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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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The Quatermass Experiment is a British science-fiction serial, broadcast by BBC Television in the summer of 1953, and re-staged by BBC Four in 2005. Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells the story of the first manned flight into space, overseen by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group. When the spaceship that carried the first successful crew returns to Earth, two of the three astronauts are missing, and the third is behaving strangely. It becomes clear that an alien presence entered the ship during its flight, and Quatermass and his associates must prevent the alien from destroying the world. Originally comprising six half-hour episodes, it was the first science-fiction production to be written especially for an adult television audience. Previous written-for-television efforts such as Stranger from Space (1951–52) were aimed at children, whereas adult entries into the genre were adapted from literary sources, such as R.U.R. (1938 and again in 1948) and The Time Machine (1949). The serial was the first of four Quatermass productions to be screened on British television between 1953 and 1979. As well as spawning various remakes and sequels, The Quatermass Experiment inspired much of the television science fiction that followed it, particularly in the United Kingdom, where it influenced successful series such as Doctor Who and Sapphire and Steel.

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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 the European version of the video game Tomba! uses the theme song of the television series No Sweat as its opening theme?
... that Jaega Wise co-hosted the television series Beer Masters alongside musician James Blunt?
... that the day employees of Boston television station WLVI received new business cards, they learned the station would be sold and they would lose their jobs?
... that Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off?
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... that CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon helped bring local evening news back to the network's Detroit station after 20 years?

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It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

— T. S. Eliot

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...that Richard Hanley's book South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating analyzes issues of applied ethics as presented in South Park?

...that the 1994 Guinness television advertisement Anticipation used jump cutting techniques to make an actor appear to be performing a physically impossible dance?

...that children up to the age of five can find it difficult to distinguish between television programmes and toy advertising campaigns?

...that Tomorrow's Pioneers, a television program for children produced by Hamas, features a mascot similar to Mickey Mouse?

...that Great American Country television host Nan Kelley (then Nan Sumrall) became Miss Mississippi in 1985 after her fellow Mississippian Susan Akin was crowned Miss America?

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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in the biographical drama film October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in the science fiction psychological thriller film Donnie Darko (2001).

Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. He has since starred in Wildlife (2018), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), The Guilty (2021), and Ambulance (2022). (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 Dan Rather Brad Pitt Walter Cronkite Tom Brokaw John Le Mesurier George Formby Dan Castellaneta Perry Como Red Skelton Rose Catherine Pinkney

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The following are images from various television-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1RCA 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 2The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
Image 3Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
Image 4Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
Image 5Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
Image 6Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
Image 7Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
Image 8Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
Image 9Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (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 11An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
Image 12A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
Image 13RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
Image 14Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
Image 15A 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 16The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
Image 17Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
Image 18LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
Image 19Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
Image 20This 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 21The 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 22Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
Image 23DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)
Image 24LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
Image 25Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)

