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Season | Episodes | Originally aired | U.S. viewers (in millions) | ||
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1 | 27 | August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05) | May 5, 2004 (2004-05-05) | 9.48 | |
2 | 24 | November 4, 2004 (2004-11-04) | May 19, 2005 (2005-05-19) | 7.44 | |
3 | 25 | September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08) | May 18, 2006 (2006-05-18) | 5.83 | |
4 | 16 | November 2, 2006 (2006-11-02) | February 22, 2007 (2007-02-22) | 3.96 |
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1 | 39 | September 10, 1955 (1955-09-10) | August 25, 1956 (1956-08-25) | — | — | — | |
2 | 39 | September 8, 1956 (1956-09-08) | June 29, 1957 (1957-06-29) | 8 | 32.7 | 12.72 | |
3 | 39 | September 14, 1957 (1957-09-14) | June 7, 1958 (1958-06-07) | 1 | 43.1 | 18.06 | |
4 | 39 | September 13, 1958 (1958-09-13) | June 13, 1959 (1959-06-13) | 1 | 39.6 | 17.40 | |
5 | 39 | September 5, 1959 (1959-09-05) | June 11, 1960 (1960-06-11) | 1 | 40.3 | 18.43 | |
6 | 38 | September 3, 1960 (1960-09-03) | June 17, 1961 (1961-06-17) | 1 | 37.3 | 17.60 | |
7 | 34 | September 30, 1961 (1961-09-30) | May 26, 1962 (1962-05-26) | 3 | 28.3 | 13.74 | |
8 | 38 | September 15, 1962 (1962-09-15) | June 1, 1963 (1963-06-01) | 10 | 27.0 | 13.58 | |
9 | 36 | September 28, 1963 (1963-09-28) | June 6, 1964 (1964-06-06) | 20 | 23.5 | 12.12 | |
10 | 36 | September 26, 1964 (1964-09-26) | May 29, 1965 (1965-05-29) | 27 | 22.6 | 11.91 | |
11 | 32 | September 18, 1965 (1965-09-18) | May 7, 1966 (1966-05-07) | 30 | 21.3 | 11.47 | |
12 | 29 | September 17, 1966 (1966-09-17) | April 15, 1967 (1967-04-15) | 34 | 19.9 | 11.33 | |
13 | 25 | September 11, 1967 (1967-09-11) | March 4, 1968 (1968-03-04) | 4 | 25.5 | 14.45 | |
14 | 26 | September 23, 1968 (1968-09-23) | March 24, 1969 (1969-03-24) | 6 | 24.9 | 14.50 | |
15 | 26 | September 22, 1969 (1969-09-22) | March 23, 1970 (1970-03-23) | 2 | 25.9 | 15.15 | |
16 | 24 | September 14, 1970 (1970-09-14) | March 8, 1971 (1971-03-08) | 5 | 25.5 | 15.32 | |
17 | 24 | September 13, 1971 (1971-09-13) | March 13, 1972 (1972-03-13) | 4 | 26.0 | 16.14 | |
18 | 24 | September 11, 1972 (1972-09-11) | March 5, 1973 (1973-03-05) | 8 | 23.6 | 15.29 | |
19 | 24 | September 10, 1973 (1973-09-10) | April 1, 1974 (1974-04-01) | 15 | 22.1 | 14.63 | |
20 | 24 | September 9, 1974 (1974-09-09) | March 31, 1975 (1975-03-31) | 26 | 20.7 | 14.04 | |
Television films | September 26, 1987 (1987-09-26) | February 10, 1994 (1994-02-10) | — | — | — |
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Pilot | 12 July 1991 (1991-07-12) | |||
1 | 6 | 7 January 1993 (1993-01-07) | 11 February 1993 (1993-02-11) | |
2 | 6 | 3 January 1995 (1995-01-03) | 7 February 1995 (1995-02-07) |
The Television Portal
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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- ... that in the 1970s, Coors Brewing Company owned Television News Inc., which provided newsfilm to North American TV stations?
- ... that a scene from the television adaptation of the manga It's All About the Looks was filmed at the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion show?
- ... that reporter Bobbie Wygant got her first television show after filling in while its host was sick with the flu?
- ... that actor Tatsunari Kimura ate pancakes and drank coffee while talking for eight hours during the filming of the television drama Old-Fashioned Cupcake?
- ... that Svalbard Minute by Minute, a 221-hour-long television broadcast, is credited with increasing tourism in Svalbard by 25 percent?
- ... that Ernst Jacobi, known for portraying Gauleiter Löbsack in Volker Schlöndorff's film The Tin Drum, played more than 200 roles as a television actor?
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I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. |
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- ...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 O.C.'s music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas worked in the music department of over fifty Roger Corman B-movies before her television debut?
- ...that model Albert Reed, selected to appear in September 2007 on the United States television show Dancing with the Stars, admits that he cannot dance?
- ...that the color signals of Israel Broadcasting Authority television transmissions were erased until 1981, to insure equality for families who couldn't afford color-tv?
- ...that Dr. Andrew Rochford, a presenter on the popular Australian television show What's Good For You, got his break after he won the popular show The Block?
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General images
- Image 1RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set. (from Color television)
- Image 2RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
- Image 3DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)
- Image 4Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
- Image 5Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
- Image 7Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
- Image 8The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes, which may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned. (from History of television)
- Image 9Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
- Image 10A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1970.
