September 18, 1978 | March 12, 1979 | 7 | 25.4 | |
8 | 25 | September 17, 1979 | March 24, 1980 | 4 | 25.3 | |
9 | 20 | November 17, 1980 | May 4, 1981 | 4 | 25.7 | |
10 | 22 | October 26, 1981 | April 12, 1982 | 9 | 22.3 | |
11 | 16 | October 25, 1982 | February 28, 1983 | 3 | 22.6 |
After producing an English dub for the series, Funimation Entertainment promoted it in the United States by combining the first four episodes into a ninety-minute film named Trinity Blood: Genesis and showing it in select theaters starting May 5, 2006. The series then premiered in English-language on the Canadian digital station Razer from July 6 through December 14, 2006. On DVD, Funimation's English adaptation was first made available in North America from September 26, 2006 through April 24, 2007, in Australia and New Zealand from December 6, 2006 to July 18, 2007, and in Europe from July 2, 2007 through May 26, 2008. (Full article...)
Black was one of the first elements conceived for the series, the remainder of which were fleshed out by Carter around his character. Black has been described by a producer as Millennium's constant, as the series' tone and direction changed around him with each successive season. Except for Frank Black, the series' characters have been criticized as one-dimensional, "generic" and little more than "symbol[s]". Television critic Robert Shearman said that the series featured "half a dozen actors who could be termed regulars [...] but without exception they remain functional ciphers". (Full article...)
Awake is an American police procedural fantasy drama television series that originally aired on NBC for one season from March 1 to May 24, 2012. The pilot episode had an early release on Hulu on February 16, 2012, two weeks before the series' premiere on television. Kyle Killen, the series' creator, was primarily responsible for the program's concept. Killen and David Slade served as executive producers of the pilot episode, and Killen continued producing the series along with Jeffrey Reiner and Howard Gordon.
The show's central character is Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a detective who works for the Los Angeles Police Department. In the first episode, Michael, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen), and their son Rex (Dylan Minnette) get into a serious car accident. After the accident, he finds himself switching between two "realities" whenever he goes to bed—one in which Hannah was killed in the accident and one in which Rex died instead—and is unable to determine which reality is true. He uses details from each reality to solve cases in the other. (Full article...)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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60 | 1 | "Kamp Krusty" | Mark Kirkland | David M. Stern | September 24, 1992 | 8F24 | 21.8 |
61 | 2 | "A Streetcar Named Marge" | Rich Moore | Jeff Martin | October 1, 1992 | 8F18 | 18.3 |
62 | 3 | "Homer the Heretic" | Jim Reardon | George Meyer | October 8, 1992 | 9F01 | 19.3 |
63 | 4 | "Lisa the Beauty Queen" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Martin | October 15, 1992 | 9F02 | 19.0 |
64 | 5 | "Treehouse of Horror III" | Carlos Baeza | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | October 29, 1992 | 9F04 | 25.1 |
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65 | 6 | "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" | Rich Moore | John Swartzwelder | November 3, 1992 | 9F03 | 20.1 |
66 | 7 | "Marge Gets a Job" | Jeffrey Lynch | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | November 5, 1992 | 9F05 | 22.9 |
67 | 8 | "New Kid on the Block" | Wes Archer | Conan O'Brien | November 12, 1992 | 9F06 | 23.1 |
68 | 9 | "Mr. Plow" | Jim Reardon | Jon Vitti | November 19, 1992 | 9F07 | 24.0 |
69 | 10 | "Lisa's First Word" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Martin | December 3, 1992 | 9F08 | 28.6 |
70 | 11 | "Homer's Triple Bypass" | David Silverman | Gary Apple & Michael Carrington | December 17, 1992 | 9F09 | 23.6 |
71 | 12 | "Marge vs. the Monorail" | Rich Moore | Conan O'Brien | January 14, 1993 | 9F10 | 23.0 |
72 | 13 | "Selma's Choice" | Carlos Baeza | David M. Stern | January 21, 1993 | 9F11 | 24.5 |
73 | 14 | "Brother from the Same Planet" | Jeffrey Lynch | Jon Vitti | February 4, 1993 | 9F12 | 23.8 |
74 | 15 | "I Love Lisa" | Wes Archer | Frank Mula | February 11, 1993 | 9F13 | 25.2 |
75 | 16 | "Duffless" | Jim Reardon | David M. Stern | February 18, 1993 | 9F14 | 25.7 |
76 | 17 | "Last Exit to Springfield" | Mark Kirkland | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | March 11, 1993 | 9F15 | 22.4 |
77 | 18 | "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" | Carlos Baeza | Jon Vitti | April 1, 1993 | 9F17 | 25.5 |
78 | 19 | "The Front" | Rich Moore | Adam I. Lapidus | April 15, 1993 | 9F16 | 20.1 |
79 | 20 | "Whacking Day" | Jeffrey Lynch | John Swartzwelder | April 29, 1993 | 9F18 | 20.0 |
80 | 21 | "Marge in Chains" | Jim Reardon | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | May 6, 1993 | 9F20 | 17.3 |
81 | 22 | "Krusty Gets Kancelled" | David Silverman | John Swartzwelder | May 13, 1993 | 9F19 | 19.4 |
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Death Has a Shadow" | Peter Shin | Seth MacFarlane | January 31, 1999 | 1ACX01 | 22.00 |
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History of television: Early television stations • Geographical usage of television • Golden Age of Television • List of experimental television stations • List of years in television • Mechanical television • Social aspects of television • Television systems before 1940 • Timeline of the introduction of television in countries • Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries
Inventors and pioneers: John Logie Baird • Alan Blumlein • Walter Bruch • Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton • Allen B. DuMont • Philo Taylor Farnsworth • Charles Francis Jenkins • Boris Grabovsky • Paul Gottlieb Nipkow • Constantin Perskyi • Boris Rosing • David Sarnoff • Kálmán Tihanyi • Vladimir Zworykin
Technology: Comparison of display technology • Digital television • Liquid crystal display television • Large-screen television technology • Technology of television
Terms: Broadcast television systems • Composite monitor • HDTV • Liquid crystal display television • PAL • Picture-in-picture • Pay-per-view • Plasma display • NICAM • NTSC • SECAM
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