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This is a list of years in
television . It lists important events in the
history of television , as well as the first broadcasts of many
television shows , and launches of some
television channels and
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.
1923 : Charles Jenkins first demonstrates "true" television with moving images. This time 48-line moving silhouette images are transmitted at 16 frames per second from Washington to Anacostia Navy station;
Vladimir Zworykin applies for a patent for an all-electronic television system, the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera. The patent is not granted until 1938 after significant revisions and
patent interference actions.
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.
1925 :
John Logie Baird performs the first public demonstration of his "televisor" at the
Selfridges
department store on London's
Oxford Street ;
Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of a moving
silhouette (shadowgraphs) and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system;
Vladimir Zworykin applies for a patent for color television; Zworykin first demonstrates his electric camera tube and receiver for
Westinghouse corporation executives, transmitting the still image of an "X"; John Baird achieves the first live
television image 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 .
1927 : The
BBC begins broadcasting as the British Broadcasting Corporation under the
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
1930 : Baird installs a television at
10 Downing Street ,
London , the
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.
1938 :
DuMont Laboratories manufactures and sells the first all-electronic television sets to the public. Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television. The
BBC broadcasts the world's first-ever
television science fiction (
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 .
1939 : The BBC suspends its television service owing to the outbreak of the
Second World War . The
1939 New York World's Fair was broadcast.
Japan is 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.
1943 :
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.
1945 :
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.
1947 : First broadcast of
Howdy Doody ,
Kraft Television Theatre and
Meet the Press ; the
World Series is broadcast live for the first time; the 1947
Tournament of Roses Parade becomes 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
1950 : First broadcast of
Come Dancing ,
Broadway Open House ,
Your Show of Shows and
What's My Line? ;
Cuba is the first Caribbean country to receive TV;
Brazil is the first
South American country to receive TV;
Nielsen Media Research begins to provide television
ratings data ;
Jack Benny and
Burns & Allen move from radio to TV;
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies cartoons begin airing on television after previously only being theatrical
short films ;
Bob Hope appears in his first TV special.
1951 : The first broadcast of live United States transcontinental television takes place in San Francisco, California during the
Japanese Peace Treaty Conference . The first broadcast of
I Love Lucy ,
See It Now ,
Dragnet , the
Hallmark Hall of Fame ,
Search for Tomorrow ,
Sua vida me pertence ,
Love of Life and
The Roy Rogers Show ; the
Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters is first issued.
1952 : First broadcast of
Today (NBC),
This Is Your Life ,
Omnibus , and
Flower Pot Men ;
Canada begins receiving TV;
Hockey Night in Canada and
The Guiding Light move from radio to TV
1953 : The first broadcast of
Panorama ,
Make Room for Daddy ,
Kōhaku Uta Gassen ;
ABS-CBN launches in the Philippines; the
coronation of Elizabeth II is the first ceremony of its kind to be broadcast on television. The
Academy Awards ceremony (the Oscars) is televised for the first time after previously being broadcast by radio, beginning in 1930.
TV Guide is founded. The first "TV dinner" is made by
C.A. Swanson & Sons . The first color television introduced in the
United States of America . The first television introduced in
Belgium ,
Canada ,
Hungary ,
Japan ,
Mexico ,
Philippines ,
Switzerland , and
Northern Ireland .
1954 : First broadcast of
The Tonight Show ,
Father Knows Best ,
Disneyland and
Lassie ;
NTSC video standard for
color television is introduced, and
National Educational Television (NET) is launched.
1955 : First broadcast of
The Phil Silvers Show ,
The Honeymooners ,
The Mickey Mouse Club ,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ,
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
Disneyland in California.
1956 : First broadcast of
The Edge of Night ,
As the World Turns ,
The Price Is Right ,
Playhouse 90 , the
Eurovision Song Contest and
Hancock's Half Hour . The first television introduced in
Algeria ,
Armenia ,
Australia ,
Azerbaijan ,
Belarus ,
Croatia ,
El Salvador ,
Finland ,
Georgia ,
Guam ,
Iraq ,
Nicaragua ,
Romania ,
South Korea ,
Spain ,
Sweden ,
Ukraine ,
Uruguay and
Uzbekistan .
1957 : First broadcast of
Perry Mason ,
Have Gun — Will Travel ,
Leave It to Beaver ,
Maverick ,
Senda prohibida , and
Carosello
1958 : First broadcast of
Blue Peter ,
The Donna Reed Show ,
77 Sunset Strip ,
Moonlight Mask ,
Naked City and
The Huckleberry Hound Show ; the
quiz show scandals wipe out
The $64,000 Question and
Twenty-One . The first color television introduced in
Cuba .
