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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports.

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 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. In the near future, LEDs are expected to be gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have announced that they will increasingly produce 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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A newscast typically consists of the coverage of various news events and other information, either produced locally in a radio or television station newsroom, or by a broadcast network. It may also include such additional material as sports coverage, weather forecasts, traffic reports, commentary and other material that the broadcaster feels is relevant to their audience.

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... that as general director of the Grand Theatre in Łódź, bass singer Kazimierz Kowalski led a worldwide television broadcast of Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor?
... that Digital pulled their HiNote Ultra laptop out of a manila envelope on television nearly 15 years before Apple did the same?
... that when the founder of New Mexico television station KBIM-TV was told on the morning of April Fools' Day that his station's tower had collapsed, he initially wrote it off as a joke?
... that the upcoming television series House of the Dragon takes place before Game of Thrones and chronicles the beginning of the end of House Targaryen?
... 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 New Mexico television station KIVA-TV received angry phone calls and a bomb threat after switching away from a tied football game?

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Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world.

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...that The Simpsons' history began when Matt Groening conceived of the dysfunctional family in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office?

...that despite British Conservative MP Denis Keegan winning a marginal constituency by over 7,000 votes, he ended his political career after one term, preferring to work for the trade association for television shops?

...that the proposed BBC television special Planet Relief, created to raise awareness of climate change, was cancelled before it was made, for fear that it would be biased against climate sceptics?

...that the WWF in 1986 introduced a stable of masked wrestlers to keep the injured wrestler Andre the Giant on television, but off the ring?

...that Judy Morris, co-writer of the Academy Award winning Happy Feet has also acted in many of the most popular North American and Australian television programs since the age of 10?

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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing at an early age. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "walk and talk". Sorkin has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globes.

Sorkin rose to prominence as a writer-creator and showrunner of the television series Sports Night (1998–2000), The West Wing (1999–2006), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–07), and The Newsroom (2012–14). He is also known for his work on Broadway including the plays A Few Good Men (1989), The Farnsworth Invention (2007), To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), and the revival of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot (2023). (Full article...)

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Image 1A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1969.
A test pattern with color bars is used to calibrate the signal. (from Color television)
Image 2A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
Image 3The 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 4An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
Image 5Samsung’s discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
Image 6Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
Image 7Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
Image 8The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
Image 9RCA 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 10Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
Image 11Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
Image 12Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
Image 13DBS satellite dishes. (from History of television)
Image 14Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
Image 15The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
Image 16Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
Image 17This 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 18Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available. (from History of television)
Image 19LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
Image 20Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
Image 21Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right). (from History of television)
Image 22RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)

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Survivor is an American reality television show, based on the Swedish program Expedition Robinson. Contestants are referred to as "castaways", and they compete against one another to become the "Sole Survivor" and win one million U.S. dollars. First airing in 2000, there currently have been a total of 44 seasons aired; the program itself has been filmed on five continents.

Contestants usually apply to be on the show, but the series has been known to recruit contestants for various seasons. For Survivor: Fiji, the producers had hoped to have a more racially diverse cast, and hoped that a more diverse group would apply after the success of the racially segregated Survivor: Cook Islands. When this did not happen, the producers turned to recruiting and in the end, only one contestant had actually submitted an application to be on the show. For the most part, contestants are virtually unknown prior to their Survivor appearance, but occasionally some well-known people are cast. (Full article...)
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Millennium is an American crime-thriller television series which was broadcast between 1996 and 1999. Created by Chris Carter, the series aired on Fox for three seasons with a total of sixty-seven episodes. Millennium starred Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Klea Scott, and Brittany Tiplady. Henriksen portrayed Frank Black, an offender profiler who worked for the Millennium Group, a private investigative organisation. Black retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to move his wife (Gallagher) and daughter (Tiplady) to Seattle, where he began to consult on criminal cases for the Group. After his wife's death, he returned to the FBI to work with new partner Emma Hollis (Scott) to discredit the Group.

