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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most television sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, Digital Light Processing (DLP), plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. LEDs are being gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have started increasingly producing smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s. (Full article...)
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The Apollo TV camera refers to several television cameras used in the Apollo program's space missions, and on the later Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project missions, in the late 1960s and 1970s. These cameras varied in design, with image quality improving significantly with each successive model. Two companies made these various camera systems: RCA and Westinghouse. Originally, these slow-scan television (SSTV) cameras, running at 10 frames-per-second (fps), produced only black-and-white pictures and first flew on the Apollo 7 mission in October 1968. A color camera — using a field-sequential color system — flew on the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969, and every mission after that. The Color Camera ran at the North American standard 30 fps. The cameras all used image pickup tubes that were initially fragile, as one was irreparably damaged during the live broadcast of the Apollo 12 mission's first moonwalk. Starting with the Apollo 15 mission, a more robust, damage-resistant camera was used on the lunar surface. All of these cameras required signal processing back on Earth to make the frame rate and color encoding compatible with analog broadcast television standards.
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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...)General images
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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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Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television) -
First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television) -
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Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television) -
Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television) -
The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television) -
The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television) -
A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1970.
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An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television) -
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) -
Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
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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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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) -
RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television) -
Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (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...) -
Niven in the 1948 film Enchantment
The British actor David Niven (1910–1983) performed in many genres of light entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. He was also the author of four books: two works of fiction and two autobiographies. Described by Brian McFarlane, writing for the British Film Institute (BFI), as being "of famously debonair manner", Niven's career spanned from 1932 until 1983.
After brief spells as an army officer, whisky salesman and with a horse racing syndicate, he was an uncredited extra in his screen debut in There Goes the Bride; he went on to appear in nearly a hundred films, the last of which was in 1983: Curse of the Pink Panther. During his long film career, he was presented with a Golden Globe Award for his part in The Moon Is Blue (1953) and was nominated for a BAFTA for the titular lead in Carrington V.C. (1955). For his role as Major Pollock in the 1958 film Separate Tables, Niven was awarded the Academy and Golden Globe awards for a performance where "the pain behind the fake polish was moving to observe". According to Sheridan Morley, Niven's other notable works include The Charge of the Light Brigade (1938), The Way Ahead (1944), A Matter of Life and Death (1946)—judged by the BFI to be one of the top twenty British films of all time—The Guns of Navarone (1961) and the role of Sir Charles Litton in three Pink Panther films. (Full article...) -
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given annually from 1985 to 2019 to honor a young actress below the age of 25, who had delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.
At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Tracey E. Bregman was the first winner of this award, for her role of Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award was originally called Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series, the criteria of the new category were deemed confusing, performers of differing ages were nominated, and critics argued some were of supporting or lead actress standards. Adding to the confusion, the first winner, Bregman, and the Outstanding Supporting Actress winner that year, Beth Maitland, played characters near to the same age. The category was re-named Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series in 1989, and began using its current title in 1991. The criteria were later altered, requiring that the actress be aged 25 or below. (Full article...) -
Awake is an American police procedural fantasy drama television series that originally aired on NBC for one season from March 1 to May 24, 2012. The pilot episode had an early release on Hulu on February 16, 2012, two weeks before the series' premiere on television. Kyle Killen, the series' creator, was primarily responsible for the program's concept. Killen and David Slade served as executive producers of the pilot episode, and Killen continued producing the series along with Jeffrey Reiner and Howard Gordon.
