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History of Television TV PRODUCTION Tanna Orgeron

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  • 1. TV PRODUCTIONTanna Orgeron

2. 1936 First television broadcast made available in London. 1939 RCA demo at the worlds fair 1940 3 Stooges short A plumbing we will go featureswealthy and television 1941 FIRST TV COMMERCIAL Bulova watch: 10 seconds long on WNBT New York, July 1,1941. Only 4000 Sets and the add cost $9.00 to air 3. 1947"Howdy Doody," a children's series,premieres live on NBC in December as a one-hourSaturday program. Symbolic of the firstgeneration nurtured on TV, the show remainson the air until 1960. 4. 1951"I Love Lucy," a half-hour filmed TV sitcom, isborn. The show, unlike the live TV productionstypical of the time, ranks No. 1 in the nation forfour of its first six full seasons. It is sponsored byPhilip Morris. 5. 1952Borden's Elsie the Cow beats out actor VanJohnson and U.S. Sen. Robert Taft in recognitionpolls as one of America's most familiar faces. 6. 1954NBC launches "The Tonight Show," featuring comedianSteve Allen, on Sept. 27. For nearly four decades -- until CBS'"Late Show With David Letterman" enters the scene in 1993 --the show dominates late night. 7. 1954The 1939 movie "Wizard of Oz" debuts in Novemberon CBS's "Ford Star Jubilee." After more than threedecades of exposure, the feature is considered one ofthe most successful single programs in TV history andthe longest continually sponsored theatrical movie onTV. 8. 1956TV was about to get ready for a shock!Many believe this was the start of the way weview television. 9. 1956Elvis Presley 1st single:Thats Alright Mama is an instant hit 10. 1956 ELVIS Presley breaks onto the scene of music andquickly follows on television. His appearance starts an outcry from parents and haskids glued to the tube. 11. 1956 In one of his first MAJOR appearances, Elvis appearson the Texaco Star Theater Milton Berles show andperforms Hound Dog on June 5, 1956 The outcry is large 12. 1956 However, the biggest show at the time is The Ed Sullivan Show.Sullivan threatens NEVER to put Elvis on television The public speaks and Sullivan is forced to have him on with onecondition 13. 1957CBS's "Ed Sullivan" show is the year's most-watchednetwork program, with a 50.4 averageaudience rating. 14. 1957 Ed Sullivan puts Elvis on his show but makes the decisiononly to have the camera capture him from the waist up.Not letting anyone at home see Elvis the Pelvis The show was viewed by a record 60 million people which at thetime was 82.6% of the television audience and the largest singleaudience in television history. - more then one out of every threeAmericans. 15. 1957 Elvis performance opens the door for a new area ofmusic and breaks up Rock N Roll 16. 1960The first of four "great debates" between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixonis broadcast on Sept. 26 across the country, breaking new ground in presidentialcampaigning.John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon 17. 1965Color TV booms as NBC leads the way andbegins to use the phrase "The Full ColorNetwork".By year's end, 96% of NBC's nighttime schedule isbroadcast in color, along with all major programs,sports events and specials. 18. 1969Public Broadcasting Service begins,and in November launches "SesameStreet," one of the most influentialachievements in children's TV. 19. 1969JULY 20, 1969Neil Armstrong takes his first walk on the moon on LIVEtelevisionTV transmission from the moon watched by 600 millionpeople 20. During the 1970s, TV began to catch up withall other forms of media that happen in the 60s Many new shows about women staring women Many new shows about African Americans staringAfrican Americans The single parent family became a struggle 21. 1971The landmark series "All In The Family" debuts onCBS as one of the first sitcoms to contain realisticcharacters, mature themes and frank dialog. The showbecomes the highest-rated TV program of the decade. 22. 1975Time Inc. initiates the concept of linking satellite programming tocable systems with the launch of Home Box Office.On Sept. 30, the heavyweight boxing championship bout betweenJoe Frazier and Muhammad Ali is broadcast from Manila. 23. 1979ESPN, a total sports network, makes its debut on cable. It becomes thelargest and most successful basic cable channel, carried by virtually everycable system, and reaches more than 57 million households. 24. 1986NBC's "The Cosby Show" breaksexisting records for a network series.Cosby Show is one of the first shows tonot only star an African American familybut to show them in a positive way 25. The Cosby Show Family Sit-com comes FULL circle Re-affirms family If the Cosby family was white, they could beconsidered The Brady Bunch The transition from Sanford and Son, Good Times, andthe Jeffersons. 26. 1986 On January 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger explodeson live television.The Challenger mission was different because of crewmember Sharon Christa McAuliffe 27. 1987In April, 20th Century Fox owner Rupert Murdoch launchesFox Broadcasting Co. 28. 1989Fox's TV network earns $33million in profits with justthree nights of programming.Its animated sitcom, "TheSimpsons" is considered agenuine hit. 29. FOX was a struggling network just trying to getany type of shows started. They took chancesand broadcast nearly anything they could, justto fill time. The Simpsons turned out to be one of their shows Along with programs like Married with Children andBeverly Hills 90210 30. Backlash from the Cosby era TV Guide stated: The Simpsons have beencalled a mutant Ozzie and Harriet, an anti-Cosby sitcom, and an animated Married withChildren Early 1990s, school systems across Americabanned and censored Simpsons t-shirts andmemorabilia TV Critic Tom Shales: The Cosby Show embodies the optimism of the1980s, whereas the Simpsons seem to represent thesadder but wiser realism of the 90s. 31. Created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David Starts a trend that stand up comics gettingtheir own TV show Roseanne Tim Allen Home Improvement Ellen DeGeneres Drew Carey George Carlin 32. 1993In October, MTV animated series, "Beavis and Butt-head" is the top-rated showon the music network.The show is attacked for allegedly inspiring a 5-year-oldto start a fatal fire. In response, MTV agrees torun the show in a later time spot and the writers agreenot to use references to fires in the future. 33. 1997The largest audience in TV history--2.5 bilion peopleworldwide--watched the funeral of Diana, Princess ofWales; 34. 2000The game show Survivor makes it debut.Making Richard Hatch, the first winner of the grand prize of 1million dollars, for outlasting 17 other contestants. 35. First survivor had 6100 applicants Survivor II: nearly 50000 applicants Chance to be an actual MILLIONAIRE and allyou have to do is survive 36. Reality Television Money Lack of career skills Fame Ordinary People in Extraordinary Situations Guilty Pleasure Happiness at the misfortune of others Sociology professor Mark Fishman Schadenfreude Desire to know the lives of others Sympathetic back-story 37. 2000The year of the Digital Disc, aka DVD.After years of speculation, the DVD finally takes holdand DVD movies are as common as those on VHStape. 38. 2001Terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 39. 2003TiVo and video on demand debuts 40. 2006Television signals in both analog and digital formatsThe US switch-off of all analogue terrestrial TV broadcasts isscheduled to begin NO LATER THAN February 17, 2009The days of rabbit ear antennas are gone. 41. 2007August of 2007, website goes live and Hulu is introduced to thepublic.Beginning a trend of being able to watch TV on the internet 42. 20093D television enters homes