I just remembered today is the Anniversary of both Trinity (1945) and the launch of Apollo 11 (1969). Great achievements, but Mankind is still just apes w Nukes. https://t.co/8MjxnKcr2f
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With 462 days remaining until the Centennial of Television TV goes "interactive" with "Winky Dink"
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@ReigningCoins Thank you, Rosalind. It's nice when somebody sees the method in my madness. Follow my other project: https://t.co/JeFK8LuxBU There's a rabbit hole at the end of that one, too (https://t.co/dVgdqWz7dp)
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With 469 days remaining until the Centennial of Television we get the answer to the question "What's on the TeeVee tonight?"
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With 476 days remaining until the Centennial of Television on September 7, 2027, Dick Clark brings the burgeoning teen audience on board American Bandstand (1952).
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With 483 days remaining until the Centennial of Television on September 7, 2027, we drop in on "America's Favorite Family" in "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952).
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With 490 days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #70: The "Today" show, premiering on NBC on January 14, 1952,
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With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #71: Amos 'n Andy, one of the most controversial shows in broadcasting history.
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With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #72: Everybody Loves Lucy.
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With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #72: Everybody Loves Lucy.
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Countdown continues with #73: Whirlwind (1950): The Computer That Merged with TV.
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With 525 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #75, introducing Jay Ward, who turned a crusading rabbit into a flying squirrel.
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The Countdown to the Centennial continues with #74: Disney Comes to TV.
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By putting a weekly program on ABC, Disneyland the TV show paid for Disneyland the theme park.
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There are now just 530 days remaining until the Centennial of Television, and today we have a BONUS EDITION of the Countdown to share with you:
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Countdown #76 recalls how the Nielsen Ratings became the gold standard for success in television
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Countdown #77 revisits Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows – the pioneering sketch comedy program that launched dozens of careers and spawned countless imitators.
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When Gertrude Berg created the sitcom, she defined the format that shows like Lucy, The Honeymooners, and All in the Family would refine and expand in the decades that followed.
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Philo Farnsworth was not survived by a company that could write the history. Countdown #79 recalls the demise of Farnsworth Television & Radio it was when sold to ITT in 1949.
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When NBC started looking for daytime programming for television, the network gave Irna Phillips the green light on a new program – These Are My Children – which brought "soap operas" to television.
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