From Wired.
Associate Professor of Film and Television studies Charlotte Howell joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the history of television. How did television work before digital transmission? How was TV able to grow from four channels to literally hundreds? What are the most impactful and revolutionary television shows in history? How did life change when the television was first released? When do critics say was the modern golden age of television? Answers to these questions and many more await on Television History Support.
0:00 Television History Support
0:19 Criticism of Television in society
2:42 Origins of Late Night TV
3:50 365 channels and nothing’s on
5:47 90’s Family Sitcoms
7:10 Emmy snubs
8:08 I Love Lucy
10:04 We now return to our regularly scheduled programming
11:45 Star Trek
13:06 Most impactful TV shows
14:40 Educational cable gives way to Reality TV
16:36 How did life change when the television was first released?
17:25 TV in the 1940s
18:53 The Modern Golden Age of Television
20:30 Revolutionary shows
21:33 TV before digital transmission
22:19 I’m goin down to South Park gonna have myself a time
23:19 Black and White TV to Color
24:49 Syndication
25:38 Westerns
26:39 The advent of streaming
27:29 Pubic Access Television
28:27 Signing off
Director: Lauren Zeitoun
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Charlotte Howell
Creative Producer: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Jonathan Rinkerman
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Jeremy Harris
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Additional Editor: Sam DiVito
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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