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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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Carnivàle (/ˌkɑːrnɪˈvæl/) is an American television series set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series, created by Daniel Knauf, ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. In tracing the lives of disparate groups of people in a traveling carnival, Knauf's story combined a bleak atmosphere with elements of the surreal in portraying struggles between good and evil and between free will and destiny. The show's mythology draws upon themes and motifs from traditional Christianity and gnosticism together with Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar order.

Carnivàle was produced by HBO and aired between September 14, 2003, and March 27, 2005. Its creator, Daniel Knauf, also served as executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore and Howard Klein. Jeff Beal composed the original incidental music. Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown starred as Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin Crowe, respectively. The show was filmed in Santa Clarita, California, and nearby Southern California locations.

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U.S. FCC Seal

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current president. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 as the successor to the Federal Radio Commission and is charged with regulating all non-Federal Government use of the radio spectrum (including radio and television broadcasting), and all interstate telecommunications (wire, satellite and cable) as well as all international communications that originate or terminate in the United States.

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• ... that Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets, who was killed in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, starred in the 2013 joint Ukrainian–Russian television family saga House with Lilies alongside Russian actors?
• ... that Ice King, the antagonist of television series Adventure Time, was at first received negatively by critics but later praised for representing mental health issues such as Alzheimer's disease?
• ... that television production companies working in Bhadun, Bangladesh, can hire a local woman as an extra for ৳500 (US$5.30) per day?
• ... that Colin Mackay, the political editor at Scottish Television, was "very sad" when Colin MacKay, the political editor at Scottish Television, died?
• ... that Jaega Wise co-hosted the television series Beer Masters alongside musician James Blunt?
• ... that the 2017 acquisition of Katz Broadcasting by the E. W. Scripps Company was seen as a validation of the business of diginets?

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• ...that copies of the 1982 biopic Will: G. Gordon Liddy, about a Watergate co-conspirator, are stored in the Nixon Presidential Materials collection at the U.S. National Archives?

• ...that the fight scene between Peter Griffin and a giant chicken on Family Guy episode Blind Ambition was originally created for the episode Cleveland Loretta Quagmire?

• ...that Dyesebel, a popular mermaid character in Filipino comic books, cinema and television, was based on Philippine folklore?

• ...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 a Spokane, Washington, television station devoted the first 11 minutes of its Saturday evening newscast to the February 2007 arrests of Gonzaga University basketball player Josh Heytvelt and his teammate?

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Gyllenhaal in 2019

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in the biographical drama film October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in the science fiction psychological thriller film Donnie Darko (2001).

Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. He has since starred in Wildlife (2018), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), The Guilty (2021), and Ambulance (2022). (Full article...)

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

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  A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
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  Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
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  RCA 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)
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  The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
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  Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
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  First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
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  RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
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  DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)
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  Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
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  An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
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  LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
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  Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
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  The 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)
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  This 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)
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  LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
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  A 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)
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  Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
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  The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
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  Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
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  Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
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  Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
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  Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
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  Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
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  Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
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  Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)

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  The Good Place is an American fantasy comedy television series created by Michael Schur. The series aired for four seasons consisting of a total of fifty-three episodes on NBC from September 19, 2016, to January 30, 2020. It focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), who arrives in the afterlife and is welcomed by Michael (Ted Danson) to "the Good Place", a highly selective Heaven-like utopia he designed. However, she realizes that she was sent there by mistake and must hide her morally imperfect behavior while trying to become a better and more ethical person. William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, and Manny Jacinto co-star as fellow Good Place residents Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil, and Jason Mendoza, respectively, while D'Arcy Carden co-stars as Janet, an artificial being who assists the residents.
  
  During its run, The Good Place received critical acclaim and earned many awards and nominations. The series was nominated for fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards, including two nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and three nominations for Danson for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. It was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including a nomination for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and a nomination for Bell for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In addition, the show was nominated for six Hugo Awards, winning four times for "The Trolley Problem", "Janet(s)", "The Answer", and "Whenever You're Ready". It was nominated for three Nebula Awards, winning one for "Whenever You're Ready", and for three Saturn Awards. In 2017, The Good Place was named by the American Film Institute as one of its top 10 television programs of the year, and in 2019, the show was honored with a Peabody Award for its contributions to entertainment. (Full article...)
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  The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series are American superhero television shows produced by Marvel Television and Marvel Studios, based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The series are set in, or inspired by, the shared universe of the MCU film franchise.
  
