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It is an innovative service that represents the first significant evolution in television technology since color television in the 1950s. [132] Digital TV's roots have been tied very closely to the availability of inexpensive, high-performance computers. It wasn't until the 1990s that digital TV became a real possibility. [133]
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Named in reference to the original Golden Age of Television of the 1950s, [8] more recent periods have also been referred to as the "New", "Second", or "Third Golden Age of Television". The various names reflect disagreement over whether shows of the 1980s and early-mid 1990s belong to a since-concluded golden era or to the current one. [19]
Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, concurrent with the development of color television, the evolution of television led to an event colloquially known as the rural purge; [86] genres such as the panel game show, western, variety show, barn dance and rural-oriented sitcom all met their demise in favor of newer, more modern series targeted ...
In the early days of television, cabinets were made of wood grain (often simulated particularly in the later years), however, they went out of style in the 1980s. Up until the late 1970s, console TV/Hi Fi's were common. These were large (about 6' wide by 4' high) wooden cabinets containing a television, speakers, radio and a turntable.
After 50 seasons — 1947–1989 and 1994–2000 — Game 6 of the 2000 American League Championship Series is the last Major League Baseball game that NBC would televise for the next 22 years. The New York Yankees would defeat the Seattle Mariners 9–7 to advance to the World Series (which they would beat the New York Mets in five games).
The record was since surpassed by James Holzhauer on April 9 and 17, 2019 with $110,914 and $131,127, respectively. [120] 17: After 54 years on CBS television, As the World Turns, the last of the Procter and Gamble Productions soap operas, airs its final episode. [121] 22
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