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* 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. * 1877: Bell Telephone Company is founded.1920s
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* 1980: First broadcast of ''1990s
* 1990 in television, 1990: First broadcast of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Mr. Bean'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''MasterChef'' (original UK version), ''Twin Peaks'', ''Law & Order'', ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', ''Ching Roi Ching Lan'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Wings (1990 TV series), Wings'', ''In Living Color'', ''Chibi Maruko-chan'', ''Kyatto Ninden Teyandee'', ''Bobby's World'', ''Mr. Shalash's Family'', ''Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'', ''Art Attack'', ''TaleSpin'', and ''Northern Exposure''. First appearance of the "I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!" advertisement for Life Alert Emergency Response, Life Alert. Fox Kids is launched. * 1991 in television, 1991: First broadcast of ''Home Improvement (TV series), Home Improvement'', ''Dinosaurs (TV series), Dinosaurs'', ''Darkwing Duck'', ''Step By Step (TV series), Step By Step'', ''Nummer 28'', Papa and Nicole (Renault), ''The Julekalender'', ''Æon Flux'', the first three Nicktoons (''Doug (TV series), Doug'', ''Rugrats'', and ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''), ''Super Mario World (TV series), Super Mario World'', ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'', ''The Jerry Springer Show'', and ''A Bunch of Munsch''. * 1992 in television, 1992: First broadcast of ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Mad About You'', ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Goof Troop, ''Barney & Friends'', ''Martin (TV series), Martin'', ''Nickelodeon Guts'', ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', ''Cha Cha Cha (TV series), Cha Cha Cha'', ''Crayon Shin-chan'', ''YuYu Hakusho'', ''Bananas in Pyjamas'', ''The Golden Palace'', ''Melrose Place'', ''X-Men (1992 TV series), X-Men'', ''The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series), The Animals of Farthing Wood'', ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''Dateline NBC'', ''Sailor Moon (TV series), Sailor Moon''; Cartoon Network is launched, with Boomerang (TV network), Boomerang as one of its programming blocks. The Faith and Values Channel is launched. * 1993 in television, 1993: First broadcast of ''Late Show with David Letterman'', ''Animaniacs'', ''Rocko's Modern Life'', ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series), Sonic the Hedgehog (a.k.a. "Sonic SatAM")'', ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'', ''The X-Files'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', ''The Pink Panther (TV series)'', ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', Got Milk?, ''WWE Raw, WWF Monday Night Raw'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', ''Slam Dunk (manga), Slam Dunk'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'', ''Cracker (British TV series), Cracker'', ''seaQuest DSV'', ''The Nanny'', ''Ricki Lake (talk show), Ricki Lake'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and ''Frasier''. Mnet (TV channel), Mnet is launched. * 1994 in television, 1994: First broadcast of ''Friends'', ''Party of Five'', ''The Kingdom (TV miniseries), The Kingdom'', ''Chicago Hope'', ''Babylon 5'', ''The National Lottery Draws'', ''Inside the Actors Studio'', ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', ''Spider-Man (1994 TV series), Spider-Man'', ''The Tick (1994 TV series), The Tick'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'', ''All That'', ''Allegra's Window'' and ''Gullah Gullah Island''; Funimation, FUNimation Productions is founded; Turner Classic Movies is launched; Investigation Discovery, Discovery Civilization Network: The World History and Geography Channel is launched. 