Television

Television signals are distributed by coaxial cable or optical fiber, satellite systems, and, since the 2000s, via the Internet.

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Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed.

The Godfather Saga[a] is a 1977 American television miniseries that combines The Godfather and The Godfather Part II into a single unified work.

"Cathy Come Home" is a 1966 BBC television play about homelessness. It was written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach. A 1998 Radio Times readers' poll voted it the "best single television drama" and a

The Good Life (known as Good Neighbors in the United States) is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television.

Borgen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpɒˀwn̩]) is a Danish political drama television series.

The Best Intentions (Swedish: Den goda viljan) is a 1991 Swedish television drama film directed by Bille August and written by Ingmar Bergman.

Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry.

Coronation Street (colloquially referred to as Corrie) is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock.

The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964.

Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes.

Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan for AMC.

60 Minutes is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network.

Cheers is an American television sitcom, created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993.

The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter.

Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons.

The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO.

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner for AMC.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC.

The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed.

Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead

Columbo is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.

The Price Is Right is an American television game show. A 1972 revival by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman of their 1956-1965 show of the same name, the new version adds many distinctive gameplay elements. Contestants compete in a variety of

Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British record chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006.

The Muppet Show is a variety sketch comedy family television series created by Jim Henson and starring the Muppets.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew.

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L.

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series first broadcast by the BBC in 1963.

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D.

The West Wing is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006.

Twin Peaks is an American surrealist mystery-horror-drama television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost.

Death Valley Days is an American Western anthology television series based on true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California.

The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show.

Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin.

The Flintstones is an American animated sitcom by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973.

Sanford and Son is an American sitcom television series that was produced by Tandem Productions and aired on NBC from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977.

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons-159 in black and white and 90 in color.

Gunsmoke is an American Western television series that ran from September 10, 1955, to March 31, 1975, on CBS, with 635 total episodes.

The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American daytime talk show that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey.

The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, who stars as Number Six, a nameless British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village after resigning from his position.

Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets.

The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom created and produced by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons.

What's My Line? is an American panel game show that originally aired on CBS from 1950 through 1967, and which had subsequent revivals. The game uses celebrity panelists to question contestants in order to determine their occupation. The

The Fugitive is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television.

The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992.

Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979.

EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985.

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes.

Studio One is an American anthology drama television series that was adapted from a radio series.

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series stars Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, and William Daniels as

Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Dynasty is an American prime time soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981, to May 11, 1989.

NYPD Blue is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural horror drama television series created by Joss Whedon.

Lost is an American science fiction adventure drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J.

Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise.

Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes.

Black Mirror is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the Law & Order franchise.

The Real World (known as Real World from 2014 to 2019) is an American reality television series produced through MTV and Bunim/Murray Productions that aired on MTV from 1992 to 2017 and Facebook Watch in 2019.

Survivor is the American version of the international Survivor reality competition television franchise, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson created by Charlie Parsons which premiered in 1997.

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (sometimes shortened to Mister Rogers and spelled Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood in Canada) is an American half-hour educational children's television series that ran from 1968 to 2001.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American procedural drama television series that aired on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons.

The Office is a British mockumentary television sitcom first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001.

The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series. It is based on the BBC series The Office created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and adapted for NBC by Greg Daniels. The show depicts the everyday work lives of

South Park (Also referred to as "South America" for the new season) is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central.

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital (later renamed Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, and finally Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital).

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera that aired from 1985 to 2025.

Ultraman (Japanese: ウルトラマン, Hepburn: Urutoraman) is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series created by Eiji Tsuburaya.

Harvest of Shame was a 1960 television documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family.

Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War.

Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan.

Blackadder is a series of four period British sitcoms, The Black Adder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth, along with several one-off installments, that originally aired on BBC1 from 1983 to 1989.

Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.

Are You Being Served? is a British television sitcom that was broadcast from 1972 to 1985. It was created and written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, with Croft also serving as executive producer and director. Michael Knowles and John

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London.

