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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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current president. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 as the successor to the Federal Radio Commission and is charged with regulating all non-Federal Government use of the radio spectrum (including radio and television broadcasting), and all interstate telecommunications (wire, satellite and cable) as well as all international communications that originate or terminate in the United States.
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- ... that Sharp Corporation produced three official variants of Nintendo's Famicom in Japan, one of which was a television set that was subsequently released in the United States?
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- ... that when her boss told her to quit her unpaid television commenting role, Katie Phang quit her paid job instead?
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- ...that the book The Psychology of The Simpsons uses this TV series to analyze topics in psychology including clinical psychology, cognition and Pavlovian conditioning?
- ...that one of the television advertisements from the Good things come to those who wait Guinness advertising campaign was voted the "Best ad of all time" by the British public?
- ...that the ABC television network created controversy when they licensed and produced a doll based on fictional rapist Todd Manning?
- ...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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Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Cronkite received numerous honors including two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, an Emmy Award and in 1981 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Cronkite reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr., and Beatles musician John Lennon. He was also known for his extensive coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of an Ambassador of Exploration award. Cronkite is known for his departing catchphrase, "And that's the way it is", followed by the date of the broadcast. (Full article...)General images
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The first season premiered on TV Tokyo in Japan on April 7, 2008, and ran for thirteen episodes until the season's conclusion on June 30, 2008. The episodes were aired at later dates on TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Osaka, TV Setōchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co. The second season, named Vampire Knight Guilty, premiered on the same station on October 6, 2008 and ran until its conclusion on December 29, 2008. As of December 2008, five DVD compilations of the first season have been released by Aniplex and Sony Pictures between July 23, 2008 and November 26, 2008. The first DVD compilation for the second season was released by Aniplex on January 28, 2009, and the second compilation was released on February 25, 2009. (Full article...)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "Bart Gets an 'F'" | David Silverman | David M. Stern | October 11, 1990 | 7F03 | 33.6 |
15 | 2 | "Simpson and Delilah" | Rich Moore | Jon Vitti | October 18, 1990 | 7F02 | 29.9 |
16 | 3 | "Treehouse of Horror" | Wes Archer | John Swartzwelder | October 25, 1990 | 7F04 | 27.4 |
Rich Moore | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | ||||||
David Silverman | Edgar Allan Poe & Sam Simon | ||||||
17 | 4 | "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" | Wes Archer | Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder | November 1, 1990 | 7F01 | 26.1 |
18 | 5 | "Dancin' Homer" | Mark Kirkland | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | November 8, 1990 | 7F05 | 26.1 |
19 | 6 | "Dead Putting Society" | Rich Moore | Jeff Martin | November 15, 1990 | 7F08 | 25.4 |
20 | 7 | "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" | David Silverman | George Meyer | November 22, 1990 | 7F07 | 25.9 |
21 | 8 | "Bart the Daredevil" | Wes Archer | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | December 6, 1990 | 7F06 | 26.2 |
