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The Good Times

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Cards (41)

Section 1

(41 cards)

The Good Times

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first all black cast on a sitcom

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1948

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TV Becomes a mass medium in ________

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KDKA

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- Pittsburg -1920 first licensed broadcast (Harding v. Cox presidential election)

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Where/when/how we watch TV

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anywhere, anytime, any way. we have so much freedom with how to consume media

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NBC

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Division of RCA David Sarnoff provided quality networking to stations 2 lines: Blue- News, Red- Entertainment

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Camel News Caravan

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first daily news tv show (NBC)

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Quiz Show Scandals

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scripted; in 1959, a congressional investigation showed that answers had been provided to an overly successful contestant on one of the shows and that the shows were fully scripted; caused public broadcasting shows to be pushed off the air; FCC wrote new regulations to enforce a more honest approach in such shows; Charles Van Boron; answers given before show

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Today Show

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1952 Hosted by David Garraway

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First Commercial

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WEAF, New York 1922 Hawthorn Estates Real Estate

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$140 Billion

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how much is spent on advertising each year?

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Philo T. Farnsworth

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played a huge role in creating TV sued RCA for stealing his ideas

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most watched TV shows

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1. MASH - Finale 2. Dallas - Who shot JR? 3. Roots - Finale

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Ted Serandos

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buyer for Netflix, is in control of what programming makes it onto the site

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I Love Lucy

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Highest rated show of all time produced in Hollywood First TV show to be filmed 3 camera technique for live audience (easier for one take for show)

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82%

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How many households have broadband

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18-34 age range

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who has the most power with demographics and advertising?

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Alan Freed

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Dj from Cleveland Championed Rock n Roll

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MASH Finale

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most watched episode of all time

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telephone

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1876 Alexander Graham Bell "Come here Mr. Watson, I need you."

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Gunsmoke

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longest running show of all time 20 seasons on CBS

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Vinyl

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recorded music and DJs saved radio

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telegraph

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1844 Samuel F B Morse "What Hath God Wrought?"

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Wireless Telephone

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1906 Reginald Fessenden First telecast: christmas eve broadcast

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Chico and the Man

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first show with a hispanic lead Freddie Prinze

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Vladamir Zworykin

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Worked for RCA under Sarnoff

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Roots

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Based on a book by Alex Haley Mini series for TV Addressed Slavery and racism

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Dr. Lee DeForest

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"Father of Radio" --first live concert (Caruso) - First live news coverage (Fire) - Covered the 1916 Presidential Election (wrongly declared Huges the winner)

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87%

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How many american have smartphones

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John Barid

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Made mechanical system of transferring individual images

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ABC network

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NBC's blue network was given up to become ________

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CBS

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Columbia Broadcasting System 1927 started by William Paley Linked stations with telephone lines

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Amos N Andy

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2 white actors (Charles Correll and Freeman Galson) portrayed black characters

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I Love Lucy, Little Ricky

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Highest rated episode of all time

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1939 world's fair

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where TV was first formally "introduced" to the American public.

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97% or 119.9 million

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households that have at least 1 TV

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Vertical Integration

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being able to create, own and distribute content

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Kinescope

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before the days of videotape, a 1950s technique for preserving television broadcasts by using a film camera to record a live TV show off a studio monitor

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Conglomerates

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major corporations that control majority of news/entertainment - Disney, Newscorp, National Amusements, Comcast, AT&T

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78%

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How many american households have a pay-TV service?

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Bonanza

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First show shot entirely in color

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Nielsen Research

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Track who's watching what and when

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