1994 United States broadcast TV realignment, Several TV stations in the US switch their affiliates until 1996. TMN Moviepix and Starz are launched. Destination America is launched (as Discovery Travel & Living Network). HGTV, Home & Garden Television (HGTV) is launched. DirecTV is founded. Adobe Flash is released (as FutureWave). * 1995 in television, 1995: First broadcast of ''Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Father Ted'', ''NileCity 105,6'', ''The Wayans Bros.'', ''Little Bear (TV series), Little Bear'', Pinky and the Brain, ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''The Late Late Show (American talk show), The Late Late Show'', ''WCW Monday Nitro'', ''Road Rules'', ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''Budweiser Frogs'', ''Mad TV'', ''JAG (TV series), JAG'', ''El y Ella'', ''Sevcec''; The programme ''Rox (American TV series), Rox'' makes a move to the Internet, becoming the first-ever web television, web series; History (American TV channel), The History Channel, Kids' WB and Tooniverse are launched; The communications satellite EchoStar I is (literally) launched; first appearance of the M&M's M&M's#M&M's characters, Spokescandies and the Coca-Cola#Holiday campaigns, "Holidays are Coming" Coca-Cola ad campaign; The O. J. Simpson murder case, O. J. Simpson murder trial is televised. * 1996 in television, 1996: First broadcast of ''The Crocodile Hunter'', ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''Waynehead'', ''C Bear and Jamal'', ''7th Heaven (TV series), 7th Heaven'', ''Blue's Clues'', ''Hey Arnold!'', ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series), Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', ''Spin City'', ''Kenan and Kel'', ''The Daily Show'', ''E! True Hollywood Story'', ''Judge Judy'', Churchill Insurance#Advertising, Churchill Nodding Dog, ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'', ''Our Friends in the North'', ''The Sculptress'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', ''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Beast Wars: Transformers'', ''Detective Conan'', and ''Dexter's Laboratory''; Fox News is launched; the first high-definition television broadcasts; the first DVDs and DVD players go on sale. Animal Planet is launched. Discovery Kids Channel is launched. * 1997 in television, 1997: First broadcast of ''South Park'', ''Pokémon (TV series), Pokémon'', ''Berserk (1997 TV series), Berserk'', ''King of the Hill'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Teletubbies'', ''Franklin (TV series), Franklin'', ''Caillou'', ''Bear in the Big Blue House'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Men in Black: The Series'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', This is Your Brain on Drugs#1997 version, Rachel Leigh Cook's Brain on Drugs, ''Todd MacFarlane's Spawn'', ''Recess (TV series), Recess'', ''Alles Kan Beter'', ''Sasuke (TV series), Sasuke'', ''Daria'', and ''I'm Alan Partridge''; first appearance of the Taco Bell Chihuahua and Mastercard#Advertising, Priceless (Mastercard); The TV Parental Guidelines television content rating system is introduced; Playhouse Disney is launched; Cartoon Network introduces Toonami; Netflix is founded; the first plasma televisions go on sale; 685 children across Japan are taken to hospitals from seizures Dennō Senshi Porygon, caused by a ''Pokémon'' episode; millions watch the funeral of Diana Spencer, Princess Diana. * 1998 in television, 1998: First broadcast of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', ''The Wiggles'', ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'', ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Will & Grace'', ''Charmed'', ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''That '70s Show'', ''Bob the Builder'', ''CatDog'', ''Sex and the City'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Godzilla: The Series'', ''Elmo's World'', ''Rolie Polie Olie'', ''PB&J Otter'', ''Out of the Box (TV series), Out of the Box'', ''Gap Inc., Khakis Swing'' (''GAP Inc.''), ''WCW Thunder'', ''The Royle Family'', and ''The King of Queens''; Kingston Communications launches the first major video-on-demand service. ''VeggieTales'' airs on television for the first time with the special ''VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular!'' on ION TV. * 1999 in television, 1999: First broadcast of ''Family Guy'', ''The Sopranos'', ''Crashbox'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''Station Zero'', ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', ''Futurama'', ''Batman Beyond'', ''Sonic Underground'', ''Digimon Adventure, Digimon: Digital Monsters'', ''One Piece (TV series), One Piece'', ''The West Wing'', ''Whassup?'' (Budweiser), ''Spider-Man Unlimited'', ''Downtown (1999 TV series), Downtown'', ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'', ''Little Bill'', ''WWE SmackDown, WWF Smackdown'', ''The Amanda Show'', ''Happy Tree Friends'', ''Big Brother (Netherlands), Big Brother'' (Netherlands), ''Walking with..., Walking with Prehistoric Life'', ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'', ''Surfer (advertisement), Surfer'' (Guinness), ''Freaks and Geeks'', ''Trick (TV series), Trick'', ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'', ''Zoboomafoo'' and Dragon Tales; first appearance of the GEICO advertising campaigns#The GEICO Gecko, GEICO Gecko; DIY Network is launched; the first digital video recorders (DVRs) go on sale, one of them being TiVo. OCN (TV channel), OCN is launched.2000s
