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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Thunderbirds is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It was made between 1964 and 1966 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry (dubbed "Supermarionation") combined with scale model special effects sequences. Two series, totalling thirty-two 50-minute episodes, were filmed; production ended with the completion of the sixth episode of the second series after Lew Grade, the Andersons' financial backer, failed in his bid to sell the programme to American network television.

Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds is a follow-up to the earlier Supermarionation productions Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray. It follows the exploits of International Rescue, a life-saving organisation equipped with technologically advanced land, sea, air and space rescue craft; these are headed by a fleet of five vehicles named the Thunderbirds and launched from the organisation's secret base of operations in the Pacific Ocean. The main characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, leader of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the Thunderbird machines.

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Telefunken television, 1936

Early television model, from 1936, produced by Telefunken, Germany

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• ... that the theme song for Guilty's live-action television series is Toshi's first original song in 22 years?
• ... that Laura Robinson invented Canada's best-selling board game before becoming a successful actress and television producer?
• ... that Monika Salzer, a systematic psychotherapist and Protestant pastor, was a columnist for the Kronen Zeitung and appeared on television in Dancing Stars?
• ... 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 a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "IOUs of Cincinnati"?
• ... that Bell Labs' TD-2 microwave-relay system was used to carry television signals and telephone calls across North America?

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More did you know

• ...that the title of Dan Castellaneta's album of comedy sketches I Am Not Homer is a parody of Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography I Am Not Spock?

• ...that despite British Conservative MP Denis Keegan winning a marginal constituency by over 7,000 votes, he ended his political career after one term, preferring to work for the trade association for television shops?

• ...that the participants of the Channel 4 programme Dumped were not told that they would be living on a landfill site for three weeks?

• ...that Olivia Newton-John made at least 16 appearances on The Go!! Show, an Australian popular music television series which aired between 1964 to 1967, before she found international success?

• ...that Ralph "Petey" Greene overcame a drug addiction and prison sentence to become an Emmy Award-winning radio and television talk show host and a guest at the White House?

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Strickland in April 2005

Katherine Dee Strickland (born December 14, 1975) is an American actress. From 2007 to 2013, she played Charlotte King on the ABC drama Private Practice (2007–2013).

Strickland began acting during high school. She studied acting in Philadelphia and New York City, where she obtained mostly small roles in film, television, and stage projects, among them The Sixth Sense (1999). Her participation in the 2003 Hollywood films Anything Else and Something's Gotta Give led to her receiving significant parts in the 2004 horror films Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and The Grudge. She was then referred to as "the pride of Patterson" and the horror genre's "newest scream queen", though her performances in both films received mixed critical reviews. In 2005, she garnered positive critical reviews for the romantic comedy Fever Pitch, and she was a regular on the television show The Wedding Bells in 2007. She was subsequently added to the cast of Private Practice. (Full article...)

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

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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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  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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  Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color 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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  Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available. (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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  Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (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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  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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  DBS satellite dishes. (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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  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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  Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
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  LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
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  Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of 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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  Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (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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  Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (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 Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (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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  Season	Episodes		Originally aired			Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
  			First aired	Last aired	Network
  1	22		September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)	May 4, 2006 (2006-05-04)	The WB	165	3.81
  2	22		September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)	May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17)	The CW	216	3.14
  3	16		October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)	May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)		187	2.74
  4	22		September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18)	May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)		161	3.14
  5	22		September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10)	May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)		125	2.64
  6	22		September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)	May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20)		209	2.42
  7	23		September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)	May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)		176	2.03
  8	23		October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)	May 15, 2013 (2013-05-15)		152	2.52
  9	23		October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)	May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)		141	2.81
  10	23		October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)	May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)		156	2.02
  11	23		October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)	May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)		131	2.81
  12	23		October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)	May 18, 2017 (2017-05-18)		132	2.62
  13	23		October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)	May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)		166	2.32
  14	20		October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11)	April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)		159	2.07
  15	20		October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)	November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)		131	1.63

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  1	11		July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09)	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)
  2	10		September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	December 2, 2007 (2007-12-02)
  3	8		November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	December 21, 2008 (2008-12-21)

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  Millennium is an American crime-thriller television series which was broadcast between 1996 and 1999. Created by Chris Carter, the series aired on Fox for three seasons with a total of sixty-seven episodes. Millennium starred Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Klea Scott, and Brittany Tiplady. Henriksen portrayed Frank Black, an offender profiler who worked for the Millennium Group, a private investigative organisation. Black retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to move his wife (Gallagher) and daughter (Tiplady) to Seattle, where he began to consult on criminal cases for the Group. After his wife's death, he returned to the FBI to work with new partner Emma Hollis (Scott) to discredit the Group.
  
