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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries.

In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most television sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, Digital Light Processing (DLP), plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. LEDs are being gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have started increasingly producing smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s. (Full article...)

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Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as Animaniacs, is an American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Amblin Entertainment. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation during the animation renaissance of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The studio's first series, Tiny Toon Adventures, was a success among younger viewers, and a series that attracted a sizable number of adult viewers. The Animaniacs writers and animators, led by senior producer Tom Ruegger, used the experience gained from the previous series to create new animated characters that were cast in the mold of Chuck Jones and Tex Avery's creations. Animaniacs first aired on "FOX Kids" from 1993 until 1995 and later appeared on The WB from 1995 to 1998 as part of its "Kids' WB" afternoon programming block. The series had a total of 99 episodes and one film, titled Wakko's Wish. Like other animated series, it continued to appear on television through syndication long after its original airdate.

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Closed captioning (CC) and subtitling are both processes of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information. Both are typically used as a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs (either verbatim or in edited form), sometimes including descriptions of non-speech elements. Other uses have been to provide a textual alternative language translation of a presentation's primary audio language that is usually burned-in (or "open") to the video and not selectable (or "closed"). HTML5 defines subtitles as a "transcription or translation of the dialogue ... when sound is available but not understood" by the viewer (for example, dialogue in a foreign language) and captions as a "transcription or translation of the dialogue, sound effects, relevant musical cues, and other relevant audio information ... when sound is unavailable or not clearly audible" (for example, when audio is muted or the viewer is deaf or hard of hearing").

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... that Gloria Cameron was the first native Jamaican in the UK to appear on the British television programme This Is Your Life?
... that Toshiki Seto was cast in the television adaptation of Senpai, This Can't Be Love! because, according to the creator, he could express emotion through his stare?
... that New Zealand singer Fanny Howie composed the song "Hine E Hine", which aired on New Zealand television every night from 1981 to 1994?
... that Angeline Quinto has recorded songs for at least 35 films and television soundtracks in the Philippines?
... that an Illinois radio station closed down to reduce interference with television reception?
... that Japanese actor Kouhei Higuchi prepared for his role on the television drama adaptation of My Personal Weatherman by learning from a weather forecaster?

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.

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...that the book The Psychology of The Simpsons uses this TV series to analyze topics in psychology including clinical psychology, cognition and Pavlovian conditioning?

...that the fight scene between Peter Griffin and a giant chicken on Family Guy episode Blind Ambition was originally created for the episode Cleveland Loretta Quagmire?

...that model Albert Reed, selected to appear in September 2007 on the United States television show Dancing with the Stars, admits that he cannot dance?

...that Gordon Murray, the creator of classic British children's television shows Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley, burnt all but one of his puppets on a bonfire in the 1980s?

... that The Owl Service, a 1969 TV adaptation of the novel, was the first fully-scripted colour production by Granada Television?

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Thomas John Brokaw (/ˈbroʊkɔː/; born February 6, 1940) is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). In the previous decade he served as a weekend anchor for the program from 1973 to 1976. He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He formerly held a special correspondent post for NBC News.

Along with his competitors Peter Jennings at ABC News, and Dan Rather at CBS News, Brokaw was one of the "Big Three" U.S. news anchors during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. All three hosted their networks' flagship nightly news programs for more than 20 years. (Full article...)

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James T. Aubrey Kroger Babb Rudolph Cartier Sydney Newman Eric Bana Kylie Minogue Peter Jennings KaDee Strickland Austin Nichols Aaron Sorkin Jake Gyllenhaal Dan Rather Brad Pitt Walter Cronkite John Le Mesurier George Formby Dan Castellaneta Perry Como Red Skelton Rose Catherine Pinkney

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Image 1A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1970.
A test pattern with color bars is used to calibrate the signal. (from Color television)
Image 2The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
Image 3Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
Image 4This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system. (from Color television)
Image 5Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
Image 6LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
Image 7Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
Image 8Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
Image 9Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
Image 10First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
Image 11The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
Image 12Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
Image 13Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
Image 14Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
Image 15The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes, which may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned. (from History of television)
Image 16Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
Image 17LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
Image 18RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
Image 19Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
Image 20Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
Image 21RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set. (from Color television)
Image 22An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
Image 23Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
Image 24DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)
Image 25A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)