The show's central character is Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a detective who works for the Los Angeles Police Department. In the first episode, Michael, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen), and their son Rex (Dylan Minnette) get into a serious car accident. After the accident, he finds himself switching between two "realities" whenever he goes to bed—one in which Hannah was killed in the accident and one in which Rex died instead—and is unable to determine which reality is true. He uses details from each reality to solve cases in the other. (Full article...) -
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(millions)First aired Last aired 1 39 September 10, 1955 August 25, 1956 — — — 2 39 September 8, 1956 June 29, 1957 8 32.7 12.72 3 39 September 14, 1957 June 7, 1958 1 43.1 18.06 4 39 September 13, 1958 June 13, 1959 1 39.6 17.40 5 39 September 5, 1959 June 11, 1960 1 40.3 18.43 6 38 September 3, 1960 June 17, 1961 1 37.3 17.60 7 34 September 30, 1961 May 26, 1962 3 28.3 13.74 8 38 September 15, 1962 June 1, 1963 10 27.0 13.58 9 36 September 28, 1963 June 6, 1964 20 23.5 12.12 10 36 September 26, 1964 May 29, 1965 27 22.6 11.91 11 32 September 18, 1965 May 7, 1966 30 21.3 11.47 12 29 September 17, 1966 April 15, 1967 34 19.9 11.33 13 25 September 11, 1967 March 4, 1968 4 25.5 14.45 14 26 September 23, 1968 March 24, 1969 6 24.9 14.50 15 26 September 22, 1969 March 23, 1970 2 25.9 15.15 16 24 September 14, 1970 March 8, 1971 5 25.5 15.32 17 24 September 13, 1971 March 13, 1972 4 26.0 16.14 18 24 September 11, 1972 March 5, 1973 8 23.6 15.29 19 24 September 10, 1973 April 1, 1974 15 22.1 14.63 20 24 September 9, 1974 March 31, 1975 26 20.7 14.04 Television films September 26, 1987 February 10, 1994 — — — -
Formby entertaining British troops during the Second World War
The English comic, singer and actor George Formby (1904–1961) performed in many mediums of light entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. His career spanned from 1915 until December 1960. During that time he became synonymous with playing "a shy, innocent, gauche, accident-prone Lancashire lad".
Formby began his working life as a jockey but always held an ambition to become a performer. In 1915, against the wishes of his father, Formby made his screen debut in the film By the Shortest of Heads. Upon his father's death in 1921, he began to build a full-time performing career, and worked predominantly on the variety circuit. In 1926 he began his music career, singing light, comical songs, and playing the ukulele or banjolele. From 1934 he increasingly worked in film, and had become a major star by the 1930s and '40s. He appeared on television for the first time in 1938 in the festive special Christmas Greetings. He became the UK's highest-paid entertainer during those decades. The film historian Brian McFarlane writes that Formby portrayed "essentially gormless incompetents, aspiring to various kinds of professional success ... and even more improbably to a middle-class girlfriend, usually in the clutches of some caddish type with a moustache. Invariably he scored on both counts". (Full article...) -
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(millions)Rank First aired Last aired 1 24 September 10, 1993 May 13, 1994 11.21 111 2 25 September 16, 1994 May 19, 1995 14.50 63 3 24 September 22, 1995 May 17, 1996 15.40 55 4 24 October 4, 1996 May 18, 1997 19.20 20 5 20 November 2, 1997 May 17, 1998 19.80 11 The X-Files June 19, 1998 — — 6 22 November 8, 1998 May 16, 1999 17.20 12 7 22 November 7, 1999 May 21, 2000 14.20 29 8 21 November 5, 2000 May 20, 2001 13.93 31 9 20 November 11, 2001 May 19, 2002 9.10 63 I Want to Believe July 25, 2008 — — 10 6 January 24, 2016 February 22, 2016 9.54 7 11 10 January 3, 2018 March 21, 2018 5.34 91 -
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Naruto is an anime television series based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series of the same name. The series centers on the adventures of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village, searching for recognitions and wishing to become the ninja by the rest of the village to be the leader and the strongest of all. The series was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The episodes are based on the first twenty-seven volumes in Part I of the manga, while some episodes feature original, self-contained storylines.
The 220 episodes that constitute the series were aired between October 3, 2002, and February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo in Japan. The English version of the series was released in North America by Viz Media, and began airing on September 10, 2005, on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States. On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended its Toonami block, but the channel continued sporadically airing episodes of Naruto in the time slots originally occupied by Toonami's programming until January 31, 2009 when episode 209, the last episode to air in the US was shown, due to the closure of Toonami Jetstream. (Full article...)
Timberlake at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con
American entertainer Justin Timberlake has released four video albums and has been featured in thirty-seven music videos, seventeen films, fifteen television shows, and six commercials. He achieved early fame when he appeared in the Disney Channel television series The All-New Mickey Mouse Club, alongside singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and actor Ryan Gosling. Timberlake rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band NSYNC. In 2002, he launched his solo career and released his solo debut single "Like I Love You", the music video for which was directed by Bucky Chrome. Francis Lawrence directed the video for "Cry Me a River". The video features Timberlake's character as he spies on a former lover, who according to the director portrays his former romantic interest Spears. At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won the accolades for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video.
