List of years in television
This is a list of years in
networks
1920s
- 1922: Charles Francis Jenkins' first public demonstration of television principles. A set of static photographic pictures is transmitted from Washington, D.C. to the Navy station NOF in Anacostia by telephone wire, and then wirelessly back to Washington; Philo Farnsworth first describes an image dissector tube, which uses cesium to produce images electronically, but will not produce a working model until 1927.
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- 1924: John Logie Baird demonstrates a semi-mechanical television system with the transmission of moving silhouette images in England; Vladimir Zworykin files a patent application for the kinescope, a television picture receiver tube.
- Westinghouse corporation executives, transmitting the still image of an "X"; John Baird achieves the first live televisionimage with tone graduations (not silhouette or duotone images) in his laboratory. Baird brings office boy William Taynton in front of the camera to become the first face televised.
- 1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television system to transmit live moving images with tone graduations, to 40 members of the Royal Institution.
- Royal Charter.
- 1928: John Logie Baird's Television Development Company demonstrates their model A, B, and C 'televisors' to the general public.
- 1929: John Logie Baird begins broadcasting 30-minute-long programmes for his mechanically scanned televisions.
1930s
- British Prime Minister's residence. On July 14, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his family use it to watch the first-ever British television drama, The Man with the Flower in His Mouth.
- 1931: Allen B. DuMont perfects long-lasting reliable cathode-ray tubes later used for television reception. TV reaches the Soviet Union and France.
- 1932: The BBC starts a regular public television broadcasting service in the UK.
- 1933: The first television revue, Looking In, is broadcast on the BBC. The musical revue featured the Paramount Astoria dancing girls. Broadcast live by the BBC using John Logie Baird's 30-line mechanical television system, part of this performance was recorded onto a 7" aluminum disc using a primitive home recording process called Silvatone. This footage, which runs to just under four minutes, is the oldest surviving recording of broadcast television.
- 1934: First broadcast of The Three Stooges; Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non-mechanical television system. The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end. First 30 Line Mechanical Television Test Transmissions commence in April in Brisbane Australia conducted by Thomas Elliott and Dr. Val McDowall.
- 1935: First regular scheduled TV broadcasts in Germany by the TV Station Paul Nipkow. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision.
- 1936: The 1936 Summer Olympics becomes the first Olympic Games to be broadcast on television.
- 1937: The BBC Television Service broadcasts the world's first televised Shakespeare play, a thirty-minute version of Twelfth Night, and the first football match, Arsenal F.C. vs. Arsenal reserves.
- R.U.R.), and television crime series (Telecrime); in one of the lengthiest experimental television broadcasts, the BBC broadcasts a 90-minute version of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Leslie Banks, Constance Cummings, and James Mason.
- Second World War. The 1939 New York World's Fair was broadcast. Japanis the first Asian country to air television.
1940s
- 1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (FCC), 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. The announcement was for Bulova watches.
- 1942: FCC terminates all American television broadcasting because of the war; DuMont petitions FCC to resume broadcasting and receives approval.
- Hänsel und Gretel is the first complete opera to be broadcast on television, but only in New York; first (experimental) telecast of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Many more telecasts of the story will follow in later years, but until film begins to be used on television, no two of the television versions of the story will have the same casts. An advertisement campaign about forest fires introduces Smokey Bear
- 1944: American Broadcasting Company, (ABC), is formed.
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) begins the first regularly scheduled television network service in the United States.
- 1946: RCA demonstrates all-electronic color television system, BBC resumed broadcasting through free-to-air BBC Television Service; the DuMont Television Network begins broadcasting.
- Tournament of Roses Paradebecomes the first televised parade.
- 1948: First broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show and Texaco Star Theater; the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade moves from radio to television
- 1949: First broadcast of The Lone Ranger and Mama; 1st Emmy Awards
1950s
- short films; Bob Hopeappears in his first TV special.
