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Flat-screen television receivers on display for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008

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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Our Friends in the North is a British television drama. A serial produced by the BBC and originally screened in nine episodes on BBC2 in early 1996, Our Friends tells the story of four friends from the city of Newcastle in North East England over 31 years from 1964 to 1995. The storyline includes real political and social events both specific to the north-east and from Britain as a whole during the era portrayed. The show is commonly regarded as having been one of the most successful BBC television dramas of the 1990s. It was also a controversial production in some respects, as the issues and occurrences upon which its fiction were based involved real politicians and political events. It took several years before the production–adapted from a play originally performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company–finally made it to the screen, due in part to the BBC's fear that it might become involved in legal action.

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A professional video camera (often called a television camera even though the use has spread) is a high-end device for recording electronic moving images (as opposed to a movie camera, that records the images on film).

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... that due to her leftist beliefs, journalist Ana Amado was told not to come to work by her public television employer while her husband was on the death list of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance?
... that CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon helped bring local evening news back to the network's Detroit station after 20 years?
... that Angeline Quinto became the first Filipino singer to release a soundtrack album for a television series that featured a single artist?
... that a federal marshal seized a car and a truck because there was no other way to satisfy a debt owed by Arkansas television station KRZB-TV?
... that in 1991, the Church of Christ, Scientist published a book it had previously rejected as blasphemous to obtain a $97 million bequest needed to repay its financially disastrous expansion into television?
... that New Zealand singer Fanny Howie composed the song "Hine E Hine", which aired on New Zealand television every night from 1981 to 1994?

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

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...that David Letterman parodied Werner Erhard in the 1978 Mork & Mindy episode Mork Goes Erk?

...that popular 1950s game show Down You Go is one of the only U.S. television series to air on all four networks of television's Golden Age: ABC, NBC, CBS and DuMont?

...that actress, writer and producer Michelle Paradise created the television series Exes and Ohs without an agent?

...that the final episode of the 1986 television series Outlaws recycled footage from The Oregon Trail, because actors Rod Taylor and Charles Napier appeared in both programs?

...that the television series ER aired an episode based on the 2003 Chicago balcony collapse?

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Sorkin in 2016

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing at an early age. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "walk and talk". Sorkin has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globes.

Sorkin rose to prominence as a writer-creator and showrunner of the television series Sports Night (1998–2000), The West Wing (1999–2006), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–07), and The Newsroom (2012–14). He is also known for his work on Broadway including the plays A Few Good Men (1989), The Farnsworth Invention (2007), To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), and the revival of Lerner and Loewe's musical Camelot (2023). (Full article...)

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James T. Aubrey Kroger Babb Rudolph Cartier Sydney Newman Eric Bana Kylie Minogue Peter Jennings KaDee Strickland Austin Nichols Jake Gyllenhaal Dan Rather Brad Pitt Walter Cronkite Tom Brokaw John Le Mesurier George Formby Dan Castellaneta Perry Como Red Skelton Rose Catherine Pinkney

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The following are images from various television-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
Image 2Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
Image 3RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set. (from Color television)
Image 4Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
Image 5Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
Image 6First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
Image 7The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
Image 8Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
Image 9Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
Image 10The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
Image 11Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
Image 12Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
Image 13RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
Image 14Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
Image 15A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
Image 16Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
Image 17LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
Image 18The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes, which may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned. (from History of television)
Image 19An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
Image 20LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
Image 21Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
Image 22This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system. (from Color television)
Image 23A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1970.
A test pattern with color bars is used to calibrate the signal. (from Color television)
Image 24Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
Image 25DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)

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The Best Fighter ESPY Award was an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual from the world of combat sports. The Best Fighter ESPY Award trophy was presented to the professional or amateur boxer or mixed martial artist adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2007, subsuming the Best Boxer ESPY Award until 2019, when the Best MMA Fighter ESPY Award was established, and the ESPY Awards began awarding boxers and mixed martial arts fighters separately. Balloting for the award was undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It was conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months.