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211"Enter! The World of the Shinigami"
Transliteration: "Totsunyū! Shinigami no Sekai" (Japanese: 突入！死神の世界)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaRika NakaseMarch 1, 2005 (2005-03-01)February 10, 2007
222"The Man who Hates Shinigami"
Transliteration: "Shinigami o Nikumu Otoko" (Japanese: 死神を憎む男)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiNatsuko TakahashiMarch 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)February 17, 2007
233"14 Days Before Rukia's Execution"
Transliteration: "Rukia Shokei, Jūyokka Mae" (Japanese: ルキア処刑、14日前)Kazunori MizunoKazunori MizunoMasahiro ŌkuboMarch 15, 2005 (2005-03-15)February 24, 2007
244"Assemble! The 13 Divisions"
Transliteration: "Kesshū! Gotei Jūsantai" (Japanese: 結集！護廷13隊)Sanzō TsunodaAkira IwanagaMichiko YokoteMarch 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)March 3, 2007
255"Penetrate the Center with an Enormous Bombshell?"
Transliteration: "Kyodai Hōdan de Chūō Toppa?" (Japanese: 巨大砲弾で中央突破？)Tetsuhito SaitōAkira ShimizuGenki YoshimuraMarch 29, 2005 (2005-03-29)March 10, 2007
266"Formation! The Worst Tag"
Transliteration: "Kessei! Saiaku no Taggu" (Japanese: 結成！最悪のタッグ)Noriyuki AbeTakuji KimuraMasashi SogoApril 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)March 17, 2007
277"Release the Death Blow!"
Transliteration: "Hissatsu no Ichigeki o Hanate!" (Japanese: 必殺の一撃を放て！)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoApril 12, 2005 (2005-04-12)March 25, 2007
288"Orihime Targeted"
Transliteration: "Nerawareta Orihime" (Japanese: 狙われた織姫)Kōji AritomiKeizō KusakawaRika NakaseApril 19, 2005 (2005-04-19)April 8, 2007
299"Breakthrough! The Shinigami's Encompassing Net"
Transliteration: "Toppa seyo! Shinigami Hōimō" (Japanese: 突破せよ！死神包囲網)Shigeki HatakeyamaShigeki HatakeyamaMichiko YokoteApril 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)April 15, 2007
3010"Renji's Confrontation"
Transliteration: "Tachihadakaru Renji" (Japanese: 立ちはだかる恋次)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaMasahiro ŌkuboMay 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)April 22, 2007
3111"The Resolution to Kill"
Transliteration: "Kiru Tame no Kakugo" (Japanese: 斬る為の覚悟)Tetsuhito SaitōKazunori MizunoNatsuko TakahashiMay 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)April 29, 2007
3212"Stars and the Stray"
Transliteration: "Hoshi to Norainu" (Japanese: 星と野良犬)Noriyuki AbeTakuji KimuraGenki YoshimuraMay 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)May 6, 2007
3313"Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero"
Transliteration: "Kiseki! Nazo no Shin Hīrō" (Japanese: 奇跡！謎の新ヒーロー)Chiaki KonChiaki KonMasahiro ŌkuboMay 26, 2005 (2005-05-26)May 13, 2007
3414"Tragedy of Dawn"
Transliteration: "Yoake no Sangeki" (Japanese: 夜明けの惨劇)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiNatsuko TakahashiJune 1, 2005 (2005-06-01)May 20, 2007
3515"Aizen Assassinated! The Darkness which Approaches"
Transliteration: "Aizen Ansatsu! Shinobiyoru Yami" (Japanese: 藍染暗殺！忍び寄る闇)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoJune 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)May 27, 2007
3616"Zaraki Kenpachi Approaches!"
Transliteration: "Zaraki Kenpachi, Semaru!" (Japanese: 更木剣八、迫る！)Shigeki HatakeyamaShigeki HatakeyamaRika NakaseJune 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)June 9, 2007
3717"Motive of the Fist"
Transliteration: "Kobushi no Riyū" (Japanese: 拳の理由)Kazunori MizunoKazunori MizunoMichiko YokoteJune 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)June 17, 2007
3818"Desperation! The Broken Zangetsu"
Transliteration: "Zettaizetsumei! Orareta Zangetsu" (Japanese: 絶体絶命! 折られた斬月)Tetsuhito SaitōMitsutaka NoshitaniGenki YoshimuraJune 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)June 24, 2007
3919"The Immortal Man"
Transliteration: "Fujimi no Otoko" (Japanese: 不死身の男)Tetsuhito SaitōNoriyuki AbeRika NakaseJuly 5, 2005 (2005-07-05)July 1, 2007
4020"The Shinigami whom Ganju Met"
Transliteration: "Ganju no Mita Shinigami" (Japanese: 岩鷲の見た死神)Sanzō TsunodaRyō MiyataMasashi SogoJuly 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)July 8, 2007
4121"Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia"
Transliteration: "Saikai, Ichigo to Rukia" (Japanese: 再会、一護とルキア)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiNatsuko TakahashiJuly 19, 2005 (2005-07-19)July 15, 2007 (Full article...)
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The Simpsons shorts are a series of animated short films that aired as a recurring segment on Fox variety television series The Tracey Ullman Show for three seasons, before the characters spun off into The Simpsons, their own half-hour prime-time show. They feature Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, and a few secondary characters. The series was created by Matt Groening, who designed the Simpson family and wrote many of the shorts. The shorts first aired on April 19, 1987 starting with "Good Night". The final short to air was "TV Simpsons", originally airing on May 14, 1989. The Simpsons later debuted on December 17, 1989, as an independent series with the Christmas special "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

One marketing study found that only 14 percent of Americans were familiar with the shorts, compared to 85 percent in November 1990 who were familiar with the Simpsons family, 11 months after the full-length show began airing. (Full article...)
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Lady Gaga at A Star is Born (2018) premiere in London

American singer Lady Gaga has released three video albums and has been featured in over thirty music videos. From her debut album The Fame (2008), she released music videos for the singles "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Eh, Eh", "LoveGame", and "Paparazzi". In the latter, Gaga portrays a doomed starlet taking revenge on her lover. She also shot a video for the album's promotional single "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich". Gaga reissued her first album as The Fame Monster (2009), preceded by a music video for the lead single "Bad Romance", which won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video and seven MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year in 2010. The following year, Jonas Åkerlund directed the music video for "Telephone"—a continuation of "Paparazzi"—which was shot as a short film. It received an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year nomination, and was named the Best Music Video of the Decade by Billboard in January 2015. For her 2010 video "Alejandro", Gaga received positive reviews from critics, though she was criticized by the Catholic League that alleged blasphemy.

