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18 unusual facts about television


Curb Event Center

On April 10, 2006, the arena hosted the nationally televised CMT Music Awards for the first time and in September of 2011 featured special guest and keynote speaker Dr. Maya Angelou in celebration of its 10th Annual Humanities Symposium.

Distant viewing

Television, derived from mixed Latin and Greek roots, meaning "far sight"

Georgi Parvanov

Bulgarian Christmas is a musical event each year at the time of Christmas in which Bulgarian performers sing their most popular songs in the audience of the President and his wife, and other VIP guests, the event is TV-broadcast on the national channel BNT and funds are being raised by sms and bank accounts.

Jamie Redfern

Redfern was a founding member of the Australian show Young Talent Time and currently presents Jamie Redfern's Rascals, which can be viewed on Aurora TV.

Keith Barron

One of his best-loved and best-remembered roles was in the 1980s Yorkshire Television sitcom Duty Free.

Nakidka

According to NII Stali (Scientific Research Institute of Steel), which designed Nakidka, it reduces the chances of detection by day/night viewers and TV systems and seekers by thirty percent, infrared seekers by two to three fold, radar by six fold, and reduces the thermal-radar signature to near-background levels.

Nikola Nikić

He is often a guest on various TV and radio shows because of his stories about himself being silly in all kind of strange situations.

Pa Neumüller

Neumüller studied journalism and acting at some of the best Television and broadcasting schools in Sweden before she moved to the United States of America.

Peter Triantafyllou

Petros, Peter Triantafyllou is an expert in international marketing, with experience in management and mass media for more than 20 years 1986 -2006 Radio, Television, magazines.

Saved by the Light

The book was adapted for a 1995 FOX TV movie of the same name starring Eric Roberts, and debuted as one of the highest rated television movies in that network's history.

SET International

SET International is a satellite cable channel operated by Sanlih E-Television in Taiwan, launched on March 2000, but only broadcasts abroad.

Stewart Mead

He is currently a producer at LTV in East Hampton, New York.

Taylor Range

Mount Coot-tha, on which there is a lookout, botanical gardens, a planetarium and television towers, is the highest peak of the Taylor Range at 287 m.

Television in Senegal

Television in Senegal was introduced in 1965.

Television/A Challenge to the Psychoanalytic Establishment

In 1973, the film maker Benoît Jacquot approached Jacques Lacan via Jacques-Alain Miller with the idea of making a film on Lacan and his teaching.

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In January 1977, the French journal Ornicar ? edited by Jacques-Alain Miller published two supplements: on the 1953 "Scission" of the Société française de psychanalyse from the Paris Psychoanalytic Society (the French branch of the International Psychoanalytic Association); and on Lacan’s 1963 "Excommunication" from the latter.

Tony Tobin

He started his TV career in 1991 with an appearance on Granada TV's This Morning before moving onto Ready Steady Cook and Can't Cook Won't Cook with guest appearances on shows such as Food and Drink and The Generation Game.

Writers Guild of Canada

In addition to the IPA, the Guild also has agreements in place with the APFTQ, CBC Radio, CBC Television, CTV, the NFB and TVOntario.


1983 Australian Drivers' Championship

Port Macquarie privateer Andrew Miedecke drove his RT4 to 3rd in the championship despite only deciding to race after watching Costanzo win the first round of the series in Adelaide on television.

1989 Australian Touring Car Championship

Holden's lack of interest in the 1989 ATCC wasn't well received either by the fans or television broadcaster Channel 7.

Amiriyah shelter bombing

Jeremy Bowen, a BBC correspondent, was one of the first television reporters on the scene.

Andy Cadiff

He has directed episodes of a number of notable television series including Home Improvement, Spin City, My Wife and Kids, Growing Pains, According to Jim, The War at Home, and Quintuplets.

Andy Mangels

Mangels and Martin co-wrote a series of novels serving as the official continuation of Star Trek: Enterprise following the television series' cancellation.