1959 : First broadcast of
The Twilight Zone ,
Telejornal ,
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends ,
The Untouchables ,
Rawhide and
Bonanza ; The second
Grammy Awards ceremony is the first Grammy Awards to be televised and
Nigeria is the first African country to receive TV.
1960s
1960 : First broadcast of
The Andy Griffith Show ,
The Flintstones ,
Coronation Street and
The Bugs Bunny Show ;
American presidential candidates
John F. Kennedy and
Richard M. Nixon
debate live 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?
1962 : First broadcast of
The Beverly Hillbillies ,
The Virginian ,
McHale's Navy ,
Steptoe and Son ,
The Jetsons ,
The Saint ,
University Challenge ,
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 ,
Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato ;
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 first color television introduced in
Mexico .
1964 : First broadcast of
Gilligan's Island ,
The Munsters ,
Bewitched ,
The Man from U.N.C.L.E ,
The Addams Family ,
Top of the Pops ,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ,
Match of the Day ,
Jeopardy! ,
Jonny Quest and
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 .
1965 : First broadcast of
I Dream of Jeannie ,
Days of Our Lives ,
Get Smart ,
Thunderbirds ,
The Dean Martin Show ,
Hogan's Heroes ,
Lost in Space ,
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
1966 : First broadcast of
Star Trek (original series),
Batman (the live-action TV series),
The Monkees ,
Dark Shadows ,
Ultra Series ,
Family Affair ,
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ,
That Girl ,
Cathy Come Home ,
The Newlywed Game and
Mission: Impossible ; England wins the
World Cup Final , seen by tens of millions; NBC becomes the first network to air their entire schedule in color. The first color television introduced in the
Philippines .
1967 : First broadcast of
The Carol Burnett Show ,
Spider-Man ,
The Dating Game ,
The Prisoner ,
News at Ten and
The Phil Donahue Show ;
first
Super Bowl is broadcast by both CBS and NBC;
PAL and
SECAM colour standards introduced in Europe, with
BBC2 making their first colour broadcasts. The first colour television introduced in
France ,
Germany ,
Russia ,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
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 . The first color teelvision introduced in
Bermuda ,
Georgia ,
Iraq ,
Latvia ,
Lithuania and
Switzerland .
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. The first colour television introduced in
American Samoa ,
Dominican Republic ,
Finland ,
Martinique and
Taiwan .
1970s
1970 : First broadcast of
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ,
The Partridge Family ,
The Odd Couple ,
All My Children and
Monday Night Football ;
PBS is launched. The first color television introduced in
Guam ,
Guatemala and
Sweden .
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 First
World Series night game televised by NBC. The first colour television introduced in
Belgium and
Poland .
1972 : First broadcast of
M*A*S*H ,
Emmerdale ,
Mastermind ,
Kamiondžije ,
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;
HBO is launched. The first colour television introduced in
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Brazil ,
Estonia ,
Guadeloupe ,
Norway ,
Panama ,
Réunion ,
Spain and
Venezuela
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 . The first color television introduced in
China ,
Egypt ,
El Salvador ,
Gabon ,
Honduras ,
Monaco ,
New Zealand ,
Qatar and
Saudi Arabia
1974 : First broadcast of
Happy Days ,
Little House on the Prairie ,
Chico and the Man ,
Derrick ,
Land of the Lost ,
Porridge ,
Rhoda ,
Good Times ,
The Rockford Files , and
Tiswas ;
1st Daytime Emmy Awards ;
Richard M. Nixon announces 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.
1977 : First broadcast of
Abigail's Party ,
CHiPs ,
Eight Is Enough ,
The Love Boat ,
¿Qué Pasa, USA? ,
Roots ,
Soap ,
It'll Be Alright on the Night ,
The Return of the Spirit ,
Hungarian Folktales ,
Three's Company ,
Top Gear and
Live from the Met
1978 : First broadcast of
20/20 .
An Ordinary Miracle ,
Abarembo Shogun ,
Battlestar Galactica ,
Dallas ,
Diff'rent Strokes ,
The Incredible Hulk ,
Ski Sunday ,
Fantasy Island ,
Grange Hill ,
Matador ,
Mork & Mindy ,
Pennies from Heaven ,
Taxi ,
Deeply Regretted By... and
Card Sharks .