* 2000 in television, 2000: First broadcast of ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''MTV Cribs'', ''Survivor (American TV series), Survivor'', ''Jackass (TV series), Jackass'', ''John West Foods#Bear fight commercial, Bear Fight'' (John West Foods), ''Da Ali G Show'', HBOS Marketing Campaign, Halifax Singing Staff, ''106 & Park'', ''Just for Laughs: Gags'', ''Dora the Explorer'', ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''Static Shock'', ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000 TV series), Transformers: Robots in Disguise'', ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'', ''Homestar Runner'', and ''Gilmore Girls''. Nickelodeon on CBS is launched. Boomerang (TV network), Boomerang is launched as its own channel, separate from Cartoon Network. Billy Mays shoots an infomercial for OxiClean. The Foundation for a Better Life is founded. * 2001 in television, 2001: First broadcast of ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (UK), ''Band of Brothers (TV miniseries), Band of Brothers'', ''Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Fear Factor'', ''Angelina Ballerina (TV series), Angelina Ballerina'', ''Invader Zim'', ''Oswald (TV series), Oswald'', ''The Book of Pooh'', ''Stanley (2001 TV series), Stanley'', ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Lizzie McGuire'', ''How It's Made'', ''Smallville'', ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' and ''Totally Spies!''; The Walt Disney Company buys Fox Family Worldwide; Adult Swim, a nighttime programming block on Cartoon Network, is launched; The Faith and Values Channel relaunches as the Hallmark Channel; The world witnesses the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., Washington. Regular programming is suspended in order to bring up-to-date coverage of events relating to the attacks. * 2002 in television, 2002: First broadcast of ''Naruto'', ''American Idol'', ''The Shield (TV series), The Shield'', ''City of Men'', ''Kim Possible'', ''Extreme Makeover'', ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', ''8 Simple Rules'', ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''Madventures (Finnish TV program), Madventures'', ''Firefly (TV series), Firefly'', ''Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', ''100 Greatest Britons'', ''Winter Sonata'', ''Max and Ruby'', ''Teamo Supremo'', ''Mr. Bean: The Animated Series'', ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'', ''Icons (TV series), Icons'', ''Clone High'', ''Spider-Man: The New Animated Series'', ''George Lopez (TV series), George Lopez'', ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''Liberty's Kids'', ''Endurance (TV series), Endurance'', ''The Wire'', ''Transformers: Armada'', What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Cyberchase. Discovery HD Theater, the first 24/7 high definition basic cable network, is launched. Nicktoons (American TV channel), Nicktoons (the TV channel) is launched. * 2003 in television, 2003: First broadcast of ''Two and a Half Men'', ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'', ''Fullmetal Alchemist (TV series), Fullmetal Alchemist'', ''Teen Titans (TV series), Teen Titans'', ''The O.C.'', ''That's So Raven'', Cog (advertisement), Cog (Honda), ''Chappelle's Show'', ''Reno 911!'', ''MythBusters'', ''Dirty Jobs'', Peugeot 206, Peugeot 206 Sculptor, ''Jojo's Circus'', ''Rubbadubbers'', ''Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks'', ''Red vs. Blue'', ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'', ''All In (TV series), All In'', ''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'', ''Peep Show (British TV series), Peep Show'', ''Arrested Development (TV series), Arrested Development'', ''Los Serrano'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', ''The Venture Bros.'', ''Transformers: Energon'', and ''Making Fiends (web series), Making Fiends'' (the web series); first appearance of iPod advertising#Silhouette style, Silhouette Style (iPod); Rooster Teeth Productions is founded. * 2004 in television, 2004: First broadcast of ''Bleach (TV series), Bleach'', ''Peppa Pig'', ''Drake & Josh'', ''LazyTown'', ''Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'', ''The