Porridge is a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, after a pilot episode in 1973.

The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.

Money Heist (Spanish: La casa de papel, [la ˈkasa ðe paˈpel], lit. 'The House of Paper') is a Spanish heist crime drama television series created by Álex Pina.

Dark is a German science-fiction mystery thriller television series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese.

Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojingeo geim) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller drama television series created, written, and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.

Peaky Blinders is a British historical crime drama television series created by Steven Knight.

The Crown is a historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.

Babylon Berlin is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten, it is loosely based on Gereon Rath novels by Volker Kutscher. The series premiered on 13

Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment which ran from 12 April 1999 (1999-04-12) to 31 December 2011 (2011-12-31) in the United Kingdom on the BBC, first on BBC One and later CBeebies.

Dora the Explorer is an American children's animated television series in the Dora the Explorer franchise, created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, and ended on August 9, 2019.

Postman Pat is a British stop motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations.

Guilty Crown (Japanese: ギルティクラウン, Hepburn: Giruti Kuraun) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina program block from October 13, 2011.

LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlatʰiˌpaiːr̥]) is an Icelandic children's television series created by and starring aerobics champion Magnús Scheving, who portrays the character Sportacus.

Bob's Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

Scooby-Doo (often written as Scooby-Doo!) is an American media franchise created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera.

Paw Patrol is a Canadian children's animated television series created by Keith Chapman and produced by Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru Studio.

Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (stylized in all caps as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network serving as the flagship namesake property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment.

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC), legally American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., is an American commercial broadcasting television network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.

ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.

ER is an American medical drama television series created by Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 seasons.

Dallas is an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.

Get Smart is an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the James Bond films.

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921, October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek.

John Howard Davies (9 March 1939-22 August 2011) was an English director, producer and actor.

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928, February 27, 2003), known professionally as Mister Rogers, was an American television personality, Presbyterian minister, and author.

John Marwood Cleese ( KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and television presenter.

Paul Alter (March 11, 1922, June 11, 2011) was an American television director, specializing in game shows for Mark Goodson Productions.

Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925, August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.

Raymond William Butt (25 June 1935-12 July 2013) was an English television producer and director.

Steven Ronald Bochco (December 16, 1943, April 1, 2018) was an American television writer and producer.

Mandie Elizabeth Fletcher (born 27 December 1954) is a British television and film director.

Harold Edward Snoad (28 August 1935-2 June 2024) was a British television producer, writer and director.

Robert Alexander Spiers (27 September 1945-8 December 2008) was a Scottish television director and producer.

Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland.

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright.

Reginald James Watson (27 August 1926-8 October 2019) was an Australian television producer and screenwriter and executive.

Dwight Arlington Hemion Jr. (March 14, 1926, January 28, 2008) was an American television director known mainly for music-themed television programs of the 1960s and 1970s.

Richard Leighton Levinson (August 7, 1934, March 12, 1987) was an American screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link.

David Sanford Milch (born March 23, 1945) is an American writer and producer of television series.

Julia Cuthbert Smith (26 May 1927-19 June 1997) was an English television director and producer.

Marc Breslow (July 7, 1925, December 1, 2015) was an American television director, specializing in game shows for Mark Goodson Productions.

Bob Stewart (born Isidore L. Steinberg; August 27, 1920, May 4, 2012) was an American television game show producer.

Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914, April 3, 2002) was an American novelist and an influential writer/creator and producer of character-driven television series, including Maverick, The Fugitive, Hunter, and The Rockford Files.

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford (born 17 August 1949), known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, writer, producer, film director, and Conservative peer.

James Arenson Komack (August 3, 1924, December 24, 1997) was an American television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor.

Richard Boden (born 4 January 1953, Birmingham) is a British television director and producer best known for his work on situation comedies including 'Allo 'Allo!, Blackadder Goes Forth, 2point4 Children, Life of Riley and The IT Crowd, the latter two of which he is also the producer.