Millennium's genesis stemmed from "Irresistible", a second-season episode of The X-Files penned by Carter. Influence was also drawn from the works of Nostradamus, and the increasing popular interest in eschatology ahead of the coming millennium. The series began airing in the Friday timeslot formerly occupied by The X-Files. "Pilot", the debut episode, was heavily promoted by Fox, and brought in over a quarter of the total audience during its broadcast. (Full article...)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
36	1	"Stark Raving Dad"	Rich Moore	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	September 19, 1991 (1991-09-19)	7F24	22.9
37	2	"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"	Wes Archer	George Meyer	September 26, 1991 (1991-09-26)	8F01	20.2
38	3	"When Flanders Failed"	Jim Reardon	Jon Vitti	October 3, 1991 (1991-10-03)	7F23	22.8
39	4	"Bart the Murderer"	Rich Moore	John Swartzwelder	October 10, 1991 (1991-10-10)	8F03	20.8
40	5	"Homer Defined"	Mark Kirkland	Howard Gewirtz	October 17, 1991 (1991-10-17)	8F04	20.6
41	6	"Like Father, Like Clown"	Jeffrey Lynch & Brad Bird	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	October 24, 1991 (1991-10-24)	8F05	20.2
42	7	"Treehouse of Horror II"	Jim Reardon	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	October 31, 1991 (1991-10-31)	8F02	20.0
				Jeff Martin & George Meyer
				Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder
43	8	"Lisa's Pony"	Carlos Baeza	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	November 7, 1991 (1991-11-07)	8F06	23.0
44	9	"Saturdays of Thunder"	Jim Reardon	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	November 14, 1991 (1991-11-14)	8F07	24.7
45	10	"Flaming Moe's"	Rich Moore & Alan Smart	Robert Cohen	November 21, 1991 (1991-11-21)	8F08	23.9
46	11	"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"	Mark Kirkland	Jon Vitti	December 5, 1991 (1991-12-05)	8F09	21.1
47	12	"I Married Marge"	Jeffrey Lynch	Jeff Martin	December 26, 1991 (1991-12-26)	8F10	21.9
48	13	"Radio Bart"	Carlos Baeza	Jon Vitti	January 9, 1992 (1992-01-09)	8F11	24.2
49	14	"Lisa the Greek"	Rich Moore	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	January 23, 1992 (1992-01-23)	8F12	23.2
50	15	"Homer Alone"	Mark Kirkland	David M. Stern	February 6, 1992 (1992-02-06)	8F14	23.7
51	16	"Bart the Lover"	Carlos Baeza	Jon Vitti	February 13, 1992 (1992-02-13)	8F16	20.5
52	17	"Homer at the Bat"	Jim Reardon	John Swartzwelder	February 20, 1992 (1992-02-20)	8F13	24.6
53	18	"Separate Vocations"	Jeffrey Lynch	George Meyer	February 27, 1992 (1992-02-27)	8F15	23.7
54	19	"Dog of Death"	Jim Reardon	John Swartzwelder	March 12, 1992 (1992-03-12)	8F17	23.4
55	20	"Colonel Homer"	Mark Kirkland	Matt Groening	March 26, 1992 (1992-03-26)	8F19	25.5
56	21	"Black Widower"	David Silverman	Story by : Thomas Chastain & Sam Simon Teleplay by : Jon Vitti	April 9, 1992 (1992-04-09)	8F20	17.3
57	22	"The Otto Show"	Wes Archer	Jeff Martin	April 23, 1992 (1992-04-23)	8F21	17.5
58	23	"Bart's Friend Falls in Love"	Jim Reardon	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	May 7, 1992 (1992-05-07)	8F22	19.5
59	24	"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"	Rich Moore	John Swartzwelder	August 27, 1992 (1992-08-27)	8F23	17.2

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30 Rockefeller Plaza, the titular setting of 30 Rock

30 Rock is an American satirical situation comedy that premiered on NBC on October 11, 2006. Created by Tina Fey, the television series has won and been nominated for a variety of different awards during its seven season run. It received 103 Emmy Awards nominations, with 10 Emmy Award nominations for its first season alone, and a further 17 Emmy Award nominations in its second season. The show won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for its first three seasons and was nominated every year it was eligible.