Gaga's second studio album Born This Way (2011) released the music video for the eponymous lead single, in which she gives birth to a new race. The music video won the Best Female Video and Best Video with a Social Message awards at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. In the following video, "Judas", she portrays Mary Magdalene, and Norman Reedus plays the title role. The video for "The Edge of Glory" consists mostly of interchanging shots of Gaga dancing and singing on the street and was considered the simplest of her career. In the same year, she released "You and I", which focuses on her trying to get her boyfriend back in Nebraska. She also introduces her male alter ego Jo Calderone in the video. Gaga directed her 14-minute video for the final single "Marry the Night", which narrates her story to find success in the music industry, but she ultimately suffers setback. (Full article...)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
60	1	"Kamp Krusty"	Mark Kirkland	David M. Stern	September 24, 1992 (1992-09-24)	8F24	21.8
61	2	"A Streetcar Named Marge"	Rich Moore	Jeff Martin	October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01)	8F18	18.3
62	3	"Homer the Heretic"	Jim Reardon	George Meyer	October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08)	9F01	19.3
63	4	"Lisa the Beauty Queen"	Mark Kirkland	Jeff Martin	October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15)	9F02	19.0
64	5	"Treehouse of Horror III"	Carlos Baeza	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29)	9F04	25.1
				Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
				Sam Simon & Jon Vitti
65	6	"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"	Rich Moore	John Swartzwelder	November 3, 1992 (1992-11-03)	9F03	20.1
66	7	"Marge Gets a Job"	Jeffrey Lynch	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)	9F05	22.9
67	8	"New Kid on the Block"	Wes Archer	Conan O'Brien	November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12)	9F06	23.1
68	9	"Mr. Plow"	Jim Reardon	Jon Vitti	November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19)	9F07	24.0
69	10	"Lisa's First Word"	Mark Kirkland	Jeff Martin	December 3, 1992 (1992-12-03)	9F08	28.6
70	11	"Homer's Triple Bypass"	David Silverman	Gary Apple & Michael Carrington	December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17)	9F09	23.6
71	12	"Marge vs. the Monorail"	Rich Moore	Conan O'Brien	January 14, 1993 (1993-01-14)	9F10	23.0
72	13	"Selma's Choice"	Carlos Baeza	David M. Stern	January 21, 1993 (1993-01-21)	9F11	24.5
73	14	"Brother from the Same Planet"	Jeffrey Lynch	Jon Vitti	February 4, 1993 (1993-02-04)	9F12	23.8
74	15	"I Love Lisa"	Wes Archer	Frank Mula	February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11)	9F13	25.2
75	16	"Duffless"	Jim Reardon	David M. Stern	February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18)	9F14	25.7
76	17	"Last Exit to Springfield"	Mark Kirkland	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	March 11, 1993 (1993-03-11)	9F15	22.4
77	18	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"	Carlos Baeza	Jon Vitti	April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)	9F17	25.5
78	19	"The Front"	Rich Moore	Adam I. Lapidus	April 15, 1993 (1993-04-15)	9F16	20.1
79	20	"Whacking Day"	Jeffrey Lynch	John Swartzwelder	April 29, 1993 (1993-04-29)	9F18	20.0
80	21	"Marge in Chains"	Jim Reardon	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	May 6, 1993 (1993-05-06)	9F20	17.3
81	22	"Krusty Gets Kancelled"	David Silverman	John Swartzwelder	May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13)	9F19	19.4

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	13	March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
2	23	September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)
3	11	September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)	December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18)
4	22	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)

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The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given annually from 1985 to 2019 to honor a young actor below the age of 25, who had delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.

At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Brian Bloom was the first winner of this award for his portrayal of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award category was originally called Outstanding Young Man or Outstanding Juvenile Male in a Drama Series, and began using its current title in 1991. Years before this category was introduced, networks declined to broadcast the show during a time of voting integrity rumors and waning interest. Confusion rose around the criteria of the new category due to the varying ages of the nominees. Within the first set of nominees, Bloom became the youngest actor nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award at the time at age 15, while the other actors nominated in the category were over 25. The criteria were later altered, requiring that the actor be aged 25 or below. (Full article...)

