Timeline: Television

Mar 31, 1908

Colored tv wwas patened in Germany

germany to britain to france to russia

Apr 24, 1927

Talking Films Begin with Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer"

Jul 20, 1935

First 3D tv produced

just in 1935

Feb 25, 1938

Innitial Proposal for Color TV Brodcast

made by George Valensi

Aug 28, 1940

CBS experimented the color feild

Oct 25, 1945

First Large Scale TV Demo

Gimbels Department Store in Philly Help this demo; more than 25,000 people came over 3 weeks for a chance to watch NBC programs from NY and local shows sent out by Philco's Philidelphia Station.

Dec 31, 1945

WW2 Haulted nearly all TV brodcast world wide

1939-1945

Feb 25, 1947

Howdy Duty

children's series premiers live on NBC in December as a one hour Saturday program symbolic of the first generation nurtured on TV, remains on air till 1960.

Feb 25, 1947

NCB Debute of "Meet the Press"

A kind of "made for TV" news conference; goes onto become the older series on network TV

Feb 25, 1948

Earliest Cable Systems

are born in remote areas of Pensylvania and Oregon; function to simply to bring TV signals into communities where off air reseption was either non-existant or poor becuase of interfering mountains or distance.

Oct 25, 1948

FCC Issued 108 license for new stations

hundreds more applications pending accross the nation

Feb 25, 1951

I Love Lucy

A half hour filmed TV sitcom was born; show unlike the live TV productions typical of the time, ranks number one in the nation for 4 of its first 6 seasons

Jun 21, 1951

CBS Broscasts first colored Program

Only 25 receivers can accomidate mechanical color; viewers of 12 million existing sets see only a blank screen

Feb 25, 1952

National Association of National Television Broadcasters

Ratifies a new television code establishing guidelines for content and nearly half the code is devoted to advertising.

Feb 25, 1952

NBC Today Show

First and longest running early morning network show bows with hosts Dave Garroway and Chimpanzee sidekick J. Fred Muggs

Feb 25, 1952

Households with TV

Grows to 200 million up 33% from previous year. US advertisers spend a record 288 million on TV time; an increase of 38.8% from 1951

Dec 17, 1953

Colored Broadcasting Arived in the US

Sep 27, 1954

NBC Launches the "Tonight Show"

Featuring comedian Steve Alan for nearly 4 decades until CBS late show with David Leaderman enters the seen in 1993, the show dominates late night.

Feb 25, 1955

Classic Western Series "Gun Smoke" begins

20 year run on CBS;

Feb 25, 1955

"$64,000 Question" sponsored by Revlon Premires

In June on CBS igniting a US gameshow craze.

Nov 25, 1956

"Wizard of Oz" debutes on CBS

after 3 long decades of exposure the feature is considered one of the most successful single programs in TV history and the longest continually sponsored theatrical movie on TV

Oct 25, 1958