  Millennium's genesis stemmed from "Irresistible", a second-season episode of The X-Files penned by Carter. Influence was also drawn from the works of Nostradamus, and the increasing popular interest in eschatology ahead of the coming millennium. The series began airing in the Friday timeslot formerly occupied by The X-Files. "Pilot", the debut episode, was heavily promoted by Fox, and brought in over a quarter of the total audience during its broadcast. (Full article...)
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  Stranger Things is an American streaming television series created for Netflix by the Duffer Brothers, which features an ensemble cast. It is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. The Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly conducts experiments on the paranormal and supernatural, frequently employing human subjects. Inadvertently, the laboratory created a portal to an alternate dimension called "the Upside Down". The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways. All episodes of the first season were released on Netflix on July 15, 2016, and the second season was released in its entirety on October 27, 2017. A third season was released on July 4, 2019, with the fourth season being released in two volumes on May 27 and July 1, 2022, respectively.
  
  The series has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for its writing, acting, directing, production values, visual effects, and soundtrack. Stranger Things has been nominated for many awards, including 57 Primetime Emmy Awards (12 wins), four Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Critics' Choice Television Awards (one win), 13 Saturn Awards (four wins), two Producers Guild of America Awards (one win), three Writers Guild of America Awards, and two Peabody Awards (one win). It was also selected by the American Film Institute as one of its top 10 television programs of the year for the series' first two seasons. (Full article...)
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  Holby City is a British medical drama television series that was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1999 and 29 March 2022. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the BBC medical drama Casualty, which is set in the emergency department of the fictional Holby City Hospital, based in the equally fictitious town of Holby. Young wanted to explore what happened to patients treated in Casualty once they were taken away to the hospital's surgical wards. He opined that Casualty limited itself to "accident of the week" storylines, while Holby City allowed the possibility of storylines about long-term care, rather than immediate life-and-death decisions.
  