The inaugural winner of the Best Fighter ESPY Award was American welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who defeated the incumbent category title holder Oscar De La Hoya two months prior. He is one of two people to have been presented with the award more than once, winning the accolade a total of six times; Mayweather was also nominated in 2015. Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has the second most awards won with victories in 2009 and 2011. It has been presented to one woman in its history, American bantamweight mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey in 2015. Between 2007 and 2018, boxers were most successful at the ESPY Awards with nine victories and twenty-four nominations, followed by mixed martial arts with three wins and nineteen nominations. (Full article...)
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421"Yoruichi, Goddess of Flash, Dances!"
Transliteration: "Shunjin Yoruichi, Mau!" (Japanese: 瞬神夜一、舞う！)Jun'ya KoshibaAkira IwanagaMichiko YokoteJuly 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)July 21, 2007
432"The Despicable Shinigami"
Transliteration: "Hiretsu na Shinigami" (Japanese: 卑劣な死神)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaMichiko YokoteAugust 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)July 28, 2007
443"Ishida Ultimate Power!"
Transliteration: "Ishida, Kyokugen no Chikara!" (Japanese: 石田、極限の力！)Satoshi NishimuraKazunori MizunoMasashi SogoAugust 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)August 4, 2007
454"Overcome Your Limits!"
Transliteration: "Genkai o Koero!" (Japanese: 限界を越えろ！)Tetsuhito SaitōKazunobu ShimizuGenki YoshimuraAugust 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)August 11, 2007
465"Authentic Records! School of Shinigami"
Transliteration: "Jitsuroku! Shinigami no Gakkō" (Japanese: 実録！死神の学校)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiMasahiro ŌkuboAugust 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)August 18, 2007
476"The Avengers"
Transliteration: "Adautsu Mono-tachi" (Japanese: 仇討つ者たち)Masami ShimodaMitsutaka NoshitaniNatsuko TakahashiAugust 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)September 1, 2007
487"Hitsugaya Roars!"
Transliteration: "Hitsugaya, Hoeru!" (Japanese: 日番谷、吼える！)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaRika NakaseSeptember 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)September 8, 2007
498"Rukia's Nightmare"
Transliteration: "Rukia no Akumu" (Japanese: ルキアの悪夢)Tetsuhito SaitōHodaka KuramotoMasahiro ŌkuboSeptember 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)September 15, 2007
509"The Reviving Lion"
Transliteration: "Yomigaeru Shishi" (Japanese: よみがえる獅子)Shin'ichi WatanabeShigeki HatakeyamaMichiko YokoteSeptember 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)September 22, 2007
5110"Morning of the Sentence"
Transliteration: "Shokei no Asa" (Japanese: 処刑の朝)Jun'ya KoshibaYoshinori OdakaGenki YoshimuraSeptember 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)October 6, 2007
5211"Renji, Oath of the Soul! Death Match with Byakuya"
Transliteration: "Renji, Tamashii no Chikai! Byakuya to no Shitō" (Japanese: 恋次、魂の誓い！白哉との死闘)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiMasashi SogoOctober 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)October 13, 2007
5312"Gin Ichimaru's Temptation, Resolution Shattered"
Transliteration: "Ichimaru Gin no Yūwaku, Kuzusareta Kakugo" (Japanese: 市丸ギンの誘惑、崩された覚悟)Akio KawamuraAkira ShimizuNatsuko TakahashiOctober 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)March 2, 2008
5413"An Accomplished Oath! Get back Rukia!"
Transliteration: "Hatasareru Chikai! Rukia Dakkan Naruka!" (Japanese: 果たされる誓い！ルキア奪還なるか)Tetsuhito SaitōKazunori MizunoRika NakaseOctober 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)March 9, 2008
5514"The Strongest Shinigami! Ultimate Confrontation Between Teacher and Students"
Transliteration: "Saikyō no Shinigami! Kyūkyoku no Shitei Taiketsu" (Japanese: 最強の死神！究極の師弟対決)Jun'ya KoshibaMitsutaka NoshitaniMasashi SogoOctober 25, 2005 (2005-10-25)March 16, 2008
5615"Supersonic Battle! Determine the Goddess of Battle"
Transliteration: "Chōsoku no Tatakai! Bu no Megami, Kessu" (Japanese: 超速の戦い！武の女神、決す)Tetsuya EndōHodaka KuramotoGenki YoshimuraNovember 1, 2005 (2005-11-01)March 23, 2008
5716"Senbonzakura, Crushed! Zangetsu Thrusts through the Sky"
Transliteration: "Senbonzakura, Funsai! Ten o Tsuku Zangetsu" (Japanese: 千本桜、粉砕！天を衝く斬月)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaRika NakaseNovember 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)March 30, 2008
5817"Unseal! The Black Blade, the Miraculous Power"
Transliteration: "Kaihō! Kuroki Yaiba, Kiseki no Chikara" (Japanese: 開放！黒き刃、奇跡の力)Manabu FukazawaNoriyuki AbeMasashi SogoNovember 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)April 6, 2008
5918"Conclusion of the Death Match! White Pride and Black Desire"
Transliteration: "Shitō Ketchaku! Shiroki Hokori to Kuroki Omoi" (Japanese: 死闘決着！白き誇りと黒き想い)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoNovember 22, 2005 (2005-11-22)April 13, 2008
6019"Reality of the Despair, the Assassin's Dagger is Swung"
Transliteration: "Zetsubō no Shinjitsu, Furiorosareta Kyōjin" (Japanese: 絶望の真実、振り下ろされた凶刃)Akio KawamuraKazunori MizunoGenki YoshimuraDecember 6, 2005 (2005-12-06)April 20, 2008
6120"Aizen Stands! Horrible Ambitions"
Transliteration: "Aizen, Tatsu! Osorubeki Yabō" (Japanese: 藍染、立つ！恐るべき野望)Tetsuya EndōAkira ShimizuMasahiro ŌkuboDecember 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)April 27, 2008
6221"Gather Together! Group of the Strongest Shinigami!"
Transliteration: "Shūketsuseyo! Saikyō no Shinigami Shūdan" (Japanese: 集結せよ！最強の死神集団)Tetsuhito SaitōHodaka KuramotoMasashi SogoDecember 20, 2005 (2005-12-20)May 4, 2008
6322"Rukia's Resolution, Ichigo's Feelings"
Transliteration: "Rukia no Ketsui, Ichigo no Omoi" (Japanese: ルキアの決意、一護の想い)Shigeki HatakeyamaShigeki HatakeyamaMasashi SogoJanuary 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)May 11, 2008 (Full article...)
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Emma Stone is an American actress who aspired to an acting career from an early age. She had her first role onstage at age 11, and followed with parts in sixteen plays in a regional theater in Arizona. Stone made her television debut in the unsold pilot for the reality show The New Partridge Family (2005). After brief television roles in Medium, Malcolm in the Middle, and Lucky Louie, she made her film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007).