Lead actress Tina Fey has been nominated for awards 27 times for her role as Liz Lemon, the head writer of the fictional television show TGS with Tracy Jordan. Fey has also been nominated eight times for her writing skills. Lead actor Alec Baldwin has been nominated 27 times for his portrayal of NBC television executive Jack Donaghy. Through its run, 30 Rock was nominated for 189 different awards, winning 47. A webisode series called Kenneth the Web Page has been nominated for one award. In this list, "year" refers to the year the award was presented to the winner. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	15	October 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)	March 3, 2002 (2002-03-03)
2	22	September 29, 2002 (2002-09-29)	February 23, 2003 (2003-02-23)
3	22	September 17, 2003 (2003-09-17)	April 5, 2004 (2004-04-05)
4	22	September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
5	19	September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)	March 20, 2006 (2006-03-20)
6	19	September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)
7	24	October 5, 2007 (2007-10-05)	June 23, 2008 (2008-06-23)
8	22	October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05)	August 14, 2009 (2009-08-14)
9	23	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	July 16, 2010 (2010-07-16)
10	44	July 19, 2010 (2010-07-19)	April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22)
11	45	July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18)	May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)
12	40	July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)	June 21, 2013 (2013-06-21)
13	40	July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11)	July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)
14	28	October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)	August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)

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Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner, produced by Lionsgate Television and broadcast on the cable network AMC. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and ended on May 17, 2015, after seven seasons and ninety-two episodes. Set in New York City amid the social changes of the 1960s, the show follows the people working at an advertising agency on Madison Avenue. It stars Jon Hamm as Don Draper, an advertising executive at the fictional Sterling Cooper agency (later Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce) who, despite his professional successes, struggles to handle secrets from his past and to maintain his personal and family life. Other members of the show's original ensemble cast include Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson, Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell, January Jones as Betty Draper, Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway, and John Slattery as Roger Sterling; the cast saw numerous changes during its run.

Mad Men has been widely praised as one of the greatest television series of its era and of all time, and during its run, it earned numerous accolades for its acting, writing, directing, and technical achievements. Among these recognitions, it won sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards from 116 nominations. The series won the award for Outstanding Drama Series four times from eight nominations, tying the record for most wins in the category. Its win in 2008 for its first season made it the first basic cable series to win the award. Hamm was also nominated eight times for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, ultimately winning the award once in 2015. However, despite these successes, the show often came up notably empty-handed; its seventeen nominations without a win in 2012 set an Emmys record for largest shutout in a year, and Hamm's win in 2015 was the show's only acting win from thirty-seven nominations. (Full article...)

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
Pilot		12 July 1991 (1991-07-12)
1	6	7 January 1993 (1993-01-07)	11 February 1993 (1993-02-11)
2	6	3 January 1995 (1995-01-03)	7 February 1995 (1995-02-07)

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Project Runway is an American reality television show in which contestants compete to be the best fashion designer, as determined by the show's judges. The series first broadcast in 2004, and seventeen regular seasons and seven all-stars seasons have aired as of June 2019. The first five seasons aired on Bravo, while the succeeding seasons aired on Lifetime. Project Runway contestants are chosen by the show's producers through an application process that includes a videotape submission and "virtual portfolio" of sketches and completed designs, semi-final interviews at select cities, and a final interview.

