American Television stories:
Soupy Sales, Jazz Maven, Brought Live Gigs to the Small Screen
Oct 23rd, 2009 - New York Times
Beyond his revolutionary interest in pie-throwing, Soupy Sales, who died Thursday, also knew a lot about jazz, and was a pioneer in the history of jazz on American television. From 1953 to 1959...
Matt Le Blanc, best known as Joey on 'Friends,' gets new TV series
Sep 30th, 2009 - NY Daily News
All the "Friends" fans devastated to hear that rumors of a big screen reunion were just a hoax may find some solace in this news. Matt Le Blanc is returning to the small screen in a new Showtime series entitled "Episodes," according to Variety...
Television: Ken Burns turns his documentary lens on America's ...
Sep 28th, 2009 - Dallasnews
This 12-hour documentary, which debuted Sunday, is the real deal, a stupendous achievement. It's another Ken Burns epic, and it's my choice for the most beautiful program ever put on American television. The land is the star...
Psychiatric defense likely in NY wife beheading
Sep 18th, 2009 - Boston
BUFFALO, N.Y.—A man accused of beheading his wife at the Muslim-American television station they founded is likely to pursue a psychiatric defense in the murder case.
Jay Leno has the buzz, but will viewers respond?
Sep 10th, 2009 - Forbes
Jay Leno has shed more than a dozen pounds and the weighty traditions of the "Tonight Show" that would tie his prime-time future to his late-night past. The desk that's central to any talk show will go mostly unused...
American Television videos from YouTube:
3:38Ben Lee - American Television
Starring Ben Lee and Tiffani Thiessen The video for Ben Lee's American Television from the album Ripe. This video was produced by Ken Franchi (www.mtvernonentertainment.com) and directed by Todd Strauss Schulson (http
9:26Charlie Brooker on British and American TV News
A clip from Charlie Brookers Newswipe (8th April 2009) in which Brooker discusses the working of TV News on either side of the pond
9:56George Carlin On His Standup Persona - Archive Interview
The Archive of American Television conducted the last in-depth interview with the great comedian George Carlin on December 17, 2007, for nearly four hours in Venice, CA. (see the complete interview at www.youtube.com ),In this excerpt ...
28:11Beatrice Arthur - Archive Interview Part 1 of 5
Broadway. She then talked about her first movie roles and her appearances on The George Gobel Show and Caesar's Hour. She described her other early appearances on television in The Seven Lively Arts, Omnibus, Perry Como's Kraft ...
American Television from WikiPedia:
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one.
There are three basic types of television in the United States: broadcast, or "over-the-air" television, which is freely available to anyone with a TV in the broadcast area, cable television, and satellite television, both of which require a subscription to receive.
The United States has a decentralized, market-oriented television system. Unlike many other countries, the United States has no national broadcast programming services. Instead, local media markets have their own television stations, which may be affiliated or owned and operated by a TV network. Stations may sign affiliation agreements with one of the national networks. Except in very small markets with few stations, affiliation agreements are usually exclusive: If a station is an NBC affiliate, the station would not air programs from ABC, CBS or other networks.
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