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon ( WEE-dən; born June 23, 1964) is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer.

David Friedman (; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (), is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer.

Daniel Brett Weiss (; born April 23, 1971) is an American screenwriter and television producer.

Lorn Alastair "Johnnie" Stewart (7 November 1917-29 April 2005) was a British television producer who worked for the BBC. In 1964, he co-created and co-produced the long-running music programme Top of the Pops with Stanley Dorfman and Bill Cotton.

Edward Ian MacNaughton (30 December 1925-10 December 2002) was a Scottish actor, television producer and director, best known for his work with the Monty Python team.

Donald Boyd Wilson (11 September 1910-5 March 2002) was a Scottish television writer and producer who worked for the BBC. His work included co-creating the science fiction series Doctor Who in 1963, also later saying that he had named the series, and adapting and producing The Forsyte Saga in 1967.

Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst (born 18 January 1971) is a British television and film director.

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker.

Tom Harper is a British film and television director, producer and writer.

Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923, June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer, whose 1971 television film, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, spawned the series The Waltons.

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and writer.

Robert Henry Douglas Drane (10 March 1927-18 June 2011), known professionally as Robin Nash, was a British television producer and executive, known as producer of Top of the Pops from 1973 to 1980.

Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942-21 January 2020) was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

Craig Mazin (born April 8, 1971) is an American filmmaker.

Charles Andrew Parsons is a British television producer, most known as the creator of the Survivor franchise, one of the most successful television franchises of the 21st century.

Bruce Bilson (May 19, 1928, January 16, 2026) was an American film and television director.

John Richard Thomas Sullivan (23 December 1946-22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends.

Alejandro "Álex" Pina Calafi (born 22 June 1967) is a Spanish screenwriter, television producer, and former journalist, known for creating the Spanish heist drama series La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) (2017-2021) and the prison drama series Vis a Vis (Locked Up) (2015-2020).

Richard Charles Carson (June 4, 1929, December 19, 2021) was an American television director.

James Perry (20 September 1923-23 October 2016) was an English scriptwriter and actor.

Ricky Dene Gervais ( jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer and director.

Hendrik "Henk" Handloegten (born 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American television producer best known for his Law & Order franchise.

Bo Johan Renck (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film.

Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is an English film and television show maker.

Jeffrey Michael Lieber is an American screenwriter for both television and film.

Oswald George Nelson (March 20, 1906, June 3, 1975) was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader.

Graham Chapman (8 January 1941-4 October 1989) was a British actor, comedian and writer.

James Edward Burrows (December 30, 1940, June 19, 2026) was an American television director.

Alan Taylor (born January 13, 1959) is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, and television producer.

Matthew Abram Groening ( GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist.

John Randolph Webb (April 2, 1920, December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role as Joe Friday in the Dragnet franchise, which he created.

Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director.

Fred W. Friendly (born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer, October 30, 1915, March 3, 1998) was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now.

William Selden Todman (July 31, 1916, July 29, 1979) was an American television producer and personality born in New York City.

Seymour "Buzz" Kulik (July 23, 1922, January 13, 1999) was an American film director and producer.

Major David John Croft (born David John Andrew Sharland; 7 September 1922-27 September 2011) was an English television comedy screenwriter, television producer and director.

David Dortort ( DOR-tor; born David Solomon Katz; October 23, 1916, September 5, 2010) was a Hollywood screenwriter and producer, widely known for his role as producer in two successful NBC television series: Bonanza (1959-73) and The High Chaparral (1967-71).

Jay Henry Sandrich (February 24, 1932, September 22, 2021) was an American television director who primarily worked on sitcoms.

Sir Michael Edward Palin ( PAY-lin; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter.

Cecil Edwin Webber (sometimes known by the nickname "Bunny"; 9 April 1909-26 June 1969) was a British television writer and playwright.

Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915, December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.

Stanley Dorfman (born 24 November 1927) is a South African-born British music television director, producer, and painter.

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creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the AMC crime series Breaking Bad

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was a British writer, and later a radio and television executive, who became one of the major figures behind the establishment of the Independent Television (ITV) network in the UK

was an Irish-American actor, director, producer, and writer of film, television, and theatre

was a puppeteer and the creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie

was an American actor, author, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades

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was an American television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World and Road Rules

is an American television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World, Road Rules and The Challenge, and the Oxygen Network's Bad Girls Club

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is an American television writer, television producer, and author best known as the creator of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television

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is a South Korean filmmaker known for writing and directing the crime drama film Silenced (2011) and the creator of Netflix's massively successful Squid Game (2021-2025)

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are an American married couple who work as television screenwriters and producers, through their Shapiro Film Corporation

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American Bandstand, an American music and dance television program, aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989.

The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and premiered on 5 October on BBC1, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV.

You Bet Your Life is an American comedy quiz series that has aired on both radio and television.

Originating as a radio drama on NBC in 1949, Dragnet has been adapted into several successful television shows and films.

SpongeBob SquarePants, also known simply as SpongeBob, is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon.

Six years after the initial television series was canceled, another film-The X-Files: I Want to Believe-was released.

Created by Jim Henson in 1955, the eponymous media franchise encompasses films, television, music, and other media associated with the characters.

Inspector Gadget is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series Inspector Gadget.

King Kong is an American monster media franchise that consists of thirteen films, as well as television shows, novels, comic books, video games, attractions, and other merchandise.

It includes one television series, four theatrical films and a video game.

Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series developed by Britt Allcroft.

M*A*S*H is an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972, to February 28, 1983.

It aired for 57 years on television between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, but it began even earlier as a radio serial on January 19, 1937.

It is the largest and oldest of the US's existing international broadcasters, producing digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages for affiliate stations around the world.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, Wi-Fi, satellite, and cable across the United States.

He is best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon in 1999.

LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890, May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world.

Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933, August 26, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor.

Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938, November 6, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor.

Bianchi worked extensively as an artist, director and producer on animated television productions, including Heathcliff, Iznogoud and most notably, Inspector Gadget, which he also co-created.

Jean Chalopin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃalɔpɛ̃]; born 31 May 1950) is a French businessman, banker and former television animation producer.

From 1955 to 1956, he joined Gene Autry as co-executive producers of the Dickie Jones western television series Buffalo Bill, Jr.

She adapted Wilbert Awdry's The Railway Series in the form of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (later retitled Thomas & Friends).

Bruce Bernard Geller (October 13, 1930, May 21, 1978) was an American lyricist, screenwriter, director, and television producer.

He co-created the Peabody Award-winning children's series Dora the Explorer and its spin-offs Go, Diego, Go!, and Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and was the voice of some of the show's characters, including Big Red Chicken, the Grumpy Old Troll, and the Pirate Captain Pig.

Lucius David Syms-Greene (born David Brian Lederman; 22 February 1921-7 April 2003), known as David Greene, was a British television and film director, and actor.

Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor of film and television.

He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball.

Edmund Beloin (April 1, 1910, May 26, 1992) was an American writer of radio, film, and television.

Edward Bennett (born 1950) is a British film and television director.

She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953.

Eric Hugh Peter Merriman (6 December 1924-2 June 2003) was a British radio and television writer, who provided material for numerous comedians including Frankie Howerd, Terry Scott and Morecambe and Wise.

Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions), and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America.

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NHK operates two terrestrial television channels (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), three satellite television channels (NHK BS; as well as two ultra-high-definition television channels, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK BS8K), and two radio networks (NHK AM and NHK FM).

Ultraman, also known as the Ultra Series (ウルトラシリーズ, Urutora Shirīzu), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned and produced by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series Ultra Q in 1966.