Early inventors
Sending signals
Tune in next time
Bells and buzzers
Wired
100
The home country of Vladimir Zworykin, inventor of the iconoscope in 1923.
What is Russia?
100
The FCC said this practice of sending radio wave signals would be the standard in 1941.
What is analog?
100
This program holds the record for the most viewed program in Nielson ratings history.
What is M*A*S*H?
100
The question in this radio turned TV program was worth this.
What is $64,000
100
This cable giant serves portions of Sussex County.
What is Comcast?
200
In 1927, he transmitted the first electronic TV picture.
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
200
In 2009, analog was dropped in favor of this high-def form of signals?
What is digital?
200
The Cunninghams, along with friend Fonzie, were a part of this domestic comedy.
What is Happy Days?
200
Cheaters on this show shamed the game show TV industry in the 1950s.
What is Twenty One?
200
In areas where mountains blocked TV signals, this type of system served many homes.
What is CATV or community antenna television?
300
The NBC executive who took Farnsworth to court.
Who is Sarnoff?
300
So city television users didn't have problems with interfering signals, they put these on spaced out channel numbers?
What are frequencies?
300
The Young and the Restless, shown daily on CBS, is a long-running soap opera -- also known as this type of episodic series.
What is a serial program?
300
Makers of this nutrition supplement for old folks sponsored the game show Twenty-One.
What is Geritol?
300
Mr. Hankey appeared on this Comedy Network show.
What is South Park?
400
Where did Farnsworth give his first public TV demonstration?
What is Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
400
Today, there are about 1,700 in the United States. In the 1950, there were about 400 of these.
What are TV stations?
400
Spock was one of the characters in this 1960s chapter show.
What is Star Trek?
400
After years without a prime time game show, ABC was the first to dare to try it again in 1999 with this show.
What is Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
400
Luring viewers with the promise of no advertising, HBO is an example of this.
What is premium channel?
500
At 14 years old, Farnsworth was thinking about this farm activity when he had the brilliant idea about television.
What is horses pulling discs back and forth across a field?
500
This network came up with the first color TV system, but couldn't get it to work in black and white.
What is CBS?
500
On what sketch show did Steve Martin portray a wild and crazy guy?
What is Saturday Night Live?
500
FCC commissioner, in reaction to the game show scandals and other low culture shows such as westerns and cartoons, called television this.
What is a "vast wasteland"?
500
Look, Mom, there's no wires when I'm watching TV on my iPad, something the industry refers to as this.
What is fourth-screen technology?
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