22 | 9 | "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" | Jim Reardon | John Swartzwelder | December 20, 1990 | 7F09 | 22.2 |
23 | 10 | "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" | Mark Kirkland | John Swartzwelder | January 10, 1991 | 7F10 | 24.8 |
24 | 11 | "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" | Wes Archer | Nell Scovell | January 24, 1991 | 7F11 | 24.2 |
25 | 12 | "The Way We Was" | David Silverman | Al Jean, Mike Reiss & Sam Simon | January 31, 1991 | 7F12 | 26.8 |
26 | 13 | "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" | Rich Moore | Steve Pepoon | February 7, 1991 | 7F13 | 26.2 |
27 | 14 | "Principal Charming" | Mark Kirkland | David M. Stern | February 14, 1991 | 7F15 | 23.9 |
28 | 15 | "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" | Wes Archer | Jeff Martin | February 21, 1991 | 7F16 | 26.8 |
29 | 16 | "Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'" | Jim Reardon | Jon Vitti | March 7, 1991 | 7F14 | 23.9 |
30 | 17 | "Old Money" | David Silverman | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | March 28, 1991 | 7F17 | 21.2 |
31 | 18 | "Brush with Greatness" | Jim Reardon | Brian K. Roberts | April 11, 1991 | 7F18 | 20.6 |
32 | 19 | "Lisa's Substitute" | Rich Moore | Jon Vitti | April 25, 1991 | 7F19 | 17.7 |
33 | 20 | "The War of the Simpsons" | Mark Kirkland | John Swartzwelder | May 2, 1991 | 7F20 | 19.7 |
34 | 21 | "Three Men and a Comic Book" | Wes Archer | Jeff Martin | May 9, 1991 | 7F21 | 21.0 |
35 | 22 | "Blood Feud" | David Silverman | George Meyer | July 11, 1991 | 7F22 | 17.3 |
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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60 | 1 | "Kamp Krusty" | Mark Kirkland | David M. Stern | September 24, 1992 | 8F24 | 21.8 |
61 | 2 | "A Streetcar Named Marge" | Rich Moore | Jeff Martin | October 1, 1992 | 8F18 | 18.3 |
62 | 3 | "Homer the Heretic" | Jim Reardon | George Meyer | October 8, 1992 | 9F01 | 19.3 |
63 | 4 | "Lisa the Beauty Queen" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Martin | October 15, 1992 | 9F02 | 19.0 |
64 | 5 | "Treehouse of Horror III" | Carlos Baeza | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | October 29, 1992 | 9F04 | 25.1 |
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65 | 6 | "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" | Rich Moore | John Swartzwelder | November 3, 1992 | 9F03 | 20.1 |
66 | 7 | "Marge Gets a Job" | Jeffrey Lynch | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | November 5, 1992 | 9F05 | 22.9 |
67 | 8 | "New Kid on the Block" | Wes Archer | Conan O'Brien | November 12, 1992 | 9F06 | 23.1 |
68 | 9 | "Mr. Plow" | Jim Reardon | Jon Vitti | November 19, 1992 | 9F07 | 24.0 |
69 | 10 | "Lisa's First Word" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Martin | December 3, 1992 | 9F08 | 28.6 |
70 | 11 | "Homer's Triple Bypass" | David Silverman | Gary Apple & Michael Carrington | December 17, 1992 | 9F09 | 23.6 |
71 | 12 | "Marge vs. the Monorail" | Rich Moore | Conan O'Brien | January 14, 1993 | 9F10 | 23.0 |
72 | 13 | "Selma's Choice" | Carlos Baeza | David M. Stern | January 21, 1993 | 9F11 | 24.5 |
73 | 14 | "Brother from the Same Planet" | Jeffrey Lynch | Jon Vitti | February 4, 1993 | 9F12 | 23.8 |
74 | 15 | "I Love Lisa" | Wes Archer | Frank Mula | February 11, 1993 | 9F13 | 25.2 |
75 | 16 | "Duffless" | Jim Reardon | David M. Stern | February 18, 1993 | 9F14 | 25.7 |
76 | 17 | "Last Exit to Springfield" | Mark Kirkland | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | March 11, 1993 | 9F15 | 22.4 |
77 | 18 | "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" | Carlos Baeza | Jon Vitti | April 1, 1993 | 9F17 | 25.5 |
78 | 19 | "The Front" | Rich Moore | Adam I. Lapidus | April 15, 1993 | 9F16 | 20.1 |
79 | 20 | "Whacking Day" | Jeffrey Lynch | John Swartzwelder | April 29, 1993 | 9F18 | 20.0 |
80 | 21 | "Marge in Chains" | Jim Reardon | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | May 6, 1993 | 9F20 | 17.3 |
81 | 22 | "Krusty Gets Kancelled" | David Silverman | John Swartzwelder | May 13, 1993 | 9F19 | 19.4 |
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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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