Portal:Television

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Flat-screen televisions for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports.

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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Stephen Colbert's performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner mocked the Bush administration and the White House press corps, and subsequently generated significant controversy. Stephen Colbert was the featured entertainer for the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, delivering a 20-minute speech and video presentation which was broadcast live on C-SPAN and MSNBC. Colbert spoke as the same character as the one he plays on The Colbert Report: an over-the-top send-up of a conservative pundit in the fashion of Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. Colbert satirized the Bush administration and the White House press corps. Colbert spoke directly to President Bush several times, satirically praising his foreign policy, lifestyle, and beliefs, and referencing his low approval rating and popular reputation. Various reports give an impression that Bush did not take too kindly to the performance, as several of Bush's aides and supporters walked out during Colbert's speech, and one former aide said that the President had "that look that he's ready to blow." Reaction to the event caused it to become an Internet and media sensation, and ratings for The Colbert Report soared 37% in the week following the speech.

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Kaknästornet illuminated as a memorial to the November 2015 Paris attacks

The Kaknäs tower (Swedish: Kaknästornet) is a TV tower in Gärdet in Stockholm, Sweden. It has 72 pillars. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. It was finished in 1967, designed by architect Bengt Lindroos, and the height is 155 metres (509 ft) or 170 metres (560 ft) with the antenna included. The tower is owned by the national Swedish broadcasting company Teracom. The tower's name comes from the ancient name of the area, Kaknäs.

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• ... that a Ramadan television show featured riddles, music, choreographed dance routines and "fantastical narratives"?
• ... that Dallas television station KDAF abandoned plans to launch a local newscast in 1994, after having already hired 20 staff, because it was to lose its Fox affiliation and be sold?
• ... that a television in the film Day of Reckoning includes scenes from Big Ass Spider!?
• ... that the 2017 acquisition of Katz Broadcasting by the E. W. Scripps Company was seen as a validation of the business of diginets?
• ... that the 1999 video game Interplay Sports Baseball Edition 2000 used a public-address announcer while its rivals were switching to two commentators as featured on real MLB game broadcasts?
• ... that Digital pulled their HiNote Ultra laptop out of a manila envelope on television nearly 15 years before Apple did the same?

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More did you know

• ...that the Simpsons short Good Night aired April 19, 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show and was the first ever appearance of the Simpson family on television?

• ...that the 1994 Guinness television advertisement Anticipation used jump cutting techniques to make an actor appear to be performing a physically impossible dance?

• ...that an advertising spot immediately following Xinwen Lianbo, a daily news programme shown by most terrestrial television stations in mainland China, can sell for an estimated US$100,000?

• ...that Melbourne rock band The Strangers appeared on weekly television for nine years straight?

• ...that Judy Morris, co-writer of the Academy Award winning Happy Feet has also acted in many of the most popular North American and Australian television programs since the age of 10?

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Publicity still, c. 1962

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (/ˈkoʊmoʊ/; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, from 1943 until 1987.

"Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, reportedly sold over 100 million records worldwide and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. He recorded primarily vocal pop and was renowned for recordings in the intimate, easy-listening genre pioneered by multimedia star Bing Crosby. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all." (Full article...)

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

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  LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
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  Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
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  Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
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  Family watching TV, 1958 (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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  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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  Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available. (from History of television)
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  Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
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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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  First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
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  The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (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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  Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (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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  Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
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  DBS satellite dishes. (from History of television)
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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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  The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
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  Ferdinand Braun (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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  Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
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  LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (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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  RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
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  A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)

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  Matt Groening, shown here in 2010, created The Simpsons, which premiered on December 17, 1989.

  
  
  The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical depiction of a dysfunctional middle-class American lifestyle starring the eponymous family: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Set in the town of Springfield, the show lampoons both American culture and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening named each character (other than Bart an anagram for brat) after members of his own family. The shorts became part of the Fox series The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time hit show. (Full article...)
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  Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane also provides the voices of Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire.

  
  
  Family Guy is an American animated sitcom that features five main voice actors, and numerous regular cast and recurring guest stars. The principal voice cast consists of show creator Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis (who replaced Lacey Chabert after the first season (her last episode is "Holy Crap," now marketed as the second episode of season two)), Seth Green, and Mike Henry; Patrick Warburton and Arif Zahir were later added to the main cast (the former being promoted from recurring cast); Recurring voice actors include Adam West, Sam Elliott, John G. Brennan, Nicole Sullivan and Jennifer Tilly, and repeat guest stars include Phyllis Diller, Charles Durning, Rush Limbaugh, James Woods and Phil LaMarr.
  