This is a list of episodes of the 2008 Japanese animated television series True Tears. The episodes are directed by Junji Nishimura and produced by P.A. Works, Lantis, and Bandai Visual. P.A. Works produced the animation and Lantis was responsible for the production of the music. The anime, while sharing its title with the visual novel by La'cryma, has no relation to the visual novel; however, La'cryma is credited as the series' original creator. The story follows Shin'ichirō Nakagami, a high school student, who is unable to express his feelings for Hiromi Yuasa, a fellow high school student who was taken in by Shin'ichirō's parents after her father died, as well as his interactions with another student, Noe Isurugi, who enlists Shin'ichirō's aid in recovering her "tears."

The episodes aired from January 6, 2008 to March 29, 2008 on TV Kanagawa in Japan, although a special preview of the first episode was shown in Japan on January 4, 2008 on BS11 Digital. The episodes also aired at later dates on Chiba TV, Kansai TV, Kids Station, Tokai TV, TV Saitama, and BS11 Digital. The title for a given episode is a line spoken within the episode. (Full article...)

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical depiction of a dysfunctional middle-class American lifestyle starring the eponymous family: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Set in the town of Springfield, the show lampoons both American culture and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening named each character (other than Bart) after members of his own family. The shorts became part of the Fox series The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time hit show.

From the series debut on December 17, 1989, to May 17, 2009, The Simpsons had broadcast its first 441 episodes, to the end of the twentieth season. The show holds several American television longevity records. It is the longest-running prime-time animated series and longest-running sitcom in the United States. On April 28, 1994, The Simpsons reached its 100th episode in the fifth season. With its twentieth season (2008–09), the series tied Gunsmoke in seasons as the longest-running American prime-time scripted television series, and surpassed Gunsmoke in this record with the twenty-first season premiere on September 27, 2009. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		Average viewers (millions)	Rank
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Average viewers (millions)	Rank
1	24	September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10)	May 13, 1994 (1994-05-13)	11.21	111
2	25	September 16, 1994 (1994-09-16)	May 19, 1995 (1995-05-19)	14.50	63
3	24	September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22)	May 17, 1996 (1996-05-17)	15.40	55
4	24	October 4, 1996 (1996-10-04)	May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18)	19.20	20
5	20	November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02)	May 17, 1998 (1998-05-17)	19.80	11
The X-Files		June 19, 1998 (1998-06-19)		—	—
6	22	November 8, 1998 (1998-11-08)	May 16, 1999 (1999-05-16)	17.20	12
7	22	November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)	May 21, 2000 (2000-05-21)	14.20	29
8	21	November 5, 2000 (2000-11-05)	May 20, 2001 (2001-05-20)	13.93	31
9	20	November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)	May 19, 2002 (2002-05-19)	9.10	63
I Want to Believe		July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25)		—	—
10	6	January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24)	February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)	9.54	7
11	10	January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)	March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)	5.34	91

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Bradley Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career by appearing in an episode of the sitcom Sex and the City (1999) and as the host of the tourism show Globe Trekker the following year. He made his screen debut in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) as a gay counselor—a role he later reprised in the web television series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015). In the action television series Alias (2001–2006), Cooper achieved some success for the supporting role of Will Tippin, although he only played a major role in the series for the first few seasons.

Cooper's supporting part in the commercially successful comedy Wedding Crashers (2005) improved his career prospects, but also led to him being typecast as the best friend to the main character in such comedies as Failure to Launch (2006), The Rocker (2008), and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). During this period, Cooper also continued starring in television shows, such as the 2005 sitcom Kitchen Confidential, and played a dual role in a 2006 onstage production of Three Days of Rain. However, the former was cancelled after four episodes due to low ratings. His breakthrough came with the role of a reckless teacher in Todd Phillips' comedy The Hangover (2009), which became one of the highest grossing R-rated films of all time. Cooper continued to take on parts in several box office hits, including The A-Team (2010), Limitless, and The Hangover Part II (both in 2011). (Full article...)

The Scottish actor Alastair Sim (1900–1976) performed in many media of light entertainment, including theatre, film and television. His career spanned from 1930 until his death. During that time he was a "memorable character player of faded Anglo-Scottish gentility, whimsically put-upon countenance, and sepulchral, sometimes minatory, laugh".