  The MCU first expanded to television after Marvel Television was formed in 2010, with that studio producing 12 series with ABC Studios and its production division ABC Signature Studios from September 2013 to October 2020. These premiered across broadcast, streaming, and cable respectively on ABC, Netflix and Hulu, and Freeform. The main ABC series were inspired by the films and featured film characters, while a connected group of series for Netflix crossed over with each other. Young adult–focused series were produced for Freeform and Hulu. The latter also had a group of series called "Adventure into Fear" planned before Marvel Television was shut down in December 2019. (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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  Louie is an American television comedy created, written, directed by, and starring stand-up comedian Louis C.K. The series has aired for five seasons on the cable channel FX since June 29, 2010. The show centers on a fictionalized version of C.K.'s life as a comedian, father, and divorcé.
  
  Since its debut, the series has earned widespread critical acclaim and has been nominated for a variety of different awards, including twenty-two Primetime Emmy Awards (three wins for the series), eight Television Critics Association Awards (three wins), two Golden Globe Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards (three wins), three Directors Guild of America Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Producers Guild of America Awards. (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)
1	1	"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"	David Silverman	Mimi Pond	December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17)	7G08	26.7
2	2	"Bart the Genius"	David Silverman	Jon Vitti	January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14)	7G02	24.5
3	3	"Homer's Odyssey"	Wes Archer	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21)	7G03	27.5
4	4	"There's No Disgrace Like Home"	Gregg Vanzo & Kent Butterworth	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	January 28, 1990 (1990-01-28)	7G04	20.2
5	5	"Bart the General"	David Silverman	John Swartzwelder	February 4, 1990 (1990-02-04)	7G05	27.1
6	6	"Moaning Lisa"	Wes Archer	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	February 11, 1990 (1990-02-11)	7G06	27.4
7	7	"The Call of the Simpsons"	Wes Archer	John Swartzwelder	February 18, 1990 (1990-02-18)	7G09	27.6
8	8	"The Telltale Head"	Rich Moore	Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon & Matt Groening	February 25, 1990 (1990-02-25)	7G07	28.0
9	9	"Life on the Fast Lane"	David Silverman	John Swartzwelder	March 18, 1990 (1990-03-18)	7G11	33.5
10	10	"Homer's Night Out"	Rich Moore	Jon Vitti	March 25, 1990 (1990-03-25)	7G10	30.3
11	11	"The Crepes of Wrath"	Wes Archer & Milton Gray	George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti	April 15, 1990 (1990-04-15)	7G13	31.2
12	12	"Krusty Gets Busted"	Brad Bird	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	April 29, 1990 (1990-04-29)	7G12	30.4
13	13	"Some Enchanted Evening"	David Silverman & Kent Butterworth	Matt Groening & Sam Simon	May 13, 1990 (1990-05-13)	7G01	27.1