  Many cast members provide voices for multiple characters. The voice actors, in portraying the various character personalities on the show, draw inspiration from celebrities and pop culture. Family Guy characters have been played by more than one actor, after members of the show left the series or had conflicting obligations. (Full article...)
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  The Best MLS Player ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual from the world of Major League Soccer (MLS). It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2006. The Best MLS Player ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the MLS player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five nominees selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed by a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months, which generally includes a portion of each of two MLS seasons.
  
  The inaugural winner of the Best MLS Player ESPY Award was LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan in 2006. He is one of two people to have been presented with the award more than once in its history, winning it a further four times in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011; he also earned a nomination in 2008. English right midfielder David Beckham, also for LA Galaxy, has been the second most successful player, winning twice in 2008 and 2012. American players have been the most successful with five wins and twenty-eight nominations, while those who play in the position of a forward have been recognized on fourteen occasions, and those who have played for LA Galaxy have won a total of nine awards. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent winner of the award was Carlos Vela of Los Angeles FC in 2022. (Full article...)
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  The episodes of the British documentary Meerkat Manor first premiered on Animal Planet International in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2005. The programme was originally created by Caroline Hawkins, executive producer and series editor at Oxford Scientific Films, and commissioned for Animal Planet International by executive producer and commissioning editor Mark Wild.
  
  The first 13-episode series concluded on 24 October 2005. With the success of the programme in the UK, Animal Planet began broadcasting Meerkat Manor on its national channels in Australia, Canada, and the United States. The programme premiered in the United States on 9 June 2006, with the first series airing through 25 August 2006. The second series aired simultaneously in both the US and the UK, starting 29 September 2006. The third series premiered in the US on 10 August 2007, followed in the UK on 10 September 2007, and in Canada on 3 October 2007. Because each channel had different broadcasting schedules, the UK sequence of new episodes ended well before those in the US and Canada. The fourth series premiered in the United States on 6 June 2008 with the subtitle of The Next Generation. It was originally slated to begin airing in the United Kingdom in February 2009, but the premiere was later moved to April 2009. In 2021, a fifth series with the subtitle Rise of the Dynasty was commissioned by BBC America from Oxford Scientific Films. The 13-part series was shown in the United Kingdom by Channel 5 in December 2021, every weekday in the 6.30pm slot, with the last episode going out on Wednesday 15 December 2021. (Full article...)
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  The Philo T. Farnsworth Award being accepted by Goddard Space Flight Center engineer Richard Nafzger, actress June Lockhart, and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on behalf of NASA in 2009.

  
  The Philo T. Farnsworth Award (also called the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award) is a non-competitive award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) as part of the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards to "an agency, company or institution whose contributions over time have significantly impacted television technology and engineering". Named for Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the first fully working all-electronic television system and receiver, the winner is selected by a jury of television engineers from ATAS's Engineering Emmy Awards Committee, who consider "all engineering developments which have proven their efficacy during the awards year and determines which, if any, merit recognition with an Engineering Emmy statuette". The accolade was first awarded in 2003 as a result of about a year of lobbying to ATAS by Farnsworth's wife Pam Farnsworth and Hawaii-based Skinner Entertainment management and production firm owner Georja Skinner.
  
  At an annual award ceremony held in various locations, the ATAS presents the winner with a copper, gold, nickel and silver statuette of a winged woman holding an atom that was designed by engineer Louis McManus. It was first presented at the 55th Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards ceremony in September 2003. Motion picture equipment company Panavision was selected as the inaugural recipient for its work in developing "specialty camera items, cranes and dollies, Video assists, 35mm optics, cameras, lighting, trucks and grips". Since then, another 16 agencies, companies and institutions have received the award and none have won more than once. No award was given between 2005 and 2007 and in 2020. It has been presented to two separate recipients for different reasons in a calendar year once, in 2010, to the Desilu production company and the Digidesign audio technology firm. As of the 75th Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards, the National Association of Broadcasters is the most recent winner in this category for its work on the 100th anniversary "as 'the voice of America’s broadcasters', working to advance their interests through public policy advocacy, educational initiatives and support for content and technology innovation." (Full article...)
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  The Carry On series is a long-running British sequence of comedy films, stage shows and television programmes produced between 1958 and 1992. Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated from 1958 to 1966, and the Rank Organisation from 1967 to 1978, the films were all made at Pinewood Studios. The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. There were thirty-one films, four TV Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, all made on time and to a strict budget.
  
  Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas were the series' sole producer and director respectively. They mostly employed the same crew and a regular group of actors. The main cast predominantly featured Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas and Jim Dale. The Carry Ons comprise the largest number of films of any British series and, next to the James Bond films, are the second-longest continually-running UK film series (with a fourteen-year hiatus between 1978 and 1992). Between 1958 and 1992, there were seven writers, principally Norman Hudis (1958–62) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–74). The films were scored by three different composers: Bruce Montgomery from 1958–62; Eric Rogers (1963–75, 1977–78) and Max Harris who scored the 1976 film Carry On England. (Full article...)
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  Series	Episodes		Originally aired
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  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)

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  Hattie Jacques (/dʒeɪks/; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 1922–1980) was an English actress who appeared in many genres of light entertainment including radio, film, television and stage. Jacques's career spanned from 1939 until her death in 1980. She is best remembered for her appearances in fourteen Carry On films and for her professional partnership with Eric Sykes.
  
  In 1939 Jacques became involved in amateur dramatics, appearing as Doris Gow in Noël Coward's short play Fumed Oak. Five years later, after wartime service as a nurse and a welder, she made her professional theatrical debut at the Players' Theatre in the revue Late Joys, a performance that she repeated on television in 1946. From there she became a regular stage performer, appearing in variety shows and Victorian-style pantomimes. (Full article...)
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  Laurence Olivier in a promotional still for Rebecca (1940).

  
  Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. From 1935 he performed in radio broadcasts and, from 1956, had considerable success in television roles.
  