Barrio 19

Barrio 19 is a television program shown on MTV showcasing a diversity of street talents and urban underground pursuits in cities such as Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, London, Osaka, Hamburg, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

Big Red Letter Day

The leadoff track, "Sodajerk," was featured on the soundtrack for the short-lived television series My So-Called Life and in commercials for Nike and Pontiac.

Billy Hardwick

He is the father of comedian and television personality Chris Hardwick.

BOTB

Battle of the Blades, a Canadian television figure skating competition broadcast by CBC.

Cineme

Cineme judges included prominent figures in the television and motion-picture industries from Cartoon Network, DreamWorks SKG, Nickelodeon, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Universal Studios.

Dan Deublein

Deublein has played roles in numerous television shows including Beverly Hills, 90210, General Hospital, Port Charles, JAG, Arrest & Trial and The West Wing.

Daniel Chandler

Daniel Chandler (born 1952) is a British visual semiotician based (since 2001) at the department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University (where he has taught since 1989).

David Hepp

Hepp received the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award "for excellence in television journalism" as well as awards from the Associated Press, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Broadcasters Association.

Evelyn Rudie

During the late 1950s, she acted on other leading television shows, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, General Electric Theater, Lawman, The Red Skelton Show and Wagon Train, along with seven appearances on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.

Fred Basset

During mid 1976 a short-lived 5 minute television cartoon of Fred Basset was shown on the BBC, made by Bill Melendez Productions, voiced by actor Lionel Jeffries that was available on VHS.

Jack Tramiel

As prices dropped and the market matured, the monochrome (green text on black screen) PET was at a disadvantage in the market when compared to machines like the Apple II and Atari 800, which offered color graphics and could be hooked to a television as an inexpensive display.

James Georgopoulos

The "Guns of Cinema" series also expresses his affinity for the film and television industry by photographing a number of motion picture and television cameras; which include those from Titanic, Star Wars, Thriller, James Bond, Kill Bill, and Apocalypto).

Jerome Moross

He also composed the main theme to the 3rd–8th seasons of the television western series Wagon Train, the theme of which was based on his score for The Jayhawkers!.

Jerry Ciccoritti

Ciccoritti was instrumental in developing the TV series Catwalk (1992) and Straight Up (1996) and began a secondary career as a director of big-budget television movies and miniseries with Net Worth (1995), a drama about hockey player Ted Lindsay's battles with the NHL on behalf of his fellow players.

John Knatchbull

John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005), British peer, television producer and Academy-award nominated film producer

John Treacy

Treacy overtook Spedding with 150m to go, during which the Irish television commentary of Jimmy Magee listed the previous Irish Olympic medal winners up to that time, before culminating: "And for the 13th time, an Olympic medal goes to John Treacy from Villierstown in Waterford, the little man with the big heart."

José Luis Gil

José Luis Gil (Zaragoza, December 9, 1957) is a Spanish television, cinema, theatre and voice actor.

Kailash Surendranath

Surendranath has directed about 3,500 television commercials in a span of about 35 years, including advertisements for Liril soap, Nirma Washing Detergent, Vimal Sarees Suiting, Sunsilk Shampoo, Fair & Lovely, Taj Tea, and Himani & Charagh Din.

KHCV

KFFV, a television station (channel 44) licensed to serve Seattle, Washington, United States, which held the call sign KHCV from 1999 to 2009

KPXO-TV

Due to limited feed abilities, KPXO is not available over-the-air or on cable in many other areas of the state; as a result, the "Big Island" of Hawaii at one point received Ion and its predecessor networks via KLEI (channel 6), even though the entire state of Hawaii is a single television market.

KUVM

KUVM-LD, a television station (channel 10) licensed to Missouri City, Texas, United States

Lower Swanwick

The area houses Bursledon Brickworks and Swanwick has become particularly popular with visitors, because the river and its landmarks are where many of the scenes for the former television series Howards' Way were filmed.