Backyardigans'', ''Toddworld'', ''Winx Club'', ''Maya & Miguel'', ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'', ''Phil of the Future'', ''House (TV series), House'', ''Lost (TV series), Lost'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'', ''Ghost Hunters (TV series), Ghost Hunters'', ''Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan'', ''The Angry Video Game Nerd'', ''Hassan and Habibah'', ''Samurai Champloo'', ''Sgt. Frog'', ''Monster (manga), Monster'', Citroën C4, Citroën C4 Dancing Robot, ''Super Girl (TV series), Super Girl'', ''Veronica Mars'', ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'', Joey (TV series), Joey, ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor'', ''Hell's Kitchen (British TV series), Hell's Kitchen (UK)'', ''The Apprentice (British TV series), The Apprentice'', ''Danny Phantom'', ''Overhaulin''', ''The Biggest Loser (American TV series), The Biggest Loser'', ''Higglytown Heroes'', ''Atomic Betty'' and ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''; first appearance of the GEICO Cavemen; Allstate begins its "Are you in good hands?" advertising campaign; Dove (toiletries), Dove launches the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty; Jetix is launched; ''Euro1080'' launches the first high-definition television broadcast. * 2005 in television, 2005: First broadcast of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', ''Sonic X'', ''Time Warp Trio'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Spiral (TV series), Spiral'', ''Noghtechin'', ''Dancing with the Stars'', ''My Name is Earl'', ''The Closer'', ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', ''Krypto the Superdog'', ''Johnny Test'', ''My Gym Partner's a Monkey'', ''Camp Lazlo'', ''noitulovE'' (Guinness), ''Survivorman'', ''So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series), So You Think You Can Dance'', ''Catscratch'', ''Bones (TV series), Bones'', ''Hell's Kitchen (American TV series), Hell's Kitchen (US)'', ''MasterChef'' (independent international versions), ''The Colbert Report'', ''How It Should Have Ended'', ''Moral Orel'', ''The Boondocks (TV series), The Boondocks'', ''Robot Chicken'', ''American Dad!'', ''Squidbillies'', Erin Esurance, ''Everybody Hates Chris'', ''The Office (American TV series), The Office'' (U.S.), ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Zoey 101'', ''Deal or No Deal (American game show), Deal or No Deal'', ''Go, Diego, Go!'', ''Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island'', ''Little Einsteins'', Pocoyo, ''Pinky Dinky Doo'', Carlton Draught: Big Ad, ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural'', ''Prison Break'', ''Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf'', ''My Lovely Sam Soon'', ''Sto Para Pente'', ''Ben 10 (2005 TV series), Ben 10'' and ''Puppy Bowl''; PBS Kids Sprout is launched. The Doctor Who (series 1), ''Doctor Who'' revival series begins, 16 years after the original show's cancellation in 1989. Toon Boom Animation, Toon Boom Harmony is released. * 2006 in television, 2006: First broadcast of ''Death Note'', ''High School Musical'', ''Türkisch für Anfänger'', ''Planet Earth (2006 TV series), Planet Earth'', ''Man vs. Wild'', ''Jumong (TV series), Jumong'', ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'', ''Psych'', ''Dancing on Ice'', ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'', ''Torchwood'', ''Friday Night Lights (TV series), Friday Night Lights'', ''Ugly Betty'', ''Hannah Montana'', ''The Upside Down Show'', ''El Hormiguero'', ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'', ''Curious George (TV series), Curious George'', ''Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman'', ''WordGirl'', ''It's a Big Big World'', ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'', ''Handy Manny'', ''Squirrel Boy'', ''Class of 3000'', ''Kappa Mikey'', ''Wonder Pets'', ''Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'', ''Top Chef'', ''The IT Crowd'', ''Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe'', ''Code Geass'' and ''30 Rock''; the Netherlands is the first country to move to digital television; France 24 launched; HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc launched; First appearance of The Most Interesting Man in the World (Dos Equis). The WB and UPN shut down and merge to become The CW. BabyFirst is launched. Discovery Times is relaunched as Investigation Discovery (ID). AT&T U-verse is launched. ''Cocomelon'' is launched (as ''ThatsMEonTV''). Crunchyroll is Launched. tvN (South Korean TV channel), tvN is launched. Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete a Digital television transition, wholesale switch from analog television to digital over-the-air (terrestrial television) broadcasting. * 2007 in television, 2007: First broadcast of ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Britain's Got Talent'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''Total Drama'', ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'', ''Gossip Girl'', ''iCarly'', ''Captain Disillusion'', ''Nostalgia Critic'', ''Zero Punctuation'', ''Heartland (Canadian TV series), Heartland'', ''Shaun the Sheep'', ''The Naked Brothers Band (TV series), The Naked Brothers Band'', the John Lewis Christmas advert, ''Burn Notice'', ''The Golden Path (TV series), The Golden Path'', ''Pushing Daisies'', Monkey (character), Monkey and Al (PG Tips), ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''Super Why!'', ''Wordworld'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'', ''Chowder (TV series), Chowder'', ''Transformers: Animated'', ''Back at the Barnyard'', ''Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?'', ''Golden Bride'', ''The Killing (Danish TV series), The Killing'', ''Chuck (TV series), Chuck'', ''Mad Men'', ''Damages (TV series), Damages'', and ''Storm Chasers (TV series), Storm Chasers''; first appearance of ''Gorilla (advertisement), Gorilla'' (Cadbury's Dairy Milk); a 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, writers' strike shuts down U.S. scripted programming in November. Hulu is launched. CNN/YouTube presidential debates, CNN and YouTube sponsor U.S. presidential debates. * 2008 in television, 2008: First broadcast of ''Breaking Bad'', ''The Mentalist'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series), Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series), The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''The Secret Saturdays'', ''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'', ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', ''The Penguins of Madagascar'', ''The Garfield Show'', ''Making Fiends (TV series), Making Fiends'' (the TV series), ''The Suite Life on Deck'', ''Imagination Movers (TV series), Imagination Movers'', ''Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show), Wipeout'', ''Martha Speaks (TV series), Martha Speaks'', ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'', ''Sid the Science Kid'', ''True Blood'', ''Simon's Cat'', ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'', ''Dogs 101'', ''Time Warp (TV series), Time Warp'', ''Underbelly (TV series), Underbelly'', ''The Inbetweeners'', ''Radio Arvyla'', ''19 Kids and Counting'', ''The Yogscast'', ''Extra Credits'', ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', and ''Ben 10: Alien Force'', and Hole in the Wall (American game show), ''Hole in the Wall''; First appearance of the Progressive Insurance mascot Flo (Progressive), Flo; the launch of Discovery Channel's ''I Love the World'' ad campaign; the first 3D TV broadcasts; the historical miniseries ''John Adams (miniseries), John Adams'' premieres on HBO and wins a record-breaking thirteen Emmys. DIC Entertainment folds into2010s
* 2010 in television, 2010: First broadcast of ''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show'', ''Fish Hooks'', ''Team Umizoomi'', ''Victorious'', ''Sym-Bionic Titan'', ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', ''Mad (TV series), Mad'', ''Downton Abbey'', ''Glass Home'', ''Borgen (TV series), Borgen'', ''The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!'', ''Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock'', ''Solsidan (TV series), Solsidan'', ''Pretty Little Liars'', ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood'', ''Louie (American TV series), Louie'', ''Conan (talk show), Conan'', ''The Great British Bake Off'', ''Octonauts'', ''Mike & Molly'', ''Treme (TV series), Treme'', ''Mysteries at the Museum'', ''My Strange Addiction'', ''Luther (TV series), Luther'', ''Zevo-3'', ''Storage Wars'', ''Through the Wormhole'', ''How the Universe Works'', ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', ''Young Justice (TV series), Young Justice'', ''Transformers: Prime'', ''Good Luck Charlie'', ''Pair of Kings'', ''Kick Buttowski'', ''The Jungle Book (2010 TV series), The Jungle Book'', ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'', ''Sidekick (TV series), Sidekick'', ''Ben 10: Ultimate Alien'' and ''The Voice of Holland, The Voice'' (Holland); first airing of "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" (Old