Stone appeared as a ghost in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), and found commercial success with the horror comedy Zombieland. Her breakthrough came with her first leading role as a high school student perceived to be sexually promiscuous in the comedy Easy A (2010). In 2011, she starred in the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love and in the period drama The Help, which were both commercial successes. Stone's success continued with her role as Gwen Stacy in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man that became her highest-grossing release, with a worldwide revenue of $757 million, and she later reprised the role in its 2014 sequel. Critical success followed with her performance as a recovering drug addict in Alejandro González Iñárritu's black comedy-drama Birdman (2014). It earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Later that year, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Cabaret. (Full article...)
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What Would You Do? (commonly abbreviated as WWYD, and formerly known as Primetime: What Would You Do? through the program's fifth season) is an American situational hidden camera television series that has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) since February 26, 2008. Created by Chris Whipple, the show with a social experiment format follows the reactions of passing strangers as they encounter conflict or illegal activity in a public setting, unaware that it is all staged and being recorded with hidden cameras. Throughout all of its seventeen seasons, the show has been hosted by news correspondent John Quiñones.

Appearing periodically on ABC's Primetime from 2005 to 2007, What Would You Do? became an instant success for the ABC network. Following the 2007 writers' strike, ABC ordered the first season of the show. The series was annually renewed for a second, third, fourth, and fifth season. Starting with the sixth season, the show began to feature guest appearances, which included Barbara Corcoran, Howie Mandel, and Meredith Vieira. Following the seventh season, What Would You Do? aired its first Christmas special in its eighth season. This was followed by guest appearances by Daymond John and Pnina Tornai in the show's ninth season, Winnie Harlow in the show's tenth season, and an era without guests in the show's eleventh and twelfth seasons. A 10-year anniversary special was aired in 2017 as the season finale of the thirteenth season, titled "What Would You Do?: Then and Now", featuring scenarios originally aired on Primetime and in season one being remade with the same actors in the same locations. Following the fourteenth and fifteenth seasons of the show, ABC announced that they would air episodes filmed before the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the show's sixteenth season, as well as a special hosted by Gio Benitez as part of the sixteenth season's season finale. In May 2023, ABC renewed the series for a seventeenth season after a three-year hiatus. (Full article...)
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Carmichael in 1972 as Lord Peter Wimsey

The English actor and comedian Ian Carmichael OBE (1920–2010) performed in many mediums of light entertainment, including theatre, radio, television and film. His career spanned from 1939 until his death in 2010. According to Brian McFarlane, writing for The Encyclopedia of British Film, Carmichael "epitomises the good-natured, undemanding pleasures of '50s British cinema".