  Holby City has earned various awards and nominations, with the nominations in categories ranging from Best Drama to its writing and editing work to the cast's acting performance. It received nominations for eight awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs), winning the Best Continuing Drama in the 2008 British Academy Television Awards — an award for which it was unsuccessfully nominated in for three years prior to winning and five years after winning. Despite being the most shortlisted Holby City actress, Amanda Mealing (who portrayed Connie Beauchamp) did not win any awards for her role. Jimmy Akingbola was the most acclaimed actor from the series, winning two awards for his role as Antoine Malick. Rebecca Wojciechowski and Peter Mattessi are the only members of the show's production team to win an accolade; they have each won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award. The serial has also been nominated for 32 awards at the National Television Awards, although it never won. (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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  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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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
1	"The Day I Became a Shinigami" Transliteration: "Shinigami ni Natchatta Hi" (Japanese: 死神になっちゃった日)	Noriyuki Abe	Noriyuki Abe	Masashi Sogo	October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)	September 9, 2006
2	"A Shinigami's Work" Transliteration: "Shinigami no Oshigoto" (Japanese: 死神のお仕事)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Natsuko Takahashi	October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)	September 16, 2006
3	"The Older Brother's Wish, the Younger Sister's Wish" Transliteration: "Ani no Negai, Imōto no Negai" (Japanese: 兄の願い、妹の願い)	Noriyuki Abe	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Natsuko Takahashi	October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)	September 23, 2006
4	"Cursed Parakeet" Transliteration: "Noroi no Inko" (Japanese: 呪いのインコ)	Hidehito Ueda	Takuji Kimura	Genki Yoshimura	October 26, 2004 (2004-10-26)	September 30, 2006
5	"Beat the Invisible Enemy!" Transliteration: "Mienai Teki o Nagure!" (Japanese: 見えない敵を殴れ！)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Kazunori Mizuno	Genki Yoshimura	November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)	October 7, 2006
6	"Fight to the Death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo" Transliteration: "Shitō! Ichigo VS Ichigo" (Japanese: 死闘！一護VSイチゴ)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Michiko Yokote	November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)	October 14, 2006
7	"Greetings from a Stuffed Lion" Transliteration: "Nuigurumi kara Konnichiwa" (Japanese: ぬいぐるみからコンにちは)	Motosuke Takahashi Shigeki Hatakeyama	Akira Shimizu	Michiko Yokote Masashi Sogo	November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16)	October 21, 2006
8	"June 17, Memories in the Rain" Transliteration: "Roku-gatsu Jūshichi-nichi, Ame no Kioku" (Japanese: 6月17日、雨の記憶)	Noriyuki Abe	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Masashi Sogo	November 23, 2004 (2004-11-23)	October 28, 2006
9	"Unbeatable Enemy" Transliteration: "Taosenai Teki" (Japanese: 倒せない敵)	Sanzō Tsunoda	Takuji Kimura	Masashi Sogo	November 30, 2004 (2004-11-30)	November 4, 2006
10	"Assault on Trip at Sacred Ground!" Transliteration: "Burari Reijō Totsugeki no Tabi!" (Japanese: ぶらり霊場突撃の旅！)	Kazunori Mizuno	Kazunori Mizuno	Masahiro Ōkubo	December 7, 2004 (2004-12-07)	November 11, 2006
11	"The Legendary Quincy" Transliteration: "Densetsu no Kuinshī" (Japanese: 伝説のクインシー)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Jun'ya Koshiba	Michiko Yokote	December 14, 2004 (2004-12-14)	November 18, 2006
12	"A Gentle Right Arm" Transliteration: "Yasashii Migiude" (Japanese: やさしい右腕)	Kōji Aritomi	Kōji Aritomi	Genki Yoshimura	December 21, 2004 (2004-12-21)	November 25, 2006
13	"Flower and Hollow" Transliteration: "Hana to Horō" (Japanese: 花とホロウ)	Sanzō Tsunoda	Takuji Kimura	Natsuko Takahashi	December 28, 2004 (2004-12-28)	December 2, 2006
14	"Back to Back, a Fight to the Death!" Transliteration: "Senaka Awase no Shitō!" (Japanese: 背中合わせの死闘！)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Noriyuki Abe	Masashi Sogo	January 11, 2005 (2005-01-11)	December 9, 2006
15	"Kon's Great Plan" Transliteration: "Kon no Uhauha Daisakusen" (Japanese: コンのウハウハ大作戦)	Chiaki Kon	Chiaki Kon	Masahiro Ōkubo	January 18, 2005 (2005-01-18)	December 16, 2006
16	"The Encounter, Abarai Renji!" Transliteration: "Abarai Renji, Kenzan!" (Japanese: 阿散井恋次、見参！)	Motosuke Takahashi	Jun'ya Koshiba	Michiko Yokote	January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)	January 6, 2007
17	"Ichigo Dies!" Transliteration: "Ichigo, Shisu!" (Japanese: 一護、死す！)	Manabu Fukazawa	Kazunori Mizuno	Rika Nakase	February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01)	January 13, 2007
18	"Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami!" Transliteration: "Torimodose! Shinigami no Chikara!" (Japanese: 取り戻せ！死神の力！)	Jun'ya Koshiba	Akira Shimizu	Natsuko Takahashi	February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08)	January 20, 2007
19	"Ichigo Becomes a Hollow!" Transliteration: "Ichigo, Horō ni Ochiru!" (Japanese: 一護、ホロウに墜ちる！)	Tetsuhito Saitō	Takuji Kimura	Genki Yoshimura	February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15)	January 27, 2007
20	"Ichimaru Gin's Shadow" Transliteration: "Ichimaru Gin no Kage" (Japanese: 市丸ギンの影)	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Shigeki Hatakeyama	Masashi Sogo	February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)	February 3, 2007

Book	Name	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
1	Water	20		February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
2	Earth	20		March 17, 2006 (2006-03-17)	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)
3	Fire	21		September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21)	July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19)

