History of TV Final

The top writer of TV's Golden Age created The Twilight Zone, who was he?

What global unrest did the Telestar satellite help curtail?

In the Life Magazine 2000 study, TV was ranked 14th. How many people does it reach each day?

In 1895-96, what inventor used wireless radio waves to ring doorbells on his block?

What one production element did Your Show of Shows have going for it?

What future President first appeared as an imagine mechanical TV in 1927?

the Radio Act of 1912: What incident of the day sparked the need for this legislation?

How was the neighbor rewritten in Thunder on Sycamore Street?

Which was the birthmother to all TV Westerns?

What man was pushing for mechanical color TV instead of electronic?

Once, advertisers brought their own series ideas to the networks. What stopped this?

In 1947, an estimate of 3000 TVs in US Homes. How many had been sold by 1950?

"Who Shot JR?" defines what series to this day?

In 1916, David Sarnoff had a vision of what radio could be in what famous memo?

What story elements helped draw White audiences to Roots in record numbers?

What 1950s event brought Subscription (Cable) Television to the forefront of TV?

Who said "[..]Our failures as well as our successes will be broadcast around the world"

What were those protesting the Democratic National Convention called?

Brian's Song got what 2 prestigious awards?

Variety show so popular that Jackie Gleason turned them into half-hour sitcoms called ___

The radio series that started it all for NBC, sponsored by Pepsodent Toothpaste:

In 1952, this family sitcom ran on ABC unobstructed for the next 14 years:

Bill Paley wooed top talent away from NBC How was he able to do it?

This man earned his stripes as the first lunatic car salesman in LA. Who was he?

In what business had Paley's father (Sam) struck it rich?

"Auto Smash-Up" served what 1950's stereotype?

In 1972, the police procedural was introduced to TV. Pick the series that spawned the genre?

MLKJ lead a march on Washington to kick off what American movement?

David Sarnoff and RCA outfoxed AT&T. What was the leverage Sarnoff used to win the arbitration?

Which series emulated the Waltons?

What event is where TV edged out radio and never looked back? (1960s)

This TV show brought an anarchic energy to the screen in late 60s:

NBC teamed up with Gillette razor blades to televise what sporting event for veterans?

Supreme Court forced Hollywood studios to divest Who was the plaintiff?

David Sarnoff was the first to see the new radio medium as a ??

In 1962, John Glenn was shot into orbit. Significance of this launch for television?

"Head of the Family" - a situation comedy that would one day air under what title?

New network with ownership divided: RCA, General Electric & Westinghouse:

TELEVISION was first used to describe what new technology?

In 1951, actor Phillip Loeb was accused of being a Communist; What TV show had he starred in?

In 1964, CBS bought what Major League Baseball team?

What invention in 1884 established a scanning technique as a way of transmitting IMAGES?

In 1961, the FCC stepped in to crack down on TV violence. Referred to as what?

1970 had 3 great comedies. Which of the following was not among them?

What was the venue at which Mr. Rather was struck?

Philo's sketch was first presented to who?

In what year did the word television first appear in print?

By 1960, no TV genre looked better in color than this one.

In 1939, TV was introduced to the world. Where was the demonstration observed?

How did David Sarnoff turn hostile competition into friendly RCA customers?

In October 1947, NBC teamed up with DuMont TV to present:

CBS Reports launched in 1959. What was the lead story?

The American series Sanford and Son was based on which 1960s British TV Series?

What 50s Sketch Variety Show did The Honeymooners draw from for its blue-collar show?

An early 1935 hire at CBS, he would help create the "Six O'Clock News." Who is he?

T/F: Sarnoff's Radio Box Memo was immediately embraced by his bosses.

"The Sketch" made by 15 year old Philo Farnsworth was the centerpiece for ___

Though TV reigns as the 14th most important event of the millennium, what event was rated #1?

The pamphlet-style book titled "Red Channels" named actors purported to have communist ties:

Norman Leer had 5 shows in TV's Top Ten, what show wasn't in this group?

NBC capitalized with 'I Spy' in 1965, the first "spy series" on TV, but also had?

"When television is good, nothing can match it. But when it's bad, there's nothing worse'?

RCA entered into 3 transactions with corporations; all except:

T/F: RCA began its corporate ascent as a private American monopoly of radio transmission?