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641"New School Term, Renji Has Come to the Material World?!"
Transliteration: "Shingakki, Gense ni Renji ga Yatte Kita!?" (Japanese: 新学期、現世に恋次がやって来た!?)Noriyuki AbeMitsutaka NoshitaniMasashi SogoJanuary 17, 2006 (2006-01-17)May 18, 2008
652"Creeping Terror, the Second Victim"
Transliteration: "Shinobi yoru Kyōfu, Nibanme no Giseisha" (Japanese: 忍び寄る恐怖、2番目の犠牲者)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoJanuary 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)May 25, 2008
663"Breakthrough! The Trap Hidden in the Labyrinth"
Transliteration: "Toppa seyo! Meikyū ni Hisomu Wana" (Japanese: 突破せよ！迷宮に潜む罠)Shigeru UedaShigeru UedaMasahiro ŌkuboJanuary 31, 2006 (2006-01-31)June 1, 2008
674"Death Game! The Missing Classmate"
Transliteration: "Shi no Gēmu! Kieru Kurasumeito" (Japanese: 死のゲーム！消えるクラスメイト)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaRika NakaseFebruary 7, 2006 (2006-02-07)June 8, 2008
685"True Identity of the Devil, the Secret which Is Revealed"
Transliteration: "Akuma no Shōtai, Akasareta Himitsu" (Japanese: 悪魔の正体、明かされた秘密)Noriyuki AbeAkira ShimizuMasashi SogoFebruary 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)June 15, 2008
696"Bount! The Ones Who Hunt Souls"
Transliteration: "Baunto! Tamashii o Karu Mono-tachi" (Japanese: バウント！魂を狩る者たち)Tetsuhito SaitōKazunori MizunoGenki YoshimuraFebruary 14, 2006 (2006-02-14)June 22, 2008
707"Rukia's Return! Revival of the Substitute Team!"
Transliteration: "Rukia no Kikan! Daikō Chīmu Fukkatsu" (Japanese: ルキアの帰還！代行チーム復活)Masami ShimodaMitsutaka NoshitaniMichiko YokoteFebruary 21, 2006 (2006-02-21)June 29, 2008
718"The Moment of Collision! An Evil Hand Draws Near to the Quincy"
Transliteration: "Gekitotsu no Toki! Kuinshī ni Semaru Ma no Te" (Japanese: 激突の時！クインシーに迫る魔の手)Tetsuhito SaitōHodaka KuramotoRika NakaseMarch 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)July 6, 2008
729"Water Attack! Escape from the Shutdown Hospital"
Transliteration: "Mizu no Kōgeki! Tozasareta Byōin kara no Dasshutsu" (Japanese: 水の攻撃！閉ざされた病院からの脱出)Rei KanekoKazunori MizunoGenki YoshimuraMarch 14, 2006 (2006-03-14)July 13, 2008
7310"Gathering Bounts! The Man Who Makes His Move"
Transliteration: "Baunto Shūketsu! Ugokidasu Otoko" (Japanese: バウント集結！動き出す男)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoMarch 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)July 20, 2008
7411"Memories of an Eternally Living Clan"
Transliteration: "Eien o Ikiru Ichizoku no Kioku" (Japanese: 永遠を生きる一族の記憶)Tetsuhito SaitōTetsuhito SaitōNatsuko TakahashiMarch 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)July 26, 2008
7512"Earth-Shattering Event at 11th Squad! The Shinigami Who Rises Again"
Transliteration: "Jūichibantai Gekishin! Yomigaetta Shinigami" (Japanese: 十一番隊激震！よみがえった死神)Jun'ya KoshibaTakeshi ShiraiMichiko YokoteApril 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)August 2, 2008
7613"Crashing Force! Fried vs. Zangetsu"
Transliteration: "Chikara no Gekitotsu! Furīdo VS Zangetsu" (Japanese: 力の激突！フリードVS斬月)Norihiro SunagawaMitsutaka NoshitaniMasahiro ŌkuboApril 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)August 10, 2008
7714"Unfading Grudge! The Shinigami whom Kenpachi Killed"
Transliteration: "Kienu Onnen! Kenpachi ga Kitta Shinigami" (Japanese: 消えぬ怨念！剣八が斬った死神)Hodaka Kuramoto
Tetsuhito SaitōHodaka KuramotoRika NakaseApril 11, 2006 (2006-04-11)August 24, 2008
7815"Shocking Revelations for the 13 Divisions!! The Truth Buried in History"