- Sua vida me pertence, Love of Life and The Roy Rogers Show; the Code of Practices for Television Broadcastersis first issued.
- Omnibus, and Flower Pot Men; Canada begins receiving TV; Hockey Night in Canada and The Guiding Lightmove from radio to TV
- C.A. Swanson & Sons.
- Disneyland and Lassie; NTSC video standard for color television is introduced, and National Educational Television(NET) is launched.
- Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Benny Hill Show, Gunsmoke and Captain Kangaroo; ITV launches in the UK; millions of viewers watch the grand opening of Disneylandin California.
- quiz show scandals wipe out The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One.
- Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Untouchables, Rawhide and Bonanza; The second Grammy Awards ceremony is the first Grammy Awards to be televised and Nigeriais the first African country to receive TV.
1960s
- debatelive on television.
- 1961: First broadcast of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Avengers, The Defenders, The Morecambe and Wise Show and Car 54, Where Are You?
- That Was The Week That Was, The Late Late Show (Ireland) and Sábado Gigante; first satellite television relayed by Telstar.
- 1963: First broadcast of Doctor Who, General Hospital, The Fugitive, Astro Boy and The Outer Limits; American Cable Systems is founded; Martin Luther King Jr. addresses his famous I Have a Dream speech to the world; the world watches in horror over the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- the Up series; the controversial political advertisement "Daisy" airs only once, but is later considered to be an important factor in Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election, and an important turning point in political and advertising history; Broadcast of U.S. president Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act Of 1964; The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- Till Death Us Do Part, The Dating Game, Peanuts animated specials, Des chiffres et des lettres, Tomorrow's World, The Magic Roundabout and The War Game
- World Cup Final, seen by tens of millions; NBC becomes the first network to air their entire schedule in color.
- 1967: First broadcast of The Carol Burnett Show, The Prisoner, News at Ten and The Phil Donahue Show; PAL and SECAM colour standards introduced in Europe, with BBC2 making their first colour broadcasts.
- 1968: First broadcast of 60 Minutes, One Life to Live, Dad's Army, Julia, Columbo, Elvis, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Hawaii Five-O, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Adam-12
- 1969: First broadcast of Sesame Street, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Brady Bunch; completion of Fernsehturm Berlin; the Apollo 11 Moon landing is broadcast live worldwide.
1970s
- 1970: First broadcast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple and All My Children; PBS is launched.
- 1971: First broadcast of All in the Family, The Old Grey Whistle Test, The Two Ronnies, McDonaldland, Upstairs, Downstairs, La Linea, "Hilltop (I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke)" (Coca-Cola), The Generation Game and Parkinson
- El Chavo, El Chapulín Colorado, The Bob Newhart Show, The Price Is Right, Great Performances and Maude; the Asama-Sansō incident is the first marathon live television broadcast in Japan; HBOis launched.
- 1973: First broadcast of Boy on the Bike (Hovis), The Ascent of Man, Moonbase 3, The Young and the Restless, An American Family, The Six Million Dollar Man, Ein Herz und eine Seele, Schoolhouse Rock!, Kojak, Seventeen Moments of Spring, Tetley Tea Folk, Last of the Summer Wine and The World at War
- Richard M. Nixonannounces his resignation on live television.
- 1975: First broadcast of Starsky & Hutch, Barney Miller, Fawlty Towers, Good Morning America, One Day at a Time, Saturday Night Live, Sneak Previews, Space: 1999, The Jeffersons, The Naked Civil Servant, Wonder Woman and Wheel of Fortune; Sony introduces the Betamax home video tape recorder.
- 1976: First broadcast of The Muppet Show, The Bionic Woman, I, Claudius, Grlom u jagode, SCTV, Austin City Limits, Charlie's Angels, Family Feud, The Gong Show and Nuts in May; the first VHSs and videocassette recorders (VCRs) go on sale.