T/F: Rod Serling was driven to write Twilight Zone bc of censorship restrictions

In early 1963, Hughes Aircraft came up with a solution to America's satellite problem:

Journalist Edward R Murrow began to expose the threat of McCarthyism on what CBS series?

Monsters Come To Maple Street', Rod Serling masked which one of the following 1950 stigmas?

In 1971, what landmark television ruling went into effect?

Lifesaver magnate Edward Nobel bought NBC's Blue Network for 8 mil, what did he rename it?

Who did Philco partner up with to move their radio business into TV?

What does RCA stand for?

This series ran continuously on radio from 1929-1960 uninterrupted:

What was distinguishing about The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet?

What element below was missing from Your Show of Shows?

SNL can have its pedigree traced back to what 1960s variety series?

Fred Silverman began canceling the network's hit shows:

After 1939 World's Fair, what year were networks 1st allowed to charge for TV commercials?

David Sarnoff's bright idea turned hostile competitors into friendly customers:

Lucille Ball refused reprise her radio show on TV until CBS committed to what?

In August 1974, TV witnessed a historical first when it broadcast this event

The 1950s might be best defined by which of the following handles?

Twenty months after he got into the TV selling game, television sales rose 900%? Who was he?

What year did televisions first go on sale in the United States?

If MLK was [analogy], who was the TV exec who caught the ball?

Radio waves travel linearly, unable to bend with the curvature of the earth. This problem is?

Color transmission = 3 separate monochrome images, blue, red, and green. Called?

first miniseries similar to Roots?

The 4 Great Debates took place in different cities, but the FIRST took place in?

TV Western - first in living color-that centered on a family, what was it?

Who was the very FIRST black woman to star on prime time TV?

Red Skelton had some of the funniest characters any comic ever created. Which one was not his?

In October, 1962, President Kennedy spoke to what urgent matter of global importance?

The Evening News was created in 1938 to cover a global calamity looming on the horizon:

Never again would PRINT media challenge TV for media supremacy, name the event

In the I Love Lucy episode Lucy Does a TV Commercial, Lucy finds herself___?

What was CBS originally called?

What happened to network NEWS in 1965 to alter its format and capture more viewers?

T/F: The rigging of quiz shows began in 1957 with producers of the $64,000 Question

What 1884 invention used a scanning technique as a step toward transmitting images?

Marlo Thomas who starred in the first socially conscious sitcom on TV. Name it.

Taxi' garnered 18 Emmy Awards in just five years—and on two networks no less. What were they?

How many people does TV reportedly reach each and every day?

In just six months the gangster series The Untouchables rose to #1. Why?

The first interracial kiss was seen on what TV series?

Deals with 3 corps cemented RCA as the media king. What were the 3?

In 1938, Orson Wells made his now infamous Halloween broadcast recreating what famous book?

This show's creator thought the show looked grittier in B&W. Name the cop show?

1945, the victorious troops coming home from WWII, new socio-economic grouping:

The Twilight Zone masked which one of the following 1950s stigmas behind an eerie story?

What year did TVs first go on sale nationwide in the US?

What was David Sarnoff's 1916 Memo to American Marconi of his vision for what radio could be?

This TV show set the benchmark for women in the workplace. What was the series called?

TV actress from Good Times said: [QUOTE] Name the actress that said it

In 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to defend himself. What was this broadcast called?

Lifesaver magnet Edward Nobel bought NBC's Blue Network for $1,000,000. What did he rename it?

On top of what famous monument did DeForest broadcast from to demonstrate his invention?

Between 1953-1965 only one African-American starred in a prime time TV show, who was it?

This series is one of only 3 sitcoms to debut at #1 on broadcast TV:

This Texaco Star Theater host would come to be known as Mr. Television... Who was he?

T/F: Milton Berle was America's First TV star?

T/F: Popularity of TV in the 1950s had a positive effect on other entertainment

"People will watch a train wreck if there's a camera lying around" said who?

In 1938, CBS Radio News aired longest-lasting continuous program of any kind:

What year did Philo file his patent for TV?

On Election Day of 1920, the first radio station in American went on the air. In what city?

"the silver lining the always find in the darkest clouds" = Cronkite referring to what?

NBC series whose wholly integrated cast treated all characters as equals for the first time:

3 iconic sitcoms debuted on CBS, which was not them?