Luke Booth

Booth, and his uncle Christopher Eves, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, Retail & Leisure markets.

Lydia Leonard

On television she had an ongoing role in 1950s-set detective series Jericho starring Robert Lindsay, and appeared in True True Lie (2006) and The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), along with a cameo in Rome (2006, "The Stolen Eagle"), and as a nurse in the BBC's Casualty 1909.

Mary Healy

In addition, the couple were regular substitute hosts on Arthur Godfrey's television programs and were frequent guest panelists on What's My Line? In 1960, they co-starred in their radio show The Peter Lind-Mary Healy Show.

Mat Stevenson

He is best known for playing the long running regular role of Adam Cameron in the television soap opera Home and Away from 1989 to 1994, making a return appearance in 1999.

Megan Glaros

She was an NFL cheerleader for the Indianapolis Colts for a few months in 2002 before taking her first job in television.

Omen IV: The Awakening

Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 made-for-television film that serves as the fourth and final addition to the original The Omen series, directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard.

Our Lady of Victory Catholic School

The recognition came from the teachings of Deacon David Jones, whose 5th grade art class curriculum that school year was based on the works of noted artist Bob Ross, host of the American PBS television show The Joy of Painting.

Overacting

William Shatner's performance in the original Star Trek series has been frequently parodied across numerous comedy television shows.

Pamela Kosh

She has also made many minor and less notable appearances in television series such as Northern Exposure, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, USA High, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Frasier, Charmed, Matlock, Alias, Monk, ER and So Little Time.

Peter Andrew Jones

He has also produced images for film publicity, creating the movie posters for The Sword and The Sorceror and Alligator, contributed during the early 1980s to television shows including BBC comedy The Two Ronnies Show and the BBC's '80s sci-fi adaptation of The Tripods, and has produced cover illustrations for video game publishers such as US Gold, Psygnosis and Virgin Interactive.

Robert Villar

His first television appearance was when he auditioned in ABS-CBN'S Little Big Star.

Shaolin Kung Fu

The 1970s television series Kung Fu starred David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk on the run in the Wild West whose Zen (Ch'an) training is tested along his journey.

Squad 51

Squad 51 is a 1972 Dodge D-300 truck, one of 3 different rescue squad vehicles ("squads") that were used in the filming of the television series Emergency!

Steve Gomer

2000, he moved on to television directing episodes of Chicago Hope, Gilmore Girls, Ally McBeal, Joan of Arcadia, The Unit, Private Practice and few other series.

Tim Andrew

He also worked as an assistant director on a number of feature films and as supervising producer on the television series Home James, reality series Denise Richards: It's Complicated, Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? and the Tyler Perry-directed films Meet the Browns, The Family That Preys, Why Did I Get Married Too? and For Colored Girls.

Vatican Television Center

Created in 1983 by Pope John Paul II, the Vatican Television Center is, since November 1996, an institution legally associated with the Vatican.

Watertown, Minnesota

Marion Ross – Film and television actress, born in Watertown in 1928.

WBKM

WBKM-LP, a low-power television station (channel 46) licensed to Chana, Illinois, United States

WCPN

She interviewed people involved in stage, screen and television careers, such as actor Greg Morris of CBS-TV's Mission: Impossible series.

What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

Crick comments on various aspects of the DNA double helix discovery and gives a qualified endorsement to the 1987 television movie Life Story with Jeff Goldblum as Jim Watson and Tim Piggott-Smith as Francis Crick.

William Richert

Richert claimed Sorkin's screenplay was a thinly-veiled plagiarism of Richert's 1981 'The President Elopes', and that the television series The West Wing was derived from part of the same screenplay.

Willie Morris

One of Morris' books, Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood was made into a TV movie for Public Television by Disney and PBS Wonderworks and later re-titled The River Pirates in 1988 not far from where Morris lived.It starred Richard Farnsworth, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dixie Wade, Ryan Francis, Caryn West and Richard E. Council.