Tic-Tac-Dough returns on CBS, then moves to
syndication .
1979 : First broadcast of
Benson ,
Blue Remembered Hills ,
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ,
Hart to Hart ,
Knots Landing ,
Life on Earth ,
Antiques Roadshow ,
Eat Bulaga! ,
Real People ,
The Dukes of Hazzard ,
The Facts of Life ,
You Can't Do That on Television ,
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed ,
The Very Same Munchhausen and
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ;
ESPN and
Nickelodeon are launched.
1980s
1980 : First broadcast of
Berlin Alexanderplatz ,
Magnum PI ,
Nightline ,
BBC Children in Need ,
Vruć vetar ,
The Kids of Degrassi Street ,
Strumpet City and
Yes Minister ;
Cable News Network (CNN) and
The Learning Channel (TLC) are launched. The first color television introduced in
Bangladesh ,
Burma ,
Gibraltar and
South Korea . The television are launched in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .
1981 : First broadcast of
The Smurfs ,
Hill Street Blues ,
The People's Court ,
Dynasty ,
Postman Pat ,
Danger Mouse ,
Elvira's Movie Macabre ,
Falcon Crest ,
Only Fools and Horses and
Brideshead Revisited ;
MTV launched; hundreds of millions watch the
Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer ; a writers' strike disrupts U.S. television for three months.
1982 : First broadcast of
Cheers ,
Family Ties ,
Brookside ,
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 .
1983 : First broadcast of
The A-Team ,
The Day After ,
V (original miniseries),
1984 (Apple Computers),
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ,
Fraggle Rock ,
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ,
Reading Rainbow ,
Press Your Luck ,
Eddie Murphy Delirious ,
Inspector Gadget ,
The Joy of Painting ,
An Englishman Abroad ,
J. R. Hartley (Yellow Pages),
Blackadder and
Terrahawks ; first broadcast of
Wheel of Fortune in
syndication ;
Disney Channel is launched. The first color television introduced in
Angola ,
Bahamas ,
Burundi ,
Grenada and
Romania . The television are launched in
Antigua and Barbuda ,
Cambodia ,
Laos ,
Mali ,
Somalia ,
Seychelles ,
Tonga and
Vatican City .
1984 : First broadcast of
Airwolf ,
Blue Thunder ,
Murder, She Wrote ,
Miami Vice ,
Punky Brewster ,
Who's the Boss? ,
The Cosby Show ,
The Transformers ,
Voltron ,
Night Court ,
Tales from the Darkside ,
Thomas & Friends ,
La piovra ,
Santa Barbara ,
Spitting Image ,
Heimat and
The Jewel in the Crown ; first broadcast of
Jeopardy! in syndication;
A&E and
Canal+ launched. The first color television introduced in
Belize ,
Greenland ,
Laos ,
Maldives ,
Mali ,
Mauritania ,
Mozambique ,
Namibia ,
Uzbekistan , and
Zimbabwe . The television are launched in
Nepal ,
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 .
1986 : First broadcast of
L.A. Law ,
The Oprah Winfrey Show ,
Perfect Strangers ,
Double Dare ,
Matlock ,
ALF ,
Casualty ,
London's Burning ,
Dragon Ball ,
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 .
1987 : First broadcast of
Full House ,
Married... with Children ,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ,
Thirtysomething ,
Ramayan ,
Fireman Sam ,
DuckTales ,
Inspector Morse ,
The Bold and the Beautiful ,
Star Trek: The Next Generation ,
The Tracey Ullman Show and
21 Jump Street (TV series)
1988 : First broadcast of
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
Lesotho and
Papua New Guinea .
1989 : First broadcast of
The Simpsons ,
Seinfeld ,
Baywatch ,
Saved by the Bell ,
Family Matters ,
American Gladiators ,
Wallace and Gromit ,
Hey Dude ,
Face (British Airways),
America's Funniest Home Videos ,
Dragon Ball Z ,
Quantum Leap ,
COPS ,
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ,
Agatha Christie's Poirot ,
Shining Time Station ,
Coach and
Inside Edition ; the
trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu is televised.
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
1991 : First broadcast of
Home Improvement ,
Step By Step ,
Nummer 28 ,
Darkwing Duck ,
The Julekalender ,
Æon Flux , the first three
Nicktoons (
Doug ,
Rugrats , and
The Ren & Stimpy Show ),
The Jenny Jones Show ,
Maury , and
The Jerry Springer Show
1992 : First broadcast of
The Larry Sanders Show ,
Mad About You ,
Batman: The Animated Series ,
Barney & Friends ,
Martin ,
The Real World ,
Sailor Moon ,
Cha Cha Cha ,
Crayon Shin-chan ,
YuYu Hakusho ,
Melrose Place ,
X-Men and
Absolutely Fabulous ,
Mara Clara ;
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 .