Transliteration: "Gotei Jūsantai Kyōgaku!! Rekishi ni Uzumoreta Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 護廷十三隊驚愕!!歴史に埋もれた真実)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoMay 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)August 31, 2008
7916"Yoshino's Decision of Death"
Transliteration: "Yoshino, Shi o Kaketa Omoi" (Japanese: 芳野、死をかけた想い)Manabu FukazawaTakeshi ShiraiGenki YoshimuraMay 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)September 7, 2008
8017"Assault from a Formidable Enemy! A Tiny Final Line of Defense?!"
Transliteration: "Kyōteki no Kyūshū! Chiisana Saishū Bōei Sen!?" (Japanese: 強敵の急襲！小さな最終防衛線!?)Hitoyuki MatsuiShigeru UedaMasahiro ŌkuboMay 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)September 13, 2008
8118"Hitsugaya Moves! The Attacked City"
Transliteration: "Hitsugaya Ugoku! Osowareta Machi" (Japanese: 日番谷動く！襲われた街)Tetsuhito SaitōEitarō AnoMasashi SogoMay 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)September 20, 2008
8219"Ichigo vs. Dalk! Appearance of the Faded Darkness"
Transliteration: "Ichigo VS Daruku! Shirakigami no Shutsugen" (Japanese: 一護VSダルク！白き闇の出現)Jun'ya KoshibaKazunori MizunoMichiko YokoteMay 30, 2006 (2006-05-30)October 4, 2008
8320"Grey Shadow, the Secret of the Dolls"
Transliteration: "Haiiro no Kage, Dōru no Himitsu" (Japanese: 灰色の影、ドールの秘密)Jun TakadaAkira ShimizuNatsuko TakahashiJune 6, 2006 (2006-06-06)October 11, 2008
8421"Dissension in the Substitute Team? Rukia's Betrayal"
Transliteration: "Daikō Chīmu Bunretsu? Uragitta Rukia" (Japanese: 代行チーム分裂？裏切ったルキア)Tetsuya EndōTakeshi ShiraiRika NakaseJune 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)October 18, 2008
8522"Deadly Battle of Tears! Rukia vs. Orihime"
Transliteration: "Namida no Shitō! Rukia VS Orihime" (Japanese: 涙の死闘！ルキアVS織姫)Mitsutaka NoshitaniMitsutaka NoshitaniMasashi SogoJune 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)October 25, 2008
8623"Rangiku Dances! Slice the Invisible Enemy!"
Transliteration: "Rangiku Mau! Mienai Teki o Kire!" (Japanese: 乱菊舞う！見えない敵を斬れ)Tetsuhito SaitōHodaka KuramotoMasahiro ŌkuboJune 20, 2006 (2006-06-20)November 1, 2008
8724"Byakuya is summoned! The Gotei 13 start to move!"
Transliteration: "Byakuya Shōshū! Ugokidasu Gotei Jūsantai" (Japanese: 白哉召集！動き出す護廷十三隊)Kazunori MizunoKazunori MizunoMasahiro Ōkubo
Masashi SogoJuly 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)November 8, 2008
8825"Annihilation of the Lieutenants!? Trap in the Underground Cave"
Transliteration: "Fukutaichō Zenmetsu!? Chika Dōkutsu no Wana" (Japanese: 副隊長全滅!?地下洞窟の罠)Jun TakadaEitarō AnoMasashi SogoJuly 11, 2006 (2006-07-11)November 15, 2008
8926"Rematch?! Ishida vs. Nemu"
Transliteration: "Saisen!? Ishida VS Nemu" (Japanese: 再戦!?石田VSネム)Tetsuhito SaitōTakeshi ShiraiMasashi SogoJuly 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)November 22, 2008
9027"Renji Abarai, Bankai of the Soul!"
Transliteration: "Abarai Renji, Tamashii no Bankai!" (Japanese: 阿散井恋次、魂の卍解！)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoJuly 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)November 29, 2008
9128"Shinigami and Quincy, the Reviving Power"
Transliteration: "Shinigami to Kuinshī, Yomigaeru Chikara" (Japanese: 死神とクインシー、よみがえる力)Manabu FukazawaShigeru UedaMasashi SogoAugust 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)December 6, 2008 (Full article...)
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The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the daytime drama industry.