A test pattern with color bars is used to calibrate the signal. (from Color television) - Image 11Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
- Image 12Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
- Image 13LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
- Image 14An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
- Image 15LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
- Image 16The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
- Image 17Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
- Image 18Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
- Image 21First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
- Image 22Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
- Image 23This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system. (from Color television)
- Image 24The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
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- Image 3The Arthur Ashe Courage Award (sometimes called the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage or Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award) is presented as part of the ESPY Awards. It is named for the American tennis player Arthur Ashe. Although it is a sport-oriented award, it is not limited to sports-related people or actions, as it is presented annually to individuals whose contributions "transcend sports". According to ESPN, the organization responsible for giving out the award, "recipients reflect the spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost". The award was presented as part of the ESPY Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles from 2008 to 2019. The 2020 ESPYs ceremony was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ashe Award being one of the few awards presented, and the 2021 ceremony was held in New York City.
The inaugural award, made at the 1993 ESPY Awards, was presented to the American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster Jim Valvano. In 1993, ESPN partnered with Valvano to create the V Foundation which presents the annual Jimmy V Award to "a deserving member of the sporting world who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination." Suffering from cancer, Valvano gave the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage Award acceptance speech which "brought a howling, teary-eyed Madison Square Garden to its feet". Valvano died two months after receiving the award. Although the award is usually given to individuals, it has been presented to multiple recipients on seven occasions: former athletes on United Airlines Flight 93 (2002), Pat and Kevin Tillman (2003), Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren (2005), Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani (2006), Trevor Ringland and David Cullen (2007), and Tommie Smith, John Carlos (2008), and survivors of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal (2018). The accolade has been presented posthumously on five occasions. (Full article...) - Image 4Trinity Blood is an anime series of twenty-four episodes produced by Gonzo based on a series of light novels of the same name by Sunao Yoshida. Directed by Tomohiro Hirata, it features character designs by Atsuko Nakajima and music by Takahito Eguchi. In a post-apocalyptic future, the series' main character, Abel Nightroad, a vampire feeding on the blood of other vampires, protects humanity in service of the Vatican. The series premiered on the Japanese satellite network Wowow from April 28 through October 6, 2005 and was first released on DVD from August 26, 2005 through July 28, 2006.
After producing an English dub for the series, Funimation Entertainment promoted it in the United States by combining the first four episodes into a ninety-minute film named Trinity Blood: Genesis and showing it in select theaters starting May 5, 2006. The series then premiered in English-language on the Canadian digital station Razer from July 6 through December 14, 2006. On DVD, Funimation's English adaptation was first made available in North America from September 26, 2006 through April 24, 2007, in Australia and New Zealand from December 6, 2006 to July 18, 2007, and in Europe from July 2, 2007 through May 26, 2008. (Full article...) - Image 5
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...) - Image 6
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Miami Vice is an American police procedural television series which was broadcast for five seasons on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) between 1984 and 1990. Starring Philip Michael Thomas, Don Johnson, Edward James Olmos, Olivia Brown, Saundra Santiago, John Diehl and Michael Talbott, it focuses on the lives of two undercover Metro-Dade police officers, Ricardo Tubbs (Thomas) and James "Sonny" Crockett (Johnson). The series was created by Anthony Yerkovich, with Michael Mann and Dick Wolf serving as executive producers.
Since its debut, Miami Vice has received several award nominations, including twenty at the Emmy Awards, seven at the Golden Globe Awards, two People's Choice Awards and two Grammy Awards. Although lead actor Philip Michael Thomas coined the phrase "EGOT" for his ambitions to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards, only Johnson and Olmos won acting awards for their work on the series, while composer Jan Hammer earned two Grammy awards for his composition for the show's opening credits, "Miami Vice Theme". Of a total of thirty-three nominations earned by the series, it went on to win ten awards. (Full article...) - Image 8
John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films; however, nearly all of his silent films are lost. Born in Maine, Ford entered the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school with the help of his older brother, Francis Ford, who had established himself as a leading man and director for Universal Studios. After working as an actor, assistant director, stuntman, and prop man – often for his brother – Universal gave Ford the opportunity to direct in 1917. Initially working in short films, he quickly moved into features, largely with Harry Carey as his star.
In 1920 Ford left Universal and began working for the Fox Film Corporation. During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns The Iron Horse (1924) and 3 Bad Men (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama Four Sons and the Irish romantic drama Hangman's House (both 1928 and both starring Victor McLaglen). In the same year of these last two films, Ford directed his first all-talking film, the short Napoleon's Barber. The following year he directed his first all-talking feature, The Black Watch. (Full article...) - Image 9
Naruto is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name by Masashi Kishimoto. 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...) - Image 10Kaze no Stigma (風の聖痕, lit. Stigma of the Wind) is an anime series directed by Jun'ichi Sakata and produced by Gonzo. They are based on the light novel series Kaze no Stigma by Takahiro Yamato, and adapt the source material over twenty-four episodes. The plot of the episodes is based on the return of Kazuma Kannagi to Japan after being exiled by his clan, and his subsequent interactions with his clan.
The series aired from April 2007 to September 2007 in Japan on thirteen networks, with Chiba TV, Fukui TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Hokkaido, and TV Saitama airing the episodes first on 11 April 2007. The remaining networks began airing the episodes later in May, with the exception of Kumamoto Broadcasting, which broadcast the first episode on 14 May 2007. (Full article...)
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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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