1993 : First broadcast of
Late Show with David Letterman ,
Animaniacs ,
The X-Files ,
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ,
Beavis and Butt-Head ,
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , "
Aaron Burr " (first
Got Milk? commercial),
WWF Monday Night Raw ,
Walker, Texas Ranger ,
Homicide: Life on the Street ,
Boy Meets World ,
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ,
Bill Nye the Science Guy ,
seaQuest DSV ,
The Nanny ,
Ricki Lake and
Frasier
1994 : First broadcast of
Friends ,
Party of Five ,
The Kingdom ,
Babylon 5 ,
The National Lottery Draws ,
Inside the Actors Studio ,
Space Ghost Coast to Coast ,
The Tick ,
ER ,
Gargoyles ,
All That ,
Allegra's Window and
Gullah Gullah Island ;
Turner Classic Movies is launched;
Several TV stations in the US switch their affiliates until 1996; Irish dance company
Riverdance is introduced to the world for the first time at the
1994 Eurovision Song Contest to a thunderous ovation.
1995 : First broadcast of
Father Ted ,
NileCity 105,6 ,
The Wayans Bros. ,
Pinky and the Brain ,
Freakazoid! ,
Xena: Warrior Princess ,
The Late Late Show ,
WCW Monday Nitro ,
Road Rules ,
The Drew Carey Show ,
Budweiser Frogs ,
NewsRadio ,
Saksi ,
JAG ,
Él y ella and
Sevcec ; The programme
Rox makes a move to the Internet, becoming the first-ever
web series ;
The History Channel is launched; The
communications satellite
EchoStar I is (literally) launched; ad campaign; The
O. J. Simpson murder trial is 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 ,
Superman: The Animated Series ,
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
1997 : First broadcast of
South Park ,
Pokémon ,
Stargate SG-1 ,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ,
Teletubbies ,
Alles Kan Beter ,
King of the Hill ,
Daria and
I'm Alan Partridge ; the
TV Parental Guidelines
television content rating system is introduced;
Netflix is founded, starting life as a mail-based rental service; the first
plasma televisions go on sale; 685 children across Japan are taken to hospitals from seizures
caused by a Pokémon episode ; millions watch the
funeral of Princess Diana .
1998 : First broadcast of
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ,
Dawson's Creek ,
Will & Grace ,
Charmed ,
The Powerpuff Girls ,
Cowboy Bebop ,
That '70s Show ,
Sex and the City ,
WCW Thunder ,
The Royle Family and
The King of Queens ;
Kingston Communications launches the first major
video-on-demand service.
1999 : First broadcast of
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ,
The Sopranos ,
Family Guy ,
SpongeBob SquarePants ,
Futurama ,
Bob the Builder ,
Ed, Edd n Eddy ,
Courage the Cowardly Dog ,
The West Wing ,
Whassup? (Budweiser),
WWF Smackdown ,
One Piece ,
Global Anthem (Ford),
The Amanda Show ,
Big Brother (Netherlands),
Walking with Prehistoric Life ,
Yo soy Betty, la fea ,
Surfer (Guinness),
Freaks and Geeks ,
Trick and
Angel ; the first
digital video recorders (DVRs) go on sale, one of them being
TiVo ;
Bhutan becomes the last country to introduce television by the celebration of the fourth king’s Silver Jubilee after years of self-imposed prohibition of media technology.
2000s
2000 : First broadcast of
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ,
Curb Your Enthusiasm ,
Malcolm in the Middle ,
MTV Cribs ,
Survivor ,
Jackass ,
106 & Park ,
Just for Laughs: Gags ,
Dora the Explorer ,
Aqua Teen Hunger Force and
Gilmore Girls ;
Billy Mays shoots an infomercial for
OxiClean
2001 : First broadcast of
24 ,
Scrubs ,
The Office (UK),
Band of Brothers ,
Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon ,
My Wife and Kids ,
The Secret Life of Us ,
Fear Factor ,
Trailer Park Boys ,
The Fairly OddParents ,
Invader Zim ,
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy ,
Samurai Jack ,
Yu-Gi-Oh! ,
Lizzie McGuire ,
Totally Spies! ,
How It's Made ,
Smallville ,
Six Feet Under and
Law & Order: Criminal Intent . The world witnesses the
September 11 terrorist attacks in
New York City and
Washington which sees regular programming suspended to bring up-to-date coverage of events relating to the attacks.