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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...)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
51	1	"North by North Quahog"	Peter Shin	Seth MacFarlane	May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01)	4ACX01	11.87
52	2	"Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High"	Pete Michels	Ken Goin	May 8, 2005 (2005-05-08)	4ACX02	9.90
53	3	"Blind Ambition"	Chuck Klein	Steve Callaghan	May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15)	4ACX04	9.26
54	4	"Don't Make Me Over"	Sarah Frost	Gene Laufenberg	June 5, 2005 (2005-06-05)	4ACX03	7.35
55	5	"The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire"	James Purdum	Mike Henry & Patrick Henry	June 12, 2005 (2005-06-12)	4ACX08	8.21
56	6	"Petarded"	Seth Kearsley	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	June 19, 2005 (2005-06-19)	4ACX09	7.17
57	7	"Brian the Bachelor"	Dan Povenmire	Mark Hentemann	June 26, 2005 (2005-06-26)	4ACX10	7.34
58	8	"8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter"	Greg Colton	Patrick Meighan	July 10, 2005 (2005-07-10)	4ACX11	6.12
59	9	"Breaking Out Is Hard to Do"	Kurt Dumas	Tom Devanney	July 17, 2005 (2005-07-17)	4ACX12	5.65
60	10	"Model Misbehavior"	Sarah Frost	Steve Callaghan	July 24, 2005 (2005-07-24)	4ACX13	7.04
61	11	"Peter's Got Woods"	Chuck Klein & Zac Moncrief	Danny Smith	September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11)	4ACX14	9.13
62	12	"Perfect Castaway"	James Purdum	John Viener	September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18)	4ACX15	9.59
63	13	"Jungle Love"	Seth Kearsley	Mark Hentemann	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	4ACX16	8.68
64	14	"PTV"	Dan Povenmire	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)	4ACX17	8.59
65	15	"Brian Goes Back to College"	Greg Colton	Matt Fleckenstein	November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)	4ACX18	9.20
66	16	"The Courtship of Stewie's Father"	Kurt Dumas	Kirker Butler	November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)	4ACX19	9.08
67	17	"The Fat Guy Strangler"	Sarah Frost	Chris Sheridan	November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)	4ACX20	9.85
68	18	"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz"	James Purdum	Danny Smith	December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)	4ACX22	8.26
69	19	"Brian Sings and Swings"	Chuck Klein & Zac Moncrief	Michael Rowe	January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)	4ACX21	8.10
70	20	"Patriot Games"	Cyndi Tang	Mike Henry	January 29, 2006 (2006-01-29)	4ACX25	9.08
71	21	"I Take Thee Quagmire"	Seth Kearsley	Tom Maxwell, Don Woodard & Steve Callaghan	March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)	4ACX23	8.06
72	22	"Sibling Rivalry"	Dan Povenmire	Cherry Chevapravatdumrong	March 26, 2006 (2006-03-26)	4ACX24	8.22
73	23	"Deep Throats"	Greg Colton	Alex Borstein	April 9, 2006 (2006-04-09)	4ACX26	7.83
74	24	"Peterotica"	Kurt Dumas	Patrick Meighan	April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23)	4ACX27	7.91
75	25	"You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives"	Dominic Polcino	David A. Goodman	April 30, 2006 (2006-04-30)	4ACX28	7.45
76	26	"Petergeist"	Sarah Frost	Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild	May 7, 2006 (2006-05-07)	4ACX29	8.47
77	27	"The Griffin Family History"	Zac Moncrief	John Viener	May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)	4ACX30	8.03
78	28	"Stewie B. Goode"	Pete Michels	Gary Janetti & Chris Sheridan	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4ACX05	8.20
79	29	"Bango Was His Name, Oh!"	Pete Michels	Alex Borstein	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4ACX06	7.87
80	30	"Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure"	Pete Michels	Steve Callaghan	May 21, 2006 (2006-05-21)	4ACX07	8.14

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Dexter is an American television drama that was broadcast on the premium cable channel Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. A total of 96 episodes of Dexter were broadcast over eight seasons.

The series is based on characters created by Jeff Lindsay for his "Dexter" series of novels, and follows the life of Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a Miami Metro Police Department blood pattern analyst with a double life. While investigating murders in the homicide division, Dexter hunts and kills murderers and criminals who have escaped the justice system. Although the first season is based on the events of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the series's subsequent seasons do not follow the novels in the series. Departing from the narrative of Lindsay's second Dexter novel Dearly Devoted Dexter, the show's writer Daniel Cerone said that the writers "didn't see the opportunity in the second book" to adapt it. (Full article...)

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