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Most Popular TV Shows Ever

* Most Popular TV SHOWS Ever With new television programs popping up every time you turn WHAT MAKES A around, it's hard to differentiate between the best shows and the POPULAR TV PROGRAM? ones that just won't last. Here we'll look at the top 8 TV programs of all time and examine just what made them great. TOP SHONS • IN THE• 1950s a good decade for televisio with new shows and new innovations coming out. The industry standard was the Kinetoscope for recording, and approximately 1950S 3.1 MILLION PEOPLE had access to black-and-white television sets around the world. Reality TV was invented, with shows like "Candid Camera" News shows became a regular part of television watching. • LIVE recorded live. In the mid-'50s, color televisions were introduced, and remote controls appeared at the very end of the decade. "I LOVE LUCY (1951-1957) Love Luay "I Love Lucy" was a comedy show about a wacky redhead and her band leader husband. Lucy was constantly getting into tricky situations. * STARRING: Real life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz 7 awards AWAROS: (including 4 Primetime Emmys) AUDIENCE: Ö 7.8 million people 24 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: RERUNS: "I Love Lucy" invented reruns by replaying older shows while Lucille was pregnant and when she gave birth. USING FILM: "I Love Lucy" used film to record the show, one of the first shows ever to use this medium. 3 CAMERAS: Desi Arnaz pioneered the 3 camera method, where the same scene was shot from three different angles and later spliced together. "THE HONEYMOONERS (1953-1956) "The Honeymooners" followed a bus driver and his friend who were always trying out crazy schemes to get rich, much to their wives' displeasure. The HoneYmooners STARRING: Jackie Gleason 2 awards AWARUS: (including 1 Primetime Emmy) 7 nominations AUDIENCE: 8 10.5 million people TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: MULTIPLE FORMATS: • LIVE "The Honeymooners" was the only show to be in so many different formats, including: LIVE FILM TAPE COLOR: The show was filmed first in black and white, but later episodes were recorded in color, one of the earliest shows to be done in color TOP SHONS -IN THE - In the 1960s, television turned to color for most shows, though some were still filmed in black and white, as most people still owned black-and-white TV sets. 19609 * Another huge breakthrough was the first satellite television signal, via the TELSTAR satellite. It was a first that would launch a whole new industry. "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (1960-1968) ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW "The Andy Griffith Show" tells the tale of a widowed man and his son, Opie, and their lives in the quiet town of Mayberry. * STARRING: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard 10 awards AWAHUS (including 6 Primetime Emmys) AUDIENCE: o 13.1 million people 4 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: COLOR: The show was filmed in black and white from 1960-1965. The last three seasons were filmed in color. 60 "60 MINUTES (1968-present) MINUTES A television news show that covers in-depth stories. STARRING: Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl, Mike Wallace 16 awards AWARUS: (including 1 Golden Globe) AUDIENCE: 8 13.5 million people 25 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: FORMAT: RADIO: Billed as a news magazine, "60 Minutes" created the "magazine" format, with several stories, each presented by a separate reporter. The show was also presented via radio and, later, was made available online as a podcast SHOWS TOP -IN THE.- The '70s and '80s took television to a whole new level. 19705 19805 The VCR was introduced, allowing people to start recording favorite shows or even playing videos of themselves, captured on home video. O Some of the biggest advances of the decades included: Fiber optic cable made it possible to deliver more data to home televisions and provided clearer, more impressive pictures. 1978 found PBS as the first network to transmit all broadcasting via satellite. By 1986, Pay cable was common, I more than subscribed to 82% of Americans were watching television on a daily basis. 188% HBO and/or Primetime. "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1975-present) SATURDAY NIGHTLIVE "SNL" is a live sketch comedy show that pokes fun at movies, celebrities, and top news. * STARRING: Don Pardo, Lenny Pickett 49 awards AWARDS (including 31 Primetime Emmys) AUDIENCE O 10.2 million people 156 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: AUDIENCE: SA%&%^#*( The show is filmed live in front of a real audience. O However, when a particularly vulgar actor is guest hosting, there is a 7-second delay before broadcasting. "THE SIMPSONS (1989-present) "The Simpsons" is an animated show about a rather dysfunctional family of five in the town of Springfield. It is the longest-running animated show and longest-running primetime comedy. THE SIMPSON STARRING: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith 109 awards AWARDS: (including 1 American Comedy Award) AUDIENCE öl 9 million people 139 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: HD: ANIMATION: While the first 19 seasons were recorded in 4:3 ratio, starting with season 20, the show was presented in HD format, which is 16:9. The show started out hand drawn and colored, but today it uses digital ink. TOP SHONS IN THE BY 1996, had at least one television set, and closed captioning became 99% DF AMERICAN O HOUSEHOLDS available for those with hearing problems to enjoy TV. 19905 changing the face of television forever, though it wouldn't become truly popular for another decade. HDTV was standardized and made available to the public, Flat-screen televisions were introduced and provided a higher quality, more uniform picture. "SEINFELD" (1990-1998) Seinfelo "Seinfeld" followed a group of friends in New York City as they navigated their messed-up, humorous lives. * STARRING: Jerry Seinfeld 61 awards AWARDS: (including 31 Primetime Emmys) AUDIENCE: O 10.2 million people 156 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: CREDITS: Seinfeld was the first show to play opening credits over a scene instead of having them at the beginning of the show and then cutting to the first scene. LAUGHS Seinfeld was not filmed in front of a live audience but instead used laugh tracks to let the TV audience know when to laugh. "THE SOPRANOS (1999-2007) The Sopranos "The Sopranos" centered on Tony Soprano, a New Jersey mafia bos, as he dealt with family and business. * STARRING: James Gandolfini 61 awards AWANDJ: (including 31 Primetime Emmys) AUDIENCE: Ö) 11.9 million people 156 nominations TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY: SEASON FINALES: ROOM "The Sopranos" invented the retrospective season finale, with a traditional second-to-last episode full of cliffhanger action. Every decade has its advances in technology, and there's no sign that this is slowing down. Despite the fact that we now have satellite TV, DVR recording, and 3D TV, more advances are in the pipeline, and we can expect to see even more impressive television in the future. 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Most Popular TV Shows Ever

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