2002 : First broadcast of
American Idol ,
The Shield ,
City of Men ,
Kim Possible ,
Extreme Makeover ,
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! ,
8 Simple Rules ,
Monk ,
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius ,
Codename: Kids Next Door ,
Madventures ,
Firefly ,
100 Greatest Britons ,
The Most Extreme ,
Winter Sonata ,
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ,
Clone High ,
George Lopez ,
The Wire ,
Naruto , and
Wish Ko Lang!
2003 : First broadcast of
Two and a Half Men ,
One Tree Hill ,
Teen Titans ,
Sonic X ,
The O.C. ,
That's So Raven ,
Cog (Honda),
Reno 911! ,
MythBusters ,
NCIS ,
Jimmy Kimmel Live ,
All In ,
Little Britain ,
Peep Show ,
Arrested Development ,
Los Serrano ,
Martin Mystery ,
The Ellen DeGeneres Show and
The Venture Bros.
2004 : First broadcast of
Bleach ,
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County ,
House ,
Lost ,
Desperate Housewives ,
Veronica Mars ,
Danny Phantom ,
Battlestar Galactica (2004),
Ghost Hunters ,
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 television broadcast.
2005 : First broadcast of
Avatar: The Last Airbender ,
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia ,
Grey's Anatomy ,
Spiral ,
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
2006 : First broadcast of
High School Musical ,
The Hills ,
Türkisch für Anfänger ,
Planet Earth ,
Jumong ,
Heroes ,
Dexter ,
Psych ,
Friday Night Lights ,
Ugly Betty ,
Hannah Montana ,
Death Note ,
Top Chef ,
The Real Housewives of Orange County ,
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe ,
Code Geass and
30 Rock ; the
Netherlands is the first country to move to
digital television ;
HD DVD and
Blu-ray Disc launched;
Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete a
wholesale switch from
analog television to digital over-the-air (terrestrial television) broadcasting.
2007 : First broadcast of
The Big Bang Theory ,
Britain's Got Talent ,
Gorilla (Cadbury's Dairy Milk),
Burn Notice ,
The Golden Path ,
Pushing Daisies , the
John Lewis Christmas advert ,
Wizards of Waverly Place ,
Phineas and Ferb ,
Total Drama ,
Xavier: Renegade Angel ,
Gossip Girl ,
iCarly ,
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? ,
Golden Bride ,
The Killing ,
Chuck ,
Mad Men and
Damages ;
2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests in Venezuela; a
writers' strike shuts down U.S. scripted programming in November;
CNN and YouTube sponsor U.S. presidential debates .
2008 : First broadcast of
Breaking Bad ,
The Mentalist ,
Sons of Anarchy ,
Star Wars: The Clone Wars ,
Wipeout ,
True Blood ,
Fringe ,
Underbelly ,
The Inbetweeners ,
Radio Arvyla ,
19 Kids and Counting ; the launch of
Discovery Channel 's ad campaign; the first
3D TV broadcasts; the historical miniseries
John Adams premieres on
HBO and wins a record-breaking thirteen Emmys.
2009 : First broadcast of
Modern Family ,
Pawn Stars ,
Cake Boss ,
Tosh.0 ,
Jersey Shore ,
Castle ,
Horrible Histories ,
White Collar ,
The Vampire Diaries ,
The Good Wife ,
Cougar Town ,
RuPaul's Drag Race ,
16 and Pregnant ,
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon ,
The Middle ,
Glee ,
Parks and Recreation ,
Community and
Misfits ; millions watch the
inauguration of Barack Obama as well as coverage of the
death and
funeral of Michael Jackson.
2010s
2010 : First broadcast of
Adventure Time ,
Regular Show ,
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 .
2011 : First broadcast of
Game of Thrones ,
Black Mirror ,
Person of Interest ,
Bob's Burgers ,
The Amazing World of Gumball ,
Leyla ile Mecnun ,
American Horror Story ,
Suits ,
Shameless ,
New Girl and
Homeland ;
State Farm premieres its "State of..." advertising campaign, which includes the "State of Unrest" commercial (a.k.a. "
Jake from State Farm "); millions watch
Prince William marry Kate Middleton ;
IBM 's
Watson competes against former champions
Brad Rutter and
Ken Jennings on Jeopardy! ;
President Obama announces the
death of Osama bin Laden on live television.