Two hundred contestants have competed, three of whom have competed twice—Daniel Franco competed in both Season 1 and Season 2 and Kate Pankoke in Season 11 and Season 12 in addition to Amanda Valentine in Season 11 and Season 13. Angela Keslar and Vincent Libretti were originally eliminated in Episodes 8 and 9, respectively, of Season 3, but were brought back due to that season's twist. Justin LeBlanc would have originally been eliminated in Episode 6 of Season 12, but was given a second chance due to the newly instituted "Tim Gunn Save". During Season 13, the "Tim Gunn Save" was used to retroactively bring Charketa Glover back into the competition for Episode 7 after she was eliminated in Episode 6. Seven contestants left Project Runway for reasons other than being eliminated by the show's judges. Keith Michael was disqualified in Season 3 for bringing design books to the contest, which is prohibited. On the other hand, Jack Mackenroth of Season 4, Maya Luz of Season 7, Cecilia Motwani of Season 9, Andrea Katz of Season 10, Kooan Kosuke of Season 10, and Sandro Masmanidi of Season 12 all withdrew from the show due to personal reasons. (Full article...)
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Better Call Saul is an American television crime drama series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould that premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015. It is a spin-off, prequel, and sequel of Gilligan's previous series, Breaking Bad. It stars Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Michael McKean, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tony Dalton. Set in the early-to-mid-2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series develops Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk), an earnest lawyer and former con-man, into an egocentric criminal defense attorney known as Saul Goodman. After six seasons and a total of 63 episodes, the series concluded on August 15, 2022.

Since its release, Better Call Saul has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for its acting, characters, writing, direction, and cinematography. The series has been nominated for numerous accolades, winning five awards for Television Program of the Year from the American Film Institute. For his performance as Jimmy McGill, Bob Odenkirk was nominated for five Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. Rhea Seehorn's portrayal of Kim Wexler won her two Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and one Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes		Originally released
Season	Episodes		First released	Last released	Network
1	22		November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)	June 6, 2004 (2004-06-06)	Fox
2	18		November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)	April 17, 2005 (2005-04-17)
3	13		September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)	February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10)
4	37	15	May 26, 2013 (2013-05-26)		Netflix
4	37	22	May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)
5	16	8	May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)
5	16	8	March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

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The Philo T. Farnsworth Award being accepted by Goddard Space Flight Center engineer Richard Nafzger, actress June Lockhart, and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on behalf of NASA in 2009.

The Philo T. Farnsworth Award (also called the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award) is a non-competitive award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) as part of the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards to "an agency, company or institution whose contributions over time have significantly impacted television technology and engineering". Named for Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the first fully working all-electronic television system and receiver, the winner is selected by a jury of television engineers from ATAS's Engineering Emmy Awards Committee, who consider "all engineering developments which have proven their efficacy during the awards year and determines which, if any, merit recognition with an Engineering Emmy statuette". The accolade was first awarded in 2003 as a result of about a year of lobbying to ATAS by Farnsworth's wife Pam Farnsworth and Hawaii-based Skinner Entertainment management and production firm owner Georja Skinner.

At an annual award ceremony held in various locations, the ATAS presents the winner with a copper, gold, nickel and silver statuette of a winged woman holding an atom that was designed by engineer Louis McManus. It was first presented at the 55th Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards ceremony in September 2003. Motion picture equipment company Panavision was selected as the inaugural recipient for its work in developing "specialty camera items, cranes and dollies, Video assists, 35mm optics, cameras, lighting, trucks and grips". Since then, another 16 agencies, companies and institutions have received the award and none have won more than once. No award was given between 2005 and 2007 and in 2020. It has been presented to two separate recipients for different reasons in a calendar year once, in 2010, to the Desilu production company and the Digidesign audio technology firm. As of the 74th Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards, Arri is the most recent winner in this category "for its more than a century of designing and manufacturing camera and lighting systems as well as its development of systemic technological solutions and service networks for a worldwide complex of film, broadcast, and media industries". (Full article...)
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Romanek at the 2010 Tokyo International Film Festival

American filmmaker Mark Romanek directed his first music video in 1986, for The The's "Sweet Bird of Truth". He earned his first MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction nomination for "Free Your Mind", performed by En Vogue, in 1993. Romanek later directed "Closer" for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which contains imagery involving terror, sexuality, and animal cruelty. In 1995, he directed the video for "Scream", set in space and performed by Michael and Janet Jackson, as well as the New Age surrealistic "Bedtime Story", performed by Madonna. They are two of the most expensive music videos ever made, costing $7 million and $5 million, respectively. "Scream" gained 11 nominations at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including Romanek's second Best Direction nomination, and his first Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form.