The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 with Macdonald Carey receiving the award for his portrayal of Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives. The award has undergone several name changes, originally honoring actors in leading and supporting roles. Following the introduction of a new category in 1979, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the award's name was altered to Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series before changing once again, to its current title, years later. The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for lack of integrity. In 1985, another category was introduced, Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, one criterion for this category was altered, requiring all actors to be age 26 or younger. (Full article...)
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The Carry On series is a long-running British sequence of comedy films, stage shows and television programmes produced between 1958 and 1992. Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated from 1958 to 1966, and the Rank Organisation from 1967 to 1978, the films were all made at Pinewood Studios. The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. There were thirty-one films, four TV Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, all made on time and to a strict budget.

Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas were the series' sole producer and director respectively. They mostly employed the same crew and a regular group of actors. The main cast predominantly featured Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas and Jim Dale. The Carry Ons comprise the largest number of films of any British series and, next to the James Bond films, are the second-longest continually-running UK film series (with a fourteen-year hiatus between 1978 and 1992). Between 1958 and 1992, there were seven writers, principally Norman Hudis (1958–62) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–74). The films were scored by three different composers: Bruce Montgomery from 1958–62; Eric Rogers (1963–75, 1977–78) and Max Harris who scored the 1976 film Carry On England. (Full article...)
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John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 1912 – 15 November 1983) was an English actor who performed in many mediums of light entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. Le Mesurier's career spanned from 1934 until his death in 1983. He is best remembered for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC situation comedy Dad's Army, between 1968 and 1977.

Le Mesurier made his professional stage debut in September 1934 in Dangerous Corner at the Palladium Theatre in Edinburgh under his birth name, and appeared on television for the first time four years later as Seigneur de Miolans in the BBC Television broadcast of "The Marvellous History of St Bernard". The broadcast was adapted from a 15th-century manuscript by Henri Ghéon. After wartime service as a captain in the Royal Tank Regiment, Le Mesurier returned to acting and made his radio debut on the BBC Home Service in a March 1947 broadcast of Escape or Die. He continued working in television roles throughout his career, but it was his portrayal in the BBC television play Traitor, of a character loosely based on Kim Philby, which earned him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1972. (Full article...)
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The Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specific Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was presented the previous two years (with the American snowboarder Kelly Clark receiving the 2002 award). It is given to the female, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best action sports athlete in a given calendar year. Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months.

The inaugural winner of the award was the American wakeboarder Dallas Friday. During 2003 and 2004, Friday won 12 of the available 14 professional women's titles, including national and world championships. She became the first wakeboarder to be nominated for, and hence to win, an ESPY Award. Athletes from the United States have won more times than any other nationality with ten (three times to snowboarders Jamie Anderson and Chloe Kim), followed by Australians with three, two of which went to the surfer Stephanie Gilmore. Snowboarders are most successful sportspeople, with eleven awards, followed by surfers with four. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent winner of the award was Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu in 2022. (Full article...)
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QI (Quite Interesting) is a BBC comedy panel game television show that began in 2003. It was created by John Lloyd, and was hosted by Stephen Fry until the end of Series 13 [M] after which Sandi Toksvig took over, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. Each series covers topics that begin with a different letter of the alphabet; for example, the first series covered topics whose word began with "A". Thus it is referred to as "Series A" instead of "Series One".