Carmichael made his professional stage debut in 1939 while he was studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; his role was as a robot in the science fiction play R.U.R., which lasted for only a week. His studies were interrupted by the Second World War, and he was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps; he also joined an entertainment unit, 30 Corps Theatrical Pool, for which he produced twenty shows. At the end of the war he returned to professional acting, and in 1947 he took a role in She Wanted a Cream Front Door, which ran in the West End for nine months. He continued to perform in the theatre throughout the rest of his career, largely in the UK, but also in productions in Canada, South Africa and the USA. In 1947 Carmichael made his debut on television in the revue New Faces. He continued to work in television throughout his life and, according to McFarlane, achieved considerable success with P. G. Wodehouse's The World of Wooster in 1966–1967, in which he played Bertie Wooster, and as Lord Peter Wimsey between 1972 and 1975. (Full article...)
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Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the daytime drama industry.

The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974, with Elizabeth Hubbard receiving the award for her role as Althea Davis on The Doctors. The award has undergone several name changes, originally honoring actresses in leading and supporting roles. Following the introduction of a new category in 1979, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, the award's name was altered to Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, before changing once again, to its current title, years later. The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for voting integrity. In 1985, another category was introduced: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series; one criterion for this category was altered, requiring all actresses to be aged 26 or above. (Full article...)
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Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (真月譚月姫, Shingetsutan Tsukihime) is an anime television series. The episodes are directed by Katsushi Sakurabi, animated by J.C.Staff, and produced by the Tsukihime Production Committee, which included Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C.Staff. The English adaptation of the episodes has been licensed by Geneon Entertainment. The episodes are based on the visual novel Tsukihime by Type-Moon and adapt the source material over twelve episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Shiki Tohno after he moves into his sister's house, and his interactions with the vampire Arcueid Brunestud.

The episodes aired in Japan from October 10, 2003 to December 26, 2003 on BS-i. The episodes received their international premiere on the anime television network Animax, who have also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and its other networks in East Asia, South America and other regions under the title Lunar Legend Tsukihime. (Full article...)
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The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2020, until May 31, 2021, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The award ceremony was held live on September 19, 2021, at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was preceded by the 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 11 and 12. During the ceremony, Emmy Awards were handed out in 27 different categories. The ceremony was produced by Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart, directed by Hamish Hamilton, and broadcast in the United States by CBS and Paramount+. Cedric the Entertainer served as host for the event.

At the main ceremony, The Crown became the first drama series to sweep all the major categories, winning all seven awards including Outstanding Drama Series. Ted Lasso led all comedies with four wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series, while Hacks won three awards. Mare of Easttown also won three awards, leading all limited series, but Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series went to The Queen's Gambit. Other winning programs include Halston, Hamilton, I May Destroy You, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, RuPaul's Drag Race, Saturday Night Live, and Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020. Including Creative Arts Emmys, The Crown and The Queen's Gambit led all programs with 11 wins each; Netflix led all networks and platforms with 44 total wins. (Full article...)

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
Pilot		12 July 1991 (1991-07-12)
1	6	7 January 1993 (1993-01-07)	11 February 1993 (1993-02-11)
2	6	3 January 1995 (1995-01-03)	7 February 1995 (1995-02-07)

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The Wire is an American crime drama television series created by David Simon and broadcast by the cable network HBO. It premiered on June 2, 2002, and ended on March 9, 2008, comprising sixty episodes over five seasons. Set in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire follows different institutions within the city, such as the illegal drug trade, the education system, and the media, and their relationships to law enforcement. The series features a diverse ensemble cast of both veteran and novice actors; the large number of black actors was considered groundbreaking for the time.