2012 : First broadcast of
Duck Dynasty ,
Satyamev Jayate ,
Gravity Falls ,
Girls ,
Key & Peele ,
Scandal ,
Nashville ,
Državni posao ,
Call the Midwife ,
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States ,
House of Lies ,
Veep ,
Arrow ,
Omar ,
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ,
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood ,
Kitchen ; the
2012 London Olympics becomes the most-watched event of the year.
2013 : First broadcast of
Rick and Morty ,
Peaky Blinders ,
The Following ,
Epic Split (Volvo Trucks),
House of Cards ,
The Americans ,
Bates Motel ,
Steven Universe ,
Broadchurch ,
Hannibal ,
Attack on Titan ,
PAW Patrol ,
Vikings ,
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
2015 : First broadcast of
Better Call Saul ,
Empire ,
Narcos ,
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ,
Lucifer ,
Life in Pieces ,
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ,
Supergirl ,
Love Island ,
Mr. Robot ,
Schitt's Creek ,
Deutschland 83 ,
Lip Sync Battle and
Superstore ;
Super Bowl XLIX breaks the record for most-watched program in the history of American television;
Mayweather–Pacquiao boxing match is history's biggest
pay-per-view fight;
Steve Harvey hosts the Miss Universe 2015 pageant in
Las Vegas and mistakenly names the first runner-up, Miss Colombia (Ariadna Gutiérrez) as the winner, announcing shortly after that he had read the results incorrectly and that Miss Philippines (Pia Wurtzbach) was the new Miss Universe; ten are killed during
a helicopter crash during filming of reality series
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 known company in the world to manufacture VHS equipment (
VCR/DVD combos ),
Funai of Japan, ceases production, citing shrinking demand and difficulties procuring parts.
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2017 : First broadcast of
Money Heist ,
Riverdale ,
Big Little Lies ,
DuckTales (2017),
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ,
Big Mouth ,
Carpool Karaoke ,
The Handmaid's Tale ,
GLOW ,
Legion and
A Series of Unfortunate Events ; At the
89th Academy Awards , the film
Moonlight is announced the correct winner for Best Picture, after actors
Faye Dunaway and
Warren Beatty announce
La La Land , another acclaimed film, the winner by mistake on national television.
2018 : First broadcast of
Bluey ,
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan ,
Hilda ,
Barry ,
Cobra Kai ,
Killing Eve ,
Bodyguard ,
Pose ,
Succession ,
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , and
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj ; millions watch
Prince Harry
marry
Meghan Markle .
2019 : First broadcast of
Chernobyl ,
The Mandalorian ,
Harley Quinn ,
Watchmen ,
The Masked Singer ,
The Boys ,
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite ,
Russian Doll ,
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ,
His Dark Materials ,
Amphibia ,
The Umbrella Academy ,
Euphoria ,
Ramy ,
What We Do in the Shadows ,
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
2020 : First broadcast of
Ted Lasso ,
Tiger King ,
Bridgerton ,
I May Destroy You ,
Stargirl ,
Dispatches from Elsewhere ,
The Owl House ,
Side Hustle ,
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)
2022 : First broadcast of
Severance ,
Peacemaker ,
Wednesday ,
Smiling Friends ,
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared ,
The Bear and
Becoming A Popstar ; millions watch in shock as actor
Will Smith
slaps comedian
Chris Rock live during the
94th Academy Awards ; billions watch the
Russian invasion of Ukraine , speculated to be the most watched television war in history and
state funeral of Elizabeth II , speculated to be the most watched television event in history.
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2023 : First broadcast of
The Last of Us ,
Beef and
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur ; In Hollywood, the
Writers Guild of America and
SAG-AFTRA begin a series of ongoing
strikes of actors and writers for six months separately, affecting the film and television industries; billions watch the
Coronation of Charles III and Camilla and
Israel-Hamas war .
2024 : First broadcast of
Hazbin Hotel ,
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV in the
Philippines we have launched in the Philippine Area on Bangsamoro in
Maguindanao del Sur ,
Lanao del Sur ,
Basilan ,
Maguindanao del Norte ,
Tawi-Tawi and
Sulu . In the coverage areas in the BARMM from the
Maguindanao Channel ,
The Lanaoan Channel Services and
The Basilan Channel Services on August 11, 2024 during the
2022 Maguindanao division plebiscite and
2024 Special Geographic Area plebiscites .
See also
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