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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
104	1	"Bart of Darkness"	Jim Reardon	Dan McGrath	September 4, 1994 (1994-09-04)	1F22	15.1
105	2	"Lisa's Rival"	Mark Kirkland	Mike Scully	September 11, 1994 (1994-09-11)	1F17	16.7
106	3	"Another Simpsons Clip Show"	David Silverman	Jon Vitti	September 25, 1994 (1994-09-25)	2F33	13.5
107	4	"Itchy & Scratchy Land"	Wes Archer	John Swartzwelder	October 2, 1994 (1994-10-02)	2F01	14.8
108	5	"Sideshow Bob Roberts"	Mark Kirkland	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	October 9, 1994 (1994-10-09)	2F02	14.4
109	6	"Treehouse of Horror V"	Jim Reardon	Bob Kushell	October 30, 1994 (1994-10-30)	2F03	22.2
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110	7	"Bart's Girlfriend"	Susie Dietter	Jonathan Collier	November 6, 1994 (1994-11-06)	2F04	15.3
111	8	"Lisa on Ice"	Bob Anderson	Mike Scully	November 13, 1994 (1994-11-13)	2F05	17.9
112	9	"Homer Badman"	Jeffrey Lynch	Greg Daniels	November 27, 1994 (1994-11-27)	2F06	15.5
113	10	"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"	Wes Archer	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04)	2F07	14.1
114	11	"Fear of Flying"	Mark Kirkland	David Sacks	December 18, 1994 (1994-12-18)	2F08	15.6
115	12	"Homer the Great"	Jim Reardon	John Swartzwelder	January 8, 1995 (1995-01-08)	2F09	20.1
116	13	"And Maggie Makes Three"	Swinton O. Scott III	Jennifer Crittenden	January 22, 1995 (1995-01-22)	2F10	17.3
117	14	"Bart's Comet"	Bob Anderson	John Swartzwelder	February 5, 1995 (1995-02-05)	2F11	18.7
118	15	"Homie the Clown"	David Silverman	John Swartzwelder	February 12, 1995 (1995-02-12)	2F12	17.5
119	16	"Bart vs. Australia"	Wes Archer	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	February 19, 1995 (1995-02-19)	2F13	15.1
120	17	"Homer vs. Patty and Selma"	Mark Kirkland	Brent Forrester	February 26, 1995 (1995-02-26)	2F14	18.9
121	18	"A Star Is Burns"	Susie Dietter	Ken Keeler	March 5, 1995 (1995-03-05)	2F31	14.4
122	19	"Lisa's Wedding"	Jim Reardon	Greg Daniels	March 19, 1995 (1995-03-19)	2F15	14.9
123	20	"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"	Bob Anderson	Mike Scully	April 9, 1995 (1995-04-09)	2F18	11.6
124	21	"The PTA Disbands"	Swinton O. Scott III	Jennifer Crittenden	April 16, 1995 (1995-04-16)	2F19	11.8
125	22	"'Round Springfield"	Steven Dean Moore	Story by : Al Jean & Mike Reiss Teleplay by : Joshua Sternin & Jennifer Ventimilia	April 30, 1995 (1995-04-30)	2F32	12.6
126	23	"The Springfield Connection"	Mark Kirkland	Jonathan Collier	May 7, 1995 (1995-05-07)	2F21	12.7
127	24	"Lemon of Troy"	Jim Reardon	Brent Forrester	May 14, 1995 (1995-05-14)	2F22	13.1
128	25	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"	Jeffrey Lynch	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	May 21, 1995 (1995-05-21)	2F16	15.0
42	1	"Yoruichi, Goddess of Flash, Dances!" Transliteration: "Shunjin Yoruichi, Mau!" (Japanese: 瞬神夜一、舞う！)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Akira Iwanaga	Michiko Yokote	July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)	July 21, 2007
43	2	"The Despicable Shinigami" Transliteration: "Hiretsu na Shinigami" (Japanese: 卑劣な死神)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Michiko Yokote	August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	July 28, 2007
44	3	"Ishida Ultimate Power!" Transliteration: "Ishida, Kyokugen no Chikara!" (Japanese: 石田、極限の力！)	Satoshi Nishimura	Kazunori Mizuno	Masashi Sogo	August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	August 4, 2007
45	4	"Overcome Your Limits!" Transliteration: "Genkai o Koero!" (Japanese: 限界を越えろ！)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Kazunobu Shimizu	Genki Yoshimura	August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	August 11, 2007
46	5	"Authentic Records! School of Shinigami" Transliteration: "Jitsuroku! Shinigami no Gakkō" (Japanese: 実録！死神の学校)	Kōji Aritomi	Kōji Aritomi	Masahiro Ōkubo	August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	August 18, 2007
47	6	"The Avengers" Transliteration: "Adautsu Mono-tachi" (Japanese: 仇討つ者たち)	Masami Shimoda	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Natsuko Takahashi	August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)	September 1, 2007
48	7	"Hitsugaya Roars!" Transliteration: "Hitsugaya, Hoeru!" (Japanese: 日番谷、吼える！)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Rika Nakase	September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)	September 8, 2007
49	8	"Rukia's Nightmare" Transliteration: "Rukia no Akumu" (Japanese: ルキアの悪夢)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Hodaka Kuramoto	Masahiro Ōkubo	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)	September 15, 2007
50	9	"The Reviving Lion" Transliteration: "Yomigaeru Shishi" (Japanese: よみがえる獅子)	Shin'ichi Watanabe	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Michiko Yokote	September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)	September 22, 2007
51	10	"Morning of the Sentence" Transliteration: "Shokei no Asa" (Japanese: 処刑の朝)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Yoshinori Odaka	Genki Yoshimura	September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)	October 6, 2007
52	11	"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 Aritomi	Kōji Aritomi	Masashi Sogo	October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	October 13, 2007
53	12	"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 Kawamura	Akira Shimizu	Natsuko Takahashi	October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	March 2, 2008
54	13	"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 Saitō	Kazunori Mizuno	Rika Nakase	October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)	March 9, 2008
55	14	"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 Koshiba	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Masashi Sogo	October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25)	March 16, 2008
56	15	"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 Endō	Hodaka Kuramoto	Genki Yoshimura	November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01)	March 23, 2008
57	16	"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 Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Rika Nakase	November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)	March 30, 2008
58	17	"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 Fukazawa	Noriyuki Abe	Masashi Sogo	November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)	April 6, 2008
59	18	"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 Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22)	April 13, 2008
60	19	"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 Kawamura	Kazunori Mizuno	Genki Yoshimura	December 6, 2005 (2005-12-06)	April 20, 2008
61	20	"Aizen Stands! Horrible Ambitions" Transliteration: "Aizen, Tatsu! Osorubeki Yabō" (Japanese: 藍染、立つ！恐るべき野望)	Tetsuya Endō	Akira Shimizu	Masahiro Ōkubo	December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)	April 27, 2008
62	21	"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 Saitō	Hodaka Kuramoto	Masashi Sogo	December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20)	May 4, 2008
63	22	"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 Hatakeyama	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Masashi Sogo	January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)	May 11, 2008