The Wire has been widely hailed as one of the greatest television series of all time. Despite the critical acclaim, however, the show received relatively few awards during its run. It was nominated for only two Primetime Emmy Awards – both for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – and did not win any. Many have called its lack of recognition, especially in the Outstanding Drama Series category, one of the biggest Emmys snubs ever. Some have argued the lack of recognition was due to the show's dense plots and a disconnect between the setting and Los Angeles–based voters. (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)
127	1	"Road to the Multiverse"	Greg Colton	Wellesley Wild	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	7ACX06	10.11
128	2	"Family Goy"	James Purdum	Mark Hentemann	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	7ACX01	9.86
129	3	"Spies Reminiscent of Us"	Cyndi Tang	Alec Sulkin	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	7ACX03	8.97
130	4	"Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"	Pete Michels	Tom Devanney	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	7ACX02	7.26
131	5	"Hannah Banana"	John Holmquist	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	7ACX05	8.00
132	6	"Quagmire's Baby"	Jerry Langford	Patrick Meighan	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	7ACX04	8.50
133	7	"Jerome Is the New Black"	Brian Iles	John Viener	November 22, 2009 (2009-11-22)	7ACX08	7.48
134	8	"Dog Gone"	Julius Wu	Steve Callaghan	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)	7ACX07	8.50
135	9	"Business Guy"	Pete Michels	Andrew Goldberg & Alex Carter	December 13, 2009 (2009-12-13)	7ACX11	7.66
136	10	"Big Man on Hippocampus"	Dominic Bianchi	Brian Scully	January 3, 2010 (2010-01-03)	7ACX09	8.16
137	11	"Dial Meg for Murder"	Cyndi Tang	Alex Carter & Andrew Goldberg	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	7ACX12	6.19
138	12	"Extra Large Medium"	John Holmquist	Steve Callaghan	February 14, 2010 (2010-02-14)	7ACX14	6.44
139	13	"Go, Stewie, Go!"	Greg Colton	Gary Janetti	March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)	7ACX15	6.66
140	14	"Peter-assment"	Julius Wu	Chris Sheridan	March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)	7ACX16	6.67
141	15	"Brian Griffin's House of Payne"	Jerry Langford	Aram Spencer Porter	March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)	7ACX13	7.32
142	16	"April in Quahog"	Joseph Lee	John Viener	April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)	7ACX18	6.96
143	17	"Brian & Stewie"	Dominic Bianchi	Gary Janetti	May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)	7ACX20	7.40
144	18	"Quagmire's Dad"	Pete Michels	Tom Devanney	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)	7ACX19	7.22
145	19	"The Splendid Source"	Brian Iles	Based on a short story by : Richard Matheson Teleplay by : Mark Hentemann	May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)	7ACX17	7.71
146	20	"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"	Dominic Polcino	Kirker Butler	May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)	6ACX21	6.31
146	20	"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"	Dominic Polcino	Kirker Butler	May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)	6ACX22	6.31
147	21	"Partial Terms of Endearment"	Joseph Lee	Danny Smith	June 20, 2010 (2010-06-20) (BBC Three) September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) (DVD)	7ACX10	1.04 (BBC Three)

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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom that debuted on December 17, 1989, on the Fox network. The show is the longest-running prime time scripted television series in the United States. It has won many different awards, including 36
Emmy awards, 34 Annie Awards, nine Environmental Media Awards, twelve Writers Guild of America Awards, six Genesis Awards, eight People's Choice Awards, three British Comedy Awards, among other awards. Episodes of the show have won 12 Emmys in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) category. However, The Simpsons has never been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, although the show was submitted in the category in 1993 and 1994. James L. Brooks, an executive producer on the show, won twelve Emmys for The Simpsons as well as ten for other shows and holds the record for most Primetime Emmys won by a single person, with 22, The Simpsons was the first animated series to be given a Peabody Award, won a second Peabody in 2020, and in 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As of 2022, The Simpsons have received a total of 100 Emmy nominations.

The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007, was nominated for several major awards, including a Golden Globe Award, while The Longest Daycare, a short film released in 2012, became the franchise's first production to be nominated for an Academy Award. (Full article...)
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The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". The HFPA board of directors selects the honorees from a variety of actors, directors, writers and producers who have made a significant mark in the film industry. It was first presented at the 9th Golden Globe Awards ceremony in February 1952 and is named in honor of its first recipient, director Cecil B. DeMille. The HFPA chose DeMille due to his prestige in the industry and his "internationally recognized and respected name". DeMille received the award the year his penultimate film, The Greatest Show on Earth, premiered. A year later in 1953, the award was presented to producer Walt Disney.