QI was given a full series after BBC executives responded well to a nonbroadcast pilot and the first episode, "Adam" premiered on BBC Two on 11 September 2003. From the second to the fifth series, episodes aired each week on BBC Two; the second and subsequent episodes were shown first on BBC Four in the time-slot after the previous episode's BBC Two broadcast. When the sixth series of QI began in 2008, the show moved to BBC One and the broadcasting of episodes on BBC Four was replaced in favour of an extended repeat broadcast on BBC Two the following day, titled QI XL. From the ninth series, QI returned to BBC Two on Friday at 10 pm with the XL edition on Saturdays. Lloyd acted as the producer for the first five series. Piers Fletcher became producer starting from Series F. New episodes for "Series U" began airing on 18 December 2023.
As of 3 May 2024, 308 episodes of QI have aired. This count does not include the unbroadcast pilot, three special episodes, 30 compilation episodes (from "Series G" onwards), and one episode containing outtakes from "Series E". (Full article...)
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Breaking Bad is an American television crime drama series created by Vince Gilligan that premiered on AMC on January 20, 2008. Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the show follows the life of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher struggling with stage-three lung cancer who decides to produce and distribute crystal meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) to secure his family's financial future. Concurrently, his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) grows suspicious and his brother-in-law and DEA agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) begins to investigate. After five seasons and a total of 62 episodes, the series concluded on September 29, 2013.

Upon its release, Breaking Bad became one of the highest-rated shows on network television and received universal acclaim, with particular praise for its acting, characters, writing, direction, and cinematography; it entered the Guinness World Records in 2014 as the most critically acclaimed show of all time. Its impact on television resulted in the creation of the spin-off series Better Call Saul, centered on the character of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), and a sequel released in 2019 as El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, both of which also received positive reviews. (Full article...)
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The British documentary television programme Meerkat Manor (September 2005 – August 2008), produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International, documented the antics of various meerkats being studied by the Kalahari Meerkat Project. The meerkats live in matriarchal groups led by a dominant couple, who have exclusive mating and breeding rights. The remainder of the group is usually the offspring and relatives of the dominant couple.

In the first three series of the four-series programme, five major groups of meerkats were regularly shown, however, its primary focus was on a group called the Whiskers, one of the largest and oldest of the research groups. Other groups featured were neighbouring rival groups of the Whiskers and groups formed by former Whiskers members. During the first series, a group called the Lazuli were depicted as the Whiskers' main rivals, with occasional appearances by the smaller Gattaca group. In the second series, the Commandoes were introduced as one of the toughest rivals the Whiskers had ever faced, and by the third, the Commandoes had forced the Whiskers to move. The Whiskers then acquired two new neighbouring groups, the Zappa, with whom they had frequent confrontations, and the short-lived Starsky group formed by a trio of evicted Whiskers females. In the fourth and final series, one of the Whiskers' females formed a new group, the Aztecs. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
Pilot		January 11, 2007 (2007-01-11)		Nicktoons
1	26	April 5, 2010 (2010-04-05)	September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)	Cartoon Network
2	26	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)	May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09)
3	26	July 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)	February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13)
4	26	April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02)	October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)
5	52	November 12, 2012 (2012-11-12)	March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)
6	43	April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)	June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
7	26	November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)	March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)
8	27	March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)	February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02)
9	14	April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21)	July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
10	16	September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17)	September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)

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Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
1	8	April 8, 1990 (1990-04-08)	May 23, 1990 (1990-05-23)	ABC
2	22	September 30, 1990 (1990-09-30)	June 10, 1991 (1991-06-10)	ABC
Fire Walk with Me		August 28, 1992 (1992-08-28)		N/A
3	18	May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)	September 3, 2017 (2017-09-03)	Showtime

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