- Live from the Met
- Abarembo Shogun, Battlestar Galactica, Dallas, Diff'rent Strokes, The Incredible Hulk, Ski Sunday, Fantasy Island, Grange Hill, Matador, Mork & Mindy, Pennies from Heaven, Taxi and Deeply Regretted By...
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; ESPN and Nickelodeonare launched.
1980s
- (TLC) are launched.
- Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer; a writers' strike disrupts U.S. television for three months.
- The Snowman, Boys from the Blackstuff, Newhart and St. Elsewhere; Channel 4 (UK) and The Weather Channel are launched. The first color television introduced in Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. The television are launched in Greenland, Macau and Mauritania.
- Bahamas, Burundi, Grenada and Romania. The television are launched in Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Laos, Mali, Somalia, Seychelles, Tonga and Vatican City.
- Cabo Verde and Åland.
- 1985: First broadcast of MacGyver, Growing Pains, ThunderCats, Neighbours, Moonlighting, Larry King Live, Edge of Darkness, The Max Headroom Show, EastEnders and The Golden Girls; the Discovery Channel is established; the first WrestleMania event is broadcast; millions watch the Live Aid concert from Wembley Stadium. The first color television introduced in Ghana and Seychelles.
- Alternatywy 4, Pee-wee's Playhouse and The Singing Detective; the Fox Broadcasting Company is launched; television is introduced in Mayotte and Niue. The first color television is introduced in Cambodia.
- 21 Jump Street(TV series)
- Roseanne, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Red Dwarf, In the Heat of the Night, Just Do It (Nike), Murphy Brown, Yo! MTV Raps, Garfield and Friends, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, The Wonder Years and Mahabharat; TNT (Turner Network Television) is launched; the first LCD televisions go on sale; a writers' strike disrupts U.S. television for five months. is launched; television in introduced in Lesotho. The first color television in Bhutan, Lesotho and Papua New Guinea.
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1990s
- 1990: First broadcast of Twin Peaks, Law & Order, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Beverly Hills, 90210, Mr. Bean, In Living Color and Northern Exposure
- Step By Step, Nummer 28, Darkwing Duck, The Julekalender, Æon Flux, the first three Nicktoons (Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren & Stimpy Show), Maury and The Jerry Springer Show
- X-Men and Absolutely Fabulous; Cartoon Network is launched. The first color television introduced in Fiji, Nauru and Tuvalu. The television are launched in Solomon Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
- Ricki Lake and Frasier
- 1994 Eurovision Song Contestto a thunderous ovation.
- O. J. Simpson murder trialis televised.
- 1996: First broadcast of 3rd Rock from the Sun, 7th Heaven, Spin City, The Crocodile Hunter, Blue's Clues, The Daily Show, E! True Hollywood Story, Judge Judy, Arthur, Dexter's Laboratory, Our Friends in the North, The Steve Harvey Show and Everybody Loves Raymond; Fox News is launched; the first high-definition television broadcasts; the first DVDs and DVD players go on sale; Animal Planet is launched
- Princess Diana.
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2000s
- Just for Laughs: Gags, Dora the Explorer, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Gilmore Girls; Billy Mays shoots an infomercial for OxiClean
- September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washingtonwhich sees regular programming suspended to bring up-to-date coverage of events relating to the attacks.
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Madventures, Firefly, 100 Greatest Britons, Winter Sonata, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Clone High, George Lopez, The Wire, Naruto, and Wish Ko Lang!
- Hassan and Habibah, Peppa Pig, Drake & Josh, LazyTown, the GEICO Cavemen, Super Girl, Hell's Kitchen (UK), The Apprentice (U.S.), The Biggest Loser, and The X Factor; Euro1080 launches the first high-definition televisionbroadcast.
- Noghtechin, Dancing with the Stars, The Closer, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Ben 10, So You Think You Can Dance, Bones, The Colbert Report, American Dad!, Everybody Hates Chris, The Office (U.S.), How I Met Your Mother, Criminal Minds, Deal or No Deal, Carlton Draught: Big Ad, Balitanghali, Supernatural and Prison Break
- Blu-ray Disc launched; Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete a wholesale switch from analog televisionto digital over-the-air (terrestrial television) broadcasting.
