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Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. -
1920s
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. -
1930s
The television was first developed in the 1930's. Broadcasting had begun in 1939 at the New York Worlds Fair. One year later there were 23 television stations and over ten thousand homes had a television in them. -
1940s
The 1940s were the true beginning of the TV era. Although sets had been available as early as the late 1930s, the widespread distribution and sale of TV sets did not really take off until after the war. Broadcasting stations neglected many of their radio stations and poured money into TV after the war. -
1950s
In 1950, just under 20 percent of American homes contained a TV set. Ten years later, nearly 90 percent of homes contained a TV—and some even had color TVs. The number of TV stations, channels, and programs all grew to meet this surging demand. The 1950s truly were the decade of the TV. -
1960s
By the very early 1960's around 90 percent of households owned a television. The television established as every American families new favorite piece of furniture. Television had became the main source of communications in American society. -
1970s
The 1970–71 season was the last season for a number of series that had defined the old television landscape, including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Andy Williams Show, and Lassie, all of which had been on the air since the 1950s or earlier. -
1980s
The "big three" networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC—continued to dominate American television in the 1980s, although their dominance was increasingly challenged by cable TV providers and by a fourth network, the FOX network, created in 1985. -
1990s
Although the number of cable channels and cable subscribers continued to climb in the 1990s, network TV actually made a resurgence. The networks grew in numbers, adding FOX, WB (Warner Bros.), and UPN (United Paramount Network) to the big three of ABC, CBS, and NBC. -
2010s
at this time Tvs in the early 2000s and 2010 Tvs were completely updated. -
2022
and in todays day and age the Tvs are completely updated, and has a lot of new features on it rather than back in the 20s.