  After attending drama school, Olivier began his professional career with small touring companies before being taken on in 1925 by Sybil Thorndike and her husband, Lewis Casson, as a bit-part player, understudy and assistant stage manager for their London company. In 1926 he joined the Birmingham Repertory Company, where he was given the chance to play a wide range of key roles. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and in 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in Othello (1964) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1970). (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	"Death Has a Shadow"	Peter Shin	Seth MacFarlane	January 31, 1999 (1999-01-31)	1ACX01	22.00
2	2	"I Never Met the Dead Man"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Chris Sheridan	April 11, 1999 (1999-04-11)	1ACX02	14.50
3	3	"Chitty Chitty Death Bang"	Dominic Polcino	Danny Smith	April 18, 1999 (1999-04-18)	1ACX04	13.78
4	4	"Mind Over Murder"	Roy Allen Smith	Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan	April 25, 1999 (1999-04-25)	1ACX03	11.69
5	5	"A Hero Sits Next Door"	Monte Young	Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman	May 2, 1999 (1999-05-02)	1ACX05	12.61
6	6	"The Son Also Draws"	Neil Affleck	Ricky Blitt	May 9, 1999 (1999-05-09)	1ACX06	11.20
7	7	"Brian: Portrait of a Dog"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Gary Janetti	May 16, 1999 (1999-05-16)	1ACX07	13.10
64	1	"New School Term, Renji Has Come to the Material World?!" Transliteration: "Shingakki, Gense ni Renji ga Yatte Kita!?" (Japanese: 新学期、現世に恋次がやって来た!?)	Noriyuki Abe	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Masashi Sogo	January 17, 2006 (2006-01-17)	May 18, 2008
65	2	"Creeping Terror, the Second Victim" Transliteration: "Shinobi yoru Kyōfu, Nibanme no Giseisha" (Japanese: 忍び寄る恐怖、2番目の犠牲者)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)	May 25, 2008
66	3	"Breakthrough! The Trap Hidden in the Labyrinth" Transliteration: "Toppa seyo! Meikyū ni Hisomu Wana" (Japanese: 突破せよ！迷宮に潜む罠)	Shigeru Ueda	Shigeru Ueda	Masahiro Ōkubo	January 31, 2006 (2006-01-31)	June 1, 2008
67	4	"Death Game! The Missing Classmate" Transliteration: "Shi no Gēmu! Kieru Kurasumeito" (Japanese: 死のゲーム！消えるクラスメイト)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Rika Nakase	February 7, 2006 (2006-02-07)	June 8, 2008
68	5	"True Identity of the Devil, the Secret which Is Revealed" Transliteration: "Akuma no Shōtai, Akasareta Himitsu" (Japanese: 悪魔の正体、明かされた秘密)	Noriyuki Abe	Akira Shimizu	Masashi Sogo	February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)	June 15, 2008
69	6	"Bount! The Ones Who Hunt Souls" Transliteration: "Baunto! Tamashii o Karu Mono-tachi" (Japanese: バウント！魂を狩る者たち)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Kazunori Mizuno	Genki Yoshimura	February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)	June 22, 2008
70	7	"Rukia's Return! Revival of the Substitute Team!" Transliteration: "Rukia no Kikan! Daikō Chīmu Fukkatsu" (Japanese: ルキアの帰還！代行チーム復活)	Masami Shimoda	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Michiko Yokote	February 21, 2006 (2006-02-21)	June 29, 2008
71	8	"The Moment of Collision! An Evil Hand Draws Near to the Quincy" Transliteration: "Gekitotsu no Toki! Kuinshī ni Semaru Ma no Te" (Japanese: 激突の時！クインシーに迫る魔の手)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Hodaka Kuramoto	Rika Nakase	March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)	July 6, 2008
72	9	"Water Attack! Escape from the Shutdown Hospital" Transliteration: "Mizu no Kōgeki! Tozasareta Byōin kara no Dasshutsu" (Japanese: 水の攻撃！閉ざされた病院からの脱出)	Rei Kaneko	Kazunori Mizuno	Genki Yoshimura	March 14, 2006 (2006-03-14)	July 13, 2008
73	10	"Gathering Bounts! The Man Who Makes His Move" Transliteration: "Baunto Shūketsu! Ugokidasu Otoko" (Japanese: バウント集結！動き出す男)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)	July 20, 2008
74	11	"Memories of an Eternally Living Clan" Transliteration: "Eien o Ikiru Ichizoku no Kioku" (Japanese: 永遠を生きる一族の記憶)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Tetsuhito Saitō	Natsuko Takahashi	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)	July 26, 2008
75	12	"Earth-Shattering Event at 11th Squad! The Shinigami Who Rises Again" Transliteration: "Jūichibantai Gekishin! Yomigaetta Shinigami" (Japanese: 十一番隊激震！よみがえった死神)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Takeshi Shirai	Michiko Yokote	April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)	August 2, 2008
76	13	"Crashing Force! Fried vs. Zangetsu" Transliteration: "Chikara no Gekitotsu! Furīdo VS Zangetsu" (Japanese: 力の激突！フリードVS斬月)	Norihiro Sunagawa	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Masahiro Ōkubo	April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)	August 10, 2008
77	14	"Unfading Grudge! The Shinigami whom Kenpachi Killed" Transliteration: "Kienu Onnen! Kenpachi ga Kitta Shinigami" (Japanese: 消えぬ怨念！剣八が斬った死神)	Hodaka Kuramoto Tetsuhito Saitō	Hodaka Kuramoto	Rika Nakase	April 11, 2006 (2006-04-11)	August 24, 2008
78	15	"Shocking Revelations for the 13 Divisions!! The Truth Buried in History" Transliteration: "Gotei Jūsantai Kyōgaku!! Rekishi ni Uzumoreta Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 護廷十三隊驚愕!!歴史に埋もれた真実)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)	August 31, 2008