- writers' strike shuts down U.S. scripted programming in November; CNN and YouTube sponsor U.S. presidential debates.
- 3D TV broadcasts; the historical miniseries John Adams premieres on HBOand wins a record-breaking thirteen Emmys.
2010s
- 2010: First broadcast of Adventure Time, Downton Abbey, Glass Home, Borgen, Sherlock, Solsidan, "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" (Old Spice), Pretty Little Liars, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Boardwalk Empire, The Great British Bake Off, Treme, Young Justice, The Walking Dead and The Voice (Holland); Tonight Show conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien.
- death of Osama bin Ladenon live television.
- 2012 London Olympicsbecomes the most-watched event of the year.
- Orange is the New Black and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- 2014: First broadcast of True Detective, Black-ish, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Fargo, BoJack Horseman, The Flash, Gomorrah, Outlander, Lucha Underground, Broad City, Over the Garden Wall, The Leftovers, Jane the Virgin and Chrisley Knows Best
- Dropped.
- 2016: First broadcast of Stranger Things, The Night Of, The Loud House, Fleabag, War & Peace, Roots, Mann Mayal, Atlanta, This Is Us, The Good Place, My Hero Academia, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Insecure, Westworld, Tales of Arcadia and The Crown; the last know company in the world to manufacture VHS equipment (VCR/DVD combos), Funai of Japan, ceases production, citing shrinking demand and difficulties procuring parts.[1][2]
- La La Land, another acclaimed film, the winner by mistake on national television.
- Meghan Markle.
- The Other Two, Hanna, Sex Education, When They See Us, Good Omens and The Morning Show; The Walt Disney Company launches its streaming service, Disney+
2020s
- The Great and Dash & Lily; the COVID-19 pandemic shuts down production on many television programs.
- 2021: First broadcast of Squid Game, Invincible, Yellowjackets, Girls5eva, Hacks, Reservation Dogs, Only Murders in the Building, Schmigadoon!, The White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Arcane, WandaVision (first of the Marvel Cinematic Universe shows created for Disney+), Loki, It's a Sin and The Traitors (Dutch)
- state funeral of Elizabeth II, speculated to be the most watched television event in history.[3]
- Israel-Hamas war.
- 2024: First broadcast of Hazbin Hotel, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
See also
- Table of years in radio
- Timeline of the BBC
- Timeline of the introduction of television in countries
- List of web television series
- List of years in American television
- List of years in Australian television
- List of years in Austrian television
- List of years in Belgian television
- List of years in Brazilian television
- List of years in British television
- List of years in Canadian television
- List of years in Croatian television
- List of years in Czech television
- List of years in Danish television
- List of years in Dutch television
- List of years in Estonian television
- List of years in French television
- List of years in German television
- List of years in Greek television
- List of years in Hong Kong television
- List of years in Indian television
- List of years in Indonesian television
- List of years in Irish television
- List of years in Israeli television
- List of years in Italian television
- List of years in Japanese television
- List of years in Mexican television
- List of years in New Zealand television
- List of years in Norwegian television
- List of years in Pakistani television
- List of years in Philippine television
- List of years in Polish television
- List of years in Portuguese television
- List of years in Scottish television
- List of years in Singapore television
- List of years in South African television
- List of years in South Korean television
- List of years in Spanish television
- List of years in Swedish television
- List of years in Swiss television
- List of years in Thai television
- List of years in Turkish television
References
- ^ Walton, Mark (July 21, 2016). "Last known VCR maker stops production, 40 years after VHS format launch". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ "VHSビデオ機の生産に幕". 日本経済新聞 電子版 (in Japanese). 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was a farewell production for the ages". The Washington Post. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-10-01.