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	52	26	1 October 2018 (2018-10-01)	26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
		26	1 April 2019 (2019-04-01)	12 December 2019 (2019-12-12)
2	52	26	17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	11 April 2020 (2020-04-11)
		26	25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)	4 April 2021 (2021-04-04)
3	50	26	5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)	16 December 2021 (2021-12-16)
		11	13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)	23 June 2022 (2022-06-23)
		10	9 April 2023 (2023-04-09)	11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)
		3	7 April 2024 (2024-04-07)	21 April 2024 (2024-04-21)
Minisodes	20		16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)	TBA

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Hitohira (ひとひら, lit. Petal) is a Japanese animated television series. The episodes are directed by Akira Nishimori and produced by the Japanese animation studio XEBEC M2 and Genco. They are based on the Hitohira manga by Izumi Kirihara, and adapt the source material over twelve episodes. The episodes aired from March 28, 2007 to June 13, 2007 on AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama.

Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Yume, Hitohira" (夢、ひとひら, lit. Dream, Petal) by Yūko Asami, and the ending theme is "Smile" (スマイル, Sumairu) by Mai Mizuhashi. (Full article...)

The Apprentice, later called The Celebrity Apprentice, is an American reality television show created by Mark Burnett in which candidates compete to become Donald Trump's apprentice, as determined by Trump and his boardroom associates. The series first broadcast in 2004, and twelve complete seasons have aired on NBC as of May 2012.
Each season, competitors are progressively eliminated based on their performance during an assigned task. After each task, the winning team receives a reward, while the losing team faces a boardroom showdown in order to determine which team member should be fired, and therefore eliminated from the show. Trump hires one of the finalists to be his apprentice. Starting with season 7, celebrities participated as a way to revitalize the series, with the winners donating their proceeds to charity. Trump departed the series after the fourteenth season to focus on his 2016 presidential campaign, in which actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger would now serve as host of the series. The fifteenth season, featuring Schwarzenegger was branded as The New Celebrity Apprentice.

As of season 14, 229 candidates have competed, one of whom has competed three times—Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth competed in both season 1, season 7, and season 13. The youngest competitors include Jessie Connors and Chris Shelton, who appeared on the show at age 21. At age 75, Joan Rivers of season 8 was the oldest candidate to both appear on the show and win the competition. There have been six instances in which a candidate left The Apprentice for reasons other than being eliminated by Trump. Overcome by stress, Verna Felton of season 3 "just packed up and walked out". Michelle Sorro of season 6 quit after determining that the competition was "too much" and "not worth it". Actor Vincent Pastore of season 7 resigned due to a conflict with Piers Morgan. Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson of season 9 quit due to a personal family situation. During season 11, baseball player Jose Canseco quit due to his father's illness and NeNe Leakes left due to a conflict with Star Jones. The fifteen winners of the show, in chronological order, are Bill Rancic, Kelly Perdew, Kendra Todd, Randal Pinkett, Sean Yazbeck, Stefanie Schaeffer, Piers Morgan, Joan Rivers, Bret Michaels, Brandy Kuentzel, John Rich, Arsenio Hall, Trace Adkins (the first All-Star Celebrity Apprentice), Leeza Gibbons, and Matt Iseman. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Average viewers (in millions inc. DVR)
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19)	77	5.72
2	13		September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)	77	5.78
3	13		September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)	January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)	99	4.57
4	14		September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)	January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)	92	3.56

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