How Much Has TV Changed Since 1926?
Did you know it took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users? TV has evolved from the time it started with just a few programs airing each day into 24/7 news and hundreds of stations to choose from.
People didn’t immediately embrace the new technology though. 10 years after its debut in 1936, the head of 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck (seeing TV as a competitor to movies) famous last words were predicting it would not catch on. He said he thought “People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”
But they have not.
Here are some highlights:
According to Nielsen television ratings, as of September 1, 2009, there are an estimated 114.9 million television households in the United States.
- The first TVs in 1948 cost $2,495 each.
- The first commercial was for a watch and the total profit to NBC was a whopping $7.
- TV news started in force with the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
- In 2010 it’s about 3-D and Panasonic debuted the 152” 2160p 3-D plasma television – a very large plywood box!
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