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In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices, which he first demonstrated to the press on 1 September 1928
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A scientist from Scotland, named John Baird, developed a way to capture objects in motion. It was called the moving picture, and paved the way for movies and TV shows.
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Scientists developed a new way to work the television. It used something called cathode rays and a vacuum tube.
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The first station was named W3XK. It was owned by Charles Jenkins.
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At first the TV reach was very small. By 1936 there were 200 sets in use, but that number quickly grew.
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CBS was the first major TV network.
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Color TV had been in development for many years. It was finally released to the public in 1950.
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Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and the whole world saw through their television sets. The TV revolution had begun.
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Developers at Panasonic developed and released the flat screen TV. It quickly took over the TV market.
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In 2009 the American people made the switch to all-digital television viewing.