After studying chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, he was employed, between 1925 and 1930, as a lecturer in elocution at New College, Edinburgh, and also established his own school of drama and speech training. In 1930 he made his professional stage debut as a messenger in Othello at the Savoy Theatre, London—with Paul Robeson and Peggy Ashcroft in the lead roles. During the next five years he appeared on stage in New York and the UK, and spent two years at the Old Vic. (Full article...)

Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian actor and producer who has appeared in films, television series, videos, and Video games. Reynolds made his acting debut on television in the teen drama Fifteen in 1991. Two years later, he made his feature film debut by playing an orphan raised in India, who is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi to go on a hunger strike in a small town in Canada in Ordinary Magic (1993). Reynolds had a recurring role on the television show The Odyssey (1993). He followed this with minor appearances on The X-Files (1996), and the television film Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). His breakthrough role was as medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl.

He also played a slacker in National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), and vampire hunter Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (2004) with Wesley Snipes. Reynolds appeared in lead roles in the commercially successful romantic comedies Just Friends (2005), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and The Proposal (2009). In 2010, he played a military contractor who is captured by terrorists in the psychological thriller Buried. The following year, Reynolds starred in the title role of the superhero film Green Lantern, which received a generally negative reception from the critics and underperformed at the box office leading to a decline in his career. In 2013, he voiced a garden snail in Turbo and a caveman in The Croods. Two years later, he appeared in the drama Mississippi Grind and played lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg in Woman in Gold. (Full article...)

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
270	1	"Treehouse of Horror XII"	Jim Reardon	Joel H. Cohen	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)	CABF19	13.04
				John Frink & Don Payne
				Carolyn Omine
271	2	"The Parent Rap"	Mark Kirkland	George Meyer & Mike Scully	November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)	CABF22	14.91
272	3	"Homer the Moe"	Jen Kamerman	Dana Gould	November 18, 2001 (2001-11-18)	CABF20	14.44
273	4	"A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"	Lance Kramer	John Swartzwelder	December 2, 2001 (2001-12-02)	CABF18	13.38
274	5	"The Blunder Years"	Steven Dean Moore	Ian Maxtone-Graham	December 9, 2001 (2001-12-09)	CABF21	12.93
275	6	"She of Little Faith"	Steven Dean Moore	Bill Freiberger	December 16, 2001 (2001-12-16)	DABF02	13.18
276	7	"Brawl in the Family"	Matthew Nastuk	Joel H. Cohen	January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06)	DABF01	11.83
277	8	"Sweets and Sour Marge"	Mark Kirkland	Carolyn Omine	January 20, 2002 (2002-01-20)	DABF03	12.27
278	9	"Jaws Wired Shut"	Nancy Kruse	Matt Selman	January 27, 2002 (2002-01-27)	DABF05	14.24
279	10	"Half-Decent Proposal"	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Long	February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10)	DABF04	13.23
280	11	"The Bart Wants What It Wants"	Mike Frank Polcino	John Frink & Don Payne	February 17, 2002 (2002-02-17)	DABF06	11.17
281	12	"The Lastest Gun in the West"	Bob Anderson	John Swartzwelder	February 24, 2002 (2002-02-24)	DABF07	13.17
282	13	"The Old Man and the Key"	Lance Kramer	Jon Vitti	March 10, 2002 (2002-03-10)	DABF09	14.46
283	14	"Tales from the Public Domain"	Mike B. Anderson	Andrew Kreisberg	March 17, 2002 (2002-03-17)	DABF08	11.69
				Josh Lieb
				Matt Warburton
284	15	"Blame It on Lisa"	Steven Dean Moore	Bob Bendetson	March 31, 2002 (2002-03-31)	DABF10	11.12
285	16	"Weekend at Burnsie's"	Michael Marcantel	Jon Vitti	April 7, 2002 (2002-04-07)	DABF11	12.49
286	17	"Gump Roast"	Mark Kirkland	Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta	April 21, 2002 (2002-04-21)	DABF12	12.26
287	18	"I Am Furious (Yellow)"	Chuck Sheetz	John Swartzwelder	April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28)	DABF13	13.38
288	19	"The Sweetest Apu"	Matthew Nastuk	John Swartzwelder	May 5, 2002 (2002-05-05)	DABF14	11.83
289	20	"Little Girl in the Big Ten"	Lauren MacMullan	Jon Vitti	May 12, 2002 (2002-05-12)	DABF15	11.23
290	21	"The Frying Game"	Mike Frank Polcino	John Swartzwelder	May 19, 2002 (2002-05-19)	DABF16	10.79
291	22	"Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"	Pete Michels	Dana Gould	May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)	DABF17	8.18

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