The award has been presented annually since 1952, with exceptions being 1976, 2008, 2022, and 2024. The second incident was due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike's cancellation of that year's ceremony. The award that year was meant to honor director Steven Spielberg, but due to the cancellation of the ceremony, the award was presented to him the following year. The third occurrence resulted from various media companies, actors, and other creatives boycotting the awards in protest over its lack of action to increase the membership diversity of the HFPA. In 2024, the award was shelved to make way for additional categories at that year's ceremony. (Full article...)
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The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2019, until May 31, 2020, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was originally to be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead hosted from the Staples Center, while winners gave speeches remotely from their homes or other locations. It aired live on September 20, 2020, following the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14–17 and 19. During the ceremony, Emmy Awards were handed out in 23 categories. The ceremony was produced by Done and Dusted, directed by Hamish Hamilton, and broadcast in the United States by ABC. Jimmy Kimmel served as host for the third time.

At the main ceremony, Schitt's Creek won all seven comedy categories including Outstanding Comedy Series, becoming the first comedy series to complete a sweep of those categories. Succession and Watchmen each won four awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Limited Series, respectively. Other winning programs include Euphoria, I Know This Much Is True, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Morning Show, Mrs. America, Ozark, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Unorthodox. Including Creative Arts Emmys, Watchmen led all programs with 11 wins and 26 nominations, while HBO took home 30 awards to lead all networks. (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)
129	1	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"	Wes Archer	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	September 17, 1995 (1995-09-17)	2F20	22.6
130	2	"Radioactive Man"	Susie Dietter	John Swartzwelder	September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)	2F17	15.7
131	3	"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"	Susie Dietter	Jon Vitti	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)	3F01	14.5
132	4	"Bart Sells His Soul"	Wes Archer	Greg Daniels	October 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)	3F02	14.8
133	5	"Lisa the Vegetarian"	Mark Kirkland	David X. Cohen	October 15, 1995 (1995-10-15)	3F03	14.6
134	6	"Treehouse of Horror VI"	Bob Anderson	John Swartzwelder	October 29, 1995 (1995-10-29)	3F04	19.7
				Steve Tompkins
				David X. Cohen
135	7	"King-Size Homer"	Jim Reardon	Dan Greaney	November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05)	3F05	17.0
136	8	"Mother Simpson"	David Silverman	Richard Appel	November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)	3F06	15.3
137	9	"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"	Dominic Polcino	Spike Feresten	November 26, 1995 (1995-11-26)	3F08	14.2
138	10	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"	David Silverman	Jon Vitti	December 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)	3F31	16.4
139	11	"Marge Be Not Proud"	Steven Dean Moore	Mike Scully	December 17, 1995 (1995-12-17)	3F07	16.7
140	12	"Team Homer"	Mark Kirkland	Mike Scully	January 7, 1996 (1996-01-07)	3F10	16.7
141	13	"Two Bad Neighbors"	Wes Archer	Ken Keeler	January 14, 1996 (1996-01-14)	3F09	16.5
142	14	"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"	Susie Dietter	Jennifer Crittenden	February 4, 1996 (1996-02-04)	3F11	14.4
143	15	"Bart the Fink"	Jim Reardon	Story by : Bob Kushell Teleplay by : John Swartzwelder	February 11, 1996 (1996-02-11)	3F12	15.0
144	16	"Lisa the Iconoclast"	Mike B. Anderson	Jonathan Collier	February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)	3F13	13.4
145	17	"Homer the Smithers"	Steven Dean Moore	John Swartzwelder	February 25, 1996 (1996-02-25)	3F14	14.1
146	18	"The Day the Violence Died"	Wes Archer	John Swartzwelder	March 17, 1996 (1996-03-17)	3F16	14.4
147	19	"A Fish Called Selma"	Mark Kirkland	Jack Barth	March 24, 1996 (1996-03-24)	3F15	12.9
148	20	"Bart on the Road"	Swinton O. Scott III	Richard Appel	March 31, 1996 (1996-03-31)	3F17	11.8
149	21	"22 Short Films About Springfield"	Jim Reardon	Richard Appel, David X. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester, Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein & Matt Groening	April 14, 1996 (1996-04-14)	3F18	10.5
150	22	"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'"	Jeffrey Lynch	Jonathan Collier	April 28, 1996 (1996-04-28)	3F19	13.0
151	23	"Much Apu About Nothing"	Susie Dietter	David X. Cohen	May 5, 1996 (1996-05-05)	3F20	11.3
152	24	"Homerpalooza"	Wes Archer	Brent Forrester	May 19, 1996 (1996-05-19)	3F21	12.9
153	25	"Summer of 4 Ft. 2"	Mark Kirkland	Dan Greaney	May 19, 1996 (1996-05-19)	3F22	14.7

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