In 2005, Timberlake starred in the thriller Edison alongside Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey. The film received negative reviews from film critics and was a box office bomb. He then portrayed Frankie Ballenbacher in the crime drama Alpha Dog (2006); it received mixed responses from critics and attained box office success. The same year, Timberlake released his second studio album FutureSex/LoveSounds—four music videos for singles from the album were shot. Samuel Bayer directed the music video for "What Goes Around... Comes Around" (2007) in which American actress Scarlett Johansson plays Timberlake's love interest. From 2007 until 2009, he appeared in the music videos for his collaborations with other artists including 50 Cent ("Ayo Technology"), Madonna ("4 Minutes") and T.I. ("Dead and Gone"). (Full article...)News
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(millions)179 1 "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham September 21, 1997 4F22 17.44 180 2 "The Principal and the Pauper" Steven Dean Moore Ken Keeler September 28, 1997 4F23 14.86 181 3 "Lisa's Sax" Dominic Polcino Al Jean October 19, 1997 3F26 3G02 12.85 182 4 "Treehouse of Horror VIII" Mark Kirkland Mike Scully October 26, 1997 5F02 19.03 David X. Cohen Ned Goldreyer 183 5 "The Cartridge Family" Pete Michels John Swartzwelder November 2, 1997 5F01 18.03 184 6 "Bart Star" Dominic Polcino Donick Cary November 9, 1997 5F03 17.91 185 7 "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Steven Dean Moore Richard Appel November 16, 1997 5F04 19.80 186 8 "Lisa the Skeptic" Neil Affleck David X. Cohen November 23, 1997 5F05 16.01 187 9 "Realty Bites" Swinton O. Scott III Dan Greaney December 7, 1997 5F06 17.73 188 10 "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" Bob Anderson Ron Hauge December 21, 1997 5F07 16.17 189 11 "All Singing, All Dancing" Mark Ervin Steve O'Donnell January 4, 1998 5F24 15.90 190 12 "Bart Carny" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder January 11, 1998 5F08 19.21 191 13 "The Joy of Sect" Steven Dean Moore Steve O'Donnell February 8, 1998 5F23 16.20 192 14 "Das Bus" Pete Michels David X. Cohen February 15, 1998 5F11 15.98 193 15 "The Last Temptation of Krust" Mike B. Anderson Donick Cary February 22, 1998 5F10 16.50 194 16 "Dumbbell Indemnity" Dominic Polcino Ron Hauge March 1, 1998 5F12 17.35 195 17 "Lisa the Simpson" Susie Dietter Ned Goldreyer March 8, 1998 4F24 17.79 196 18 "This Little Wiggy" Neil Affleck Dan Greaney March 22, 1998 5F13 14.96 197 19 "Simpson Tide" Mike B. Anderson Joshua Sternin & Jennifer Ventimilia March 29, 1998 3G04 14.77 198 20 "The Trouble with Trillions" Swinton O. Scott III Ian Maxtone-Graham April 5, 1998 5F14 11.39 199 21 "Girly Edition" Mark Kirkland Larry Doyle April 19, 1998 5F15 13.46 200 22 "Trash of the Titans" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham April 26, 1998 5F09 17.35 201 23 "King of the Hill" Steven Dean Moore John Swartzwelder May 3, 1998 5F16 14.80 202 24 "Lost Our Lisa" Pete Michels Brian Scully May 10, 1998 5F17 12.86 203 25 "Natural Born Kissers" Klay Hall Matt Selman May 17, 1998 5F18 14.12 Main topics
History of television: Early television stations • Geographical usage of television • Golden Age of Television • List of experimental television stations • List of years in television • Mechanical television • Social aspects of television • Television systems before 1940 • Timeline of the introduction of television in countries • Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries
Inventors and pioneers: John Logie Baird • Alan Blumlein • Walter Bruch • Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton • Allen B. DuMont • Philo Taylor Farnsworth • Charles Francis Jenkins • Boris Grabovsky • Paul Gottlieb Nipkow • Constantin Perskyi • Boris Rosing • David Sarnoff • Kálmán Tihanyi • Vladimir Zworykin
Technology: Comparison of display technology • Digital television • Liquid crystal display television • Large-screen television technology • Technology of television
Terms: Broadcast television systems • Composite monitor • HDTV • Liquid crystal display television • PAL • Picture-in-picture • Pay-per-view • Plasma display • NICAM • NTSC • SECAM
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