Spice); 2010 Tonight Show conflict, ''Tonight Show'' conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien. * 2011 in television, 2011: First broadcast of ''Game of Thrones'', ''Black Mirror'', ''Bob's Burgers'', ''The Looney Tunes Show'', ''Leyla ile Mecnun,'' ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'', ''American Horror Story'', ''The Killing (American TV series), The Killing'', ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice USA'', ''Austin & Ally'', ''Suits (American TV series), Suits'', ''Teen Wolf (2011 TV series), Teen Wolf'', ''Wild Kratts'' ''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'', ''Justin Time (TV series), Justin Time'', ''My Babysitter's a Vampire (TV series), My Babysitter's a Vampire'', ''Impractical Jokers'', ''Brain Games (2011 TV series), Brain Games'', ''Tanked (TV series), Tanked'', ''Finding Bigfoot'', ''Call of the Wildman'', ''My Cat from Hell'', ''Too Cute (TV series), Too Cute'', ''The Amazing World of Gumball'', ''Episodes (TV series), Episodes'', ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome'', ''The Problem Solverz'', ''ThunderCats (2011 TV series), ThunderCats'', ''LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'', ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'', ''Last Man Standing (American TV series), Last Man Standing'', ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'', ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm'', ''2 Broke Girls'', ''Game Theory (series)'', ''New Girl'', ''Bubble Guppies'', ''Homeland (TV series), Homeland'', ''Almost Naked Animals'', ''A.N.T. Farm'', ''Kickin' It'', and ''Dan Vs.''; State Farm premieres its "State of..." advertising campaign, which includes the "State of Unrest" commercial (a.k.a. "Jake from State Farm"); Discovery HD Theater is re-launched as Velocity (TV network), Velocity; Disney Junior is launched; Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is launched; millions watch Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Prince William marry Kate Middleton; IBM's Watson (computer), Watson competes against former champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings on ''Jeopardy!''; The Yogscast formally incorporates as a company; Twitch (service), Twitch is launched; Barack Obama, President Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden on live television. * 2012 in television, 2012: First broadcast of ''Gravity Falls'', ''Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series), Ultimate Spider-Man'', ''Lab Rats (American TV series), Lab Rats'', ''Dog with a Blog'', ''Doc McStuffins'', ''Marvin Marvin'', ''Ben 10: Omniverse'', ''The Legend of Korra'', ''The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange'', ''Game Grumps'', ''Did You Know Gaming?'', ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV series), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', ''Sword Art Online (2012 TV series), Sword Art Online'', ''Duck Dynasty'', ''Outrageous Acts of Science'', ''Satyamev Jayate (TV series), Satyamev Jayate'', ''Girls (TV series), Girls'', ''Scandal (TV series), Scandal'', ''Nashville (2012 TV series), Nashville'', ''Državni posao'', ''Motu Patlu'', ''Call the Midwife'', ''Mystery Diners'', ''Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States'', ''House of Lies'', ''Veep'', the Arrowverse#Television series, Arrowverse, ''Catfish: The TV Show'', ''Screen Junkies#Honest Trailers, Honest Trailers'', ''The Mindy Project'', ''Omar (TV series), Omar'', ''Key & Peele'', ''Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood'', ''Kitchen (TV series), Kitchen'', ''Hotel Impossible'', ''Here Comes Honey Boo Boo'', and ''My 600-lb Life''; ''Overhaulin''' receives a revival series. First appearance of Stressmannetje (De Lijn); The Red Bull Stratos jump; The 2012 London Olympics becomes the most-watched event of the year. * 2013 in television, 2013: First broadcast of ''Attack on Titan'', ''Rick and Morty'', ''Steven Universe'', ''Wander Over Yonder'', ''Uncle Grandpa'', ''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'', ''Sam & Cat'', ''Incredible Crew'', ''Teen Titans Go!'', ''PAW Patrol'', ''Sofia the First'', ''Henry Hugglemonster'', ''Liv and Maddie'', ''Sanjay and Craig'', ''The Thundermans'', ''The Haunted Hathaways'', ''The Americans'', ''Peaky Blinders (TV series), Peaky Blinders'', ''Avengers Assemble (TV series), Avengers Assemble'', ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', ''The Following'', ''House of Cards (American TV series), House of Cards'', ''Bates Motel (TV series), Bates