Paul Schatzkin

I just remembered today is the Anniversary of both Trinity (1945) and the launch of Apollo 11 (1969). Great achievements, but Mankind is still just apes w Nukes. youtu.be/qW4gxuT3XP0?si…

. With 490 days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #70: The "Today" show, premiering on NBC on January 14, 1952, . This week’s podcast: tinyurl.com/yvvwju59 . This week’s Web Edition: tinyurl.com/4ke3vc3j . Visit: 100YearsTV.com

With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #71: Amos 'n Andy, one of the most controversial shows in broadcasting history. . This week’s podcast: tinyurl.com/mray2z2c . This week’s Web Edition: tinyurl.com/3nr3as25

With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #72: Everybody Loves Lucy. . This week’s podcast: bitl.to/5rO6 This week’s Web Edition: bitl.to/5rO5

With 504 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #72: Everybody Loves Lucy. . This week’s podcast: bitl.to/5rO6 This week’s Web Edition: bitl.to/5rO5

. Countdown continues with #73: Whirlwind (1950): The Computer That Merged with TV. . This week’s podcast: bitl.to/5qcn This week’s Web Edition: bitl.to/5qcm . Visit: 100YearsTV.com Read: The Boy Who Invented Television: amz.run/6ag1

@wkpixley1 Apparently not. Go ahead and email me driver@49chevy.com

@driver49 hey man. Hope all is well. I sent you a message. are you seeing it? Thx

With 525 Days remaining until the Centennial, the Countdown continues with #75, introducing Jay Ward, who turned a crusading rabbit into a flying squirrel. . This week's podcast: gogl.to/44W3 . This week's Web Edition: gogl.to/44W2 . #television #tvhistory

The Countdown to the Centennial continues with #74: Disney Comes to TV. . By putting a weekly program on ABC, Disneyland the TV show paid for Disneyland the theme park. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5plg . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5plf

There are now just 530 days remaining until the Centennial of Television, and today we have a BONUS EDITION of the Countdown to share with you: tinyurl.com/25ecso9n

Countdown #76 recalls how the Nielsen Ratings became the gold standard for success in television . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5nUm . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5nUo

Countdown #77 revisits Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows – the pioneering sketch comedy program that launched dozens of careers and spawned countless imitators. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5m4D . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5m4E

When Gertrude Berg created the sitcom, she defined the format that shows like Lucy, The Honeymooners, and All in the Family would refine and expand in the decades that followed. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5kWL . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5kWK

Philo Farnsworth was not survived by a company that could write the history. Countdown #79 recalls the demise of Farnsworth Television & Radio it was when sold to ITT in 1949. . This week's podcast: bitl.to/5irY . This week's Web Edition: bitl.to/5irX

From back in the day when monarchs understood the stakes (well, a recreation of that time... or maybe just a complete confabulation... )

. When NBC started looking for daytime programming for television, the network gave Irna Phillips the green light on a new program – These Are My Children – which brought "soap operas" to television. . Podcast: bitl.to/5hDK . Web Edition: bitl.to/5hDL

. it is genuinely intriguing how often Philo T. Farnsworth drifts in and out of the history of TV. Television's annual Emmy Awards is a good example. . podcast: bitl.to/5fta . post: bitl.to/5ftc

In the 1920s and ’30s, Times Square became synonymous with New Year’s Eve. . In 1948, the tradition found its way to television. . Podcast: bitl.to/5eX7 . Web Edition: bitl.to/5eX6

Before Survivor, or The Real World, there was Allen Funt. Candid Camera was unscripted, unrehearsed, and genuinely real – unlike the "everybody knows there are cameras" format now known as "reality" TV. . . Podcast: bitl.to/5cw1 . Web Edition: bitl.to/5cw0

@donwinslow Gee, is it to much to ask you to post it to YouTube in the proper aspect ration? Right now it’s a horizontal within a vertical within a video. THAT’s why this thug is president: because the media environment is so fucked up.

Do You Remember America Before Trump? NEW VIDEO! WATCH! TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. Let's get this to 1 million views fast. Please retweet and quote tweet.

When he was 12 years old, a vaudeville performer named Mendel Berlinger changed his name to Milton Berle. When NBC named him to host Texaco Star Theater, he started calling himself "Mr. Television." . Podcast: bitl.to/5bLo . Web Edition: bitl.to/5bLp