79	16	"Yoshino's Decision of Death" Transliteration: "Yoshino, Shi o Kaketa Omoi" (Japanese: 芳野、死をかけた想い)	Manabu Fukazawa	Takeshi Shirai	Genki Yoshimura	May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)	September 7, 2008
80	17	"Assault from a Formidable Enemy! A Tiny Final Line of Defense?!" Transliteration: "Kyōteki no Kyūshū! Chiisana Saishū Bōei Sen!?" (Japanese: 強敵の急襲！小さな最終防衛線!?)	Hitoyuki Matsui	Shigeru Ueda	Masahiro Ōkubo	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)	September 13, 2008
81	18	"Hitsugaya Moves! The Attacked City" Transliteration: "Hitsugaya Ugoku! Osowareta Machi" (Japanese: 日番谷動く！襲われた街)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Eitarō Ano	Masashi Sogo	May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)	September 20, 2008
82	19	"Ichigo vs. Dalk! Appearance of the Faded Darkness" Transliteration: "Ichigo VS Daruku! Shirakigami no Shutsugen" (Japanese: 一護VSダルク！白き闇の出現)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Kazunori Mizuno	Michiko Yokote	May 30, 2006 (2006-05-30)	October 4, 2008
83	20	"Grey Shadow, the Secret of the Dolls" Transliteration: "Haiiro no Kage, Dōru no Himitsu" (Japanese: 灰色の影、ドールの秘密)	Jun Takada	Akira Shimizu	Natsuko Takahashi	June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06)	October 11, 2008
84	21	"Dissension in the Substitute Team? Rukia's Betrayal" Transliteration: "Daikō Chīmu Bunretsu? Uragitta Rukia" (Japanese: 代行チーム分裂？裏切ったルキア)	Tetsuya Endō	Takeshi Shirai	Rika Nakase	June 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)	October 18, 2008
85	22	"Deadly Battle of Tears! Rukia vs. Orihime" Transliteration: "Namida no Shitō! Rukia VS Orihime" (Japanese: 涙の死闘！ルキアVS織姫)	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Masashi Sogo	June 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)	October 25, 2008
86	23	"Rangiku Dances! Slice the Invisible Enemy!" Transliteration: "Rangiku Mau! Mienai Teki o Kire!" (Japanese: 乱菊舞う！見えない敵を斬れ)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Hodaka Kuramoto	Masahiro Ōkubo	June 20, 2006 (2006-06-20)	November 1, 2008
87	24	"Byakuya is summoned! The Gotei 13 start to move!" Transliteration: "Byakuya Shōshū! Ugokidasu Gotei Jūsantai" (Japanese: 白哉召集！動き出す護廷十三隊)	Kazunori Mizuno	Kazunori Mizuno	Masahiro Ōkubo Masashi Sogo	July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	November 8, 2008
88	25	"Annihilation of the Lieutenants!? Trap in the Underground Cave" Transliteration: "Fukutaichō Zenmetsu!? Chika Dōkutsu no Wana" (Japanese: 副隊長全滅!?地下洞窟の罠)	Jun Takada	Eitarō Ano	Masashi Sogo	July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11)	November 15, 2008
89	26	"Rematch?! Ishida vs. Nemu" Transliteration: "Saisen!? Ishida VS Nemu" (Japanese: 再戦!?石田VSネム)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Takeshi Shirai	Masashi Sogo	July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)	November 22, 2008
90	27	"Renji Abarai, Bankai of the Soul!" Transliteration: "Abarai Renji, Tamashii no Bankai!" (Japanese: 阿散井恋次、魂の卍解！)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Masashi Sogo	July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	November 29, 2008
91	28	"Shinigami and Quincy, the Reviving Power" Transliteration: "Shinigami to Kuinshī, Yomigaeru Chikara" (Japanese: 死神とクインシー、よみがえる力)	Manabu Fukazawa	Shigeru Ueda	Masashi Sogo	August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)	December 6, 2008

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
2	23		September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)
3	11		September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)	December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18)
4	22		September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)

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Green Wing is a surreal medical sitcom starring Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt. All the episodes were written by a team of eight writers working on every episode together. The writers are Victoria Pile (who is also the producer), Robert Harley, Gary Howe, Stuart Kenworthy, Oriane Messina, Richard Preddy, Fay Rusling and James Henry. The series was directed by Tristram Shapeero and Dominic Brigstocke. The first series consisted of nine episodes broadcast between 3 September and 29 October 2004 on Channel 4. A DVD of the series was released on 3 April 2006. The scripts of the first series entitled Green Wing: The Complete First Series Scripts were released in paperback on 22 October 2006. The first series was received well by both critics and fans. The series also won several awards including a BAFTA, two Royal Television Society (RTS) awards, and a Rose d'Or.

In the first series, the main plot involves a love triangle between surgical registrar Dr. Caroline Todd (Greig), anaesthetist Dr. Guy Secretan (Mangan), and surgeon Dr. "Mac" Macartney (Rhind-Tutt) and the affair between consultant radiologist Dr. Alan Statham (Mark Heap) who is in love with Joanna Clore (Pippa Haywood), the director of human resources. (Full article...)

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