In 1996, Romanek directed the Mary Poppins-inspired "Novocaine for the Soul" for the rock band Eels. The following year, he directed Fiona Apple's "Criminal", which explores themes of voyeurism and adolescence; and won his second Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form for "Got 'til It's Gone", performed by Janet Jackson, Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell. For his work in "Hurt" (2003), performed by Johnny Cash, Romanek earned another MTV nomination, and won his third Grammy. In 2004, he directed the auto-biographical music video for Jay-Z's "99 Problems", for which he won his first MTV award. Their subsequent collaborations—the installation-style 10-minute short film for "Picasso Baby" (2013), and the animation video for "The Story of O.J." (2017)—were nominated for Grammy Award for Best Music Video. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		Rank	Rating	Viewers (millions)
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Rank	Rating	Viewers (millions)
1	39	September 10, 1955 (1955-09-10)	August 25, 1956 (1956-08-25)	—	—	—
2	39	September 8, 1956 (1956-09-08)	June 29, 1957 (1957-06-29)	8	32.7	12.72
3	39	September 14, 1957 (1957-09-14)	June 7, 1958 (1958-06-07)	1	43.1	18.06
4	39	September 13, 1958 (1958-09-13)	June 13, 1959 (1959-06-13)	1	39.6	17.40
5	39	September 5, 1959 (1959-09-05)	June 11, 1960 (1960-06-11)	1	40.3	18.43
6	38	September 3, 1960 (1960-09-03)	June 17, 1961 (1961-06-17)	1	37.3	17.60
7	34	September 30, 1961 (1961-09-30)	May 26, 1962 (1962-05-26)	3	28.3	13.74
8	38	September 15, 1962 (1962-09-15)	June 1, 1963 (1963-06-01)	10	27.0	13.58
9	36	September 28, 1963 (1963-09-28)	June 6, 1964 (1964-06-06)	20	23.5	12.12
10	36	September 26, 1964 (1964-09-26)	May 29, 1965 (1965-05-29)	27	22.6	11.91
11	32	September 18, 1965 (1965-09-18)	May 7, 1966 (1966-05-07)	30	21.3	11.47
12	29	September 17, 1966 (1966-09-17)	April 15, 1967 (1967-04-15)	34	19.9	11.33
13	25	September 11, 1967 (1967-09-11)	March 4, 1968 (1968-03-04)	4	25.5	14.45
14	26	September 23, 1968 (1968-09-23)	March 24, 1969 (1969-03-24)	6	24.9	14.50
15	26	September 22, 1969 (1969-09-22)	March 23, 1970 (1970-03-23)	2	25.9	15.15
16	24	September 14, 1970 (1970-09-14)	March 8, 1971 (1971-03-08)	5	25.5	15.32
17	24	September 13, 1971 (1971-09-13)	March 13, 1972 (1972-03-13)	4	26.0	16.14
18	24	September 11, 1972 (1972-09-11)	March 5, 1973 (1973-03-05)	8	23.6	15.29
19	24	September 10, 1973 (1973-09-10)	April 1, 1974 (1974-04-01)	15	22.1	14.63
20	24	September 9, 1974 (1974-09-09)	March 31, 1975 (1975-03-31)	26	20.7	14.04
Television movies		September 26, 1987 (1987-09-26)	February 10, 1994 (1994-02-10)	—	—	—

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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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