Television's History By TvA13 Feb 2, 1905 wire pictures wire A German inventor named Paul Nipkow invented the first rotating disk that would allow pictures to transmit over wire in 1884. Jan 26, 1926 first televsion first John Logie Baird showed the first puplic showing of a televsion Feb 28, 1983 M*A*S*H ends M*A*S*H*'s final episode airs with a recod number of people watching Learn More Feb 5, 2012 Super Bowl 2012 About 111.3 million viewers watched the super bowl in 2012 Learn More Sep 23, 2012 2012 Drama Emmy <i>Homeland</i> wins the 2012 Emmy for Outstanding Drama series Learn More Sep 23, 2012 Emmy comedy emmyModern family won the emmy for the best comedy show for 2012