Motel'', ''Pakdam Pakdai'', ''Gogglebox'', ''Broadchurch'', ''Hannibal (TV series), Hannibal'', ''Vikings (2013 TV series), Vikings'', ''Orange is the New Black'', ''The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs'' and ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''; First appearance of ''Epic Split'' (Volvo Trucks) and ''Mercedes Benz, Chicken'' (Mercedes Benz) * 2014 in television, 2014: First broadcast of ''True Detective (TV series), True Detective'', ''Black-ish'', ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'', ''Fargo (TV series), Fargo'', ''BoJack Horseman'', ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'', ''Scorpion (TV series), Scorpion'', ''Gomorrah (TV series), Gomorrah'', ''The 100 (TV series), The 100'', ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander'', ''Lucha Underground'', ''Transparent (TV series), Transparent'', ''Broad City'', ''Over the Garden Wall'', ''Clarence (American TV series), Clarence'', ''Sonic Boom (TV series), Sonic Boom'', ''Star Wars Rebels'', ''Blaze and the Monster Machines'', ''Breadwinners (TV series), Breadwinners'', ''Silicon Valley (TV series), Silicon Valley'', ''The Leftovers (TV series), The Leftovers'', ''Jane the Virgin'', ''Chrisley Knows Best'', ''Girl Meets World'', ''I Didn't Do It (TV series), I Didn't Do It'', and ''Henry Danger''; CBS All Access is launched; Twitch (service), Twitch is bought by Amazon (company), Amazon. * 2015 in television, 2015: First broadcast of ''Better Call Saul'', ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'', ''Game Shakers'', ''Empire (2015 TV series), Empire'', ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'', ''Narcos'', ''Daredevil (TV series), Daredevil'', ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV series), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'', Trivago#Marketing#The "Trivago girl", Trivago Girl, ''Lucifer (TV series), Lucifer'', ''Life in Pieces'', ''Fresh Off the Boat'', ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Love Island (2015 TV series), Love Island'', ''Mr. Robot'', ''Film Theory (series)'', ''Local 58'', ''We Bare Bears'', ''Harvey Beaks'', ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'', ''Supernoobs'', ''Shimmer and Shine'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy (TV series), Guardians of the Galaxy'', ''Schitt's Creek'', ''Critical Role'', ''Master of None'', ''Deutschland 83'', ''Lip Sync Battle'', ''F is for Family'', ''The Man in the High Castle (TV series), The Man in the High Castle'' and ''Superstore (TV series), Superstore''; Super Bowl XLIX breaks the record for most-watched program in the history of American television; Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather–Pacquiao boxing match is history's biggest pay-per-view fight; Sling TV is founded; Amazon Instant Video becomes Amazon Video; Steve Harvey hosts the Miss Universe 2015 pageant in Las Vegas and mistakenly names the first runner-up, Miss Colombia (Ariadna Gutiérrez) as the winner, announcing shortly after that he had read the results incorrectly and that Miss Philippines (Pia Wurtzbach) was the new Miss Universe; ten are killed during Villa Castelli helicopter collision, a helicopter crash during filming of reality series ''Dropped (French TV series), Dropped''. * 2016 in television, 2016: First broadcast of ''The Haunted House (anime), The Haunted House'', ''Stranger Things'', ''My Hero Academia'', ''The Night Of'', ''The Loud House'', ''Elena of Avalor'', ''Bizaardvark'', The Lion Guard, ''Fleabag'', ''War & Peace (2016 TV series), War & Peace'', ''Roots (2016 miniseries), Roots'', ''Mann Mayal'', ''Chhoti Anandi'', ''Atlanta (TV series), Atlanta'', ''This Is Us'', ''The Good Place'', ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'', ''MatPat's Game Lab'', ''Escape the Night'', ''American Housewife'', ''American Crime Story'', ''Insecure (TV series), Insecure'', ''Degrassi: Next Class'', ''Westworld (TV series), Westworld'', ''Tales of Arcadia'', ''Victoria (British TV series), Victoria'', ''Ben 10 (2016 TV series), Ben 10'', ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'', and ''Fuller House (TV series), Fuller House''; Amazon Prime Video is launched worldwide (except for Mainland China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria), expanding its reach beyond the United States; ABC Family is re-launched as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform; Beam (website), Beam is launched and is bought by Microsoft in the same year. The last known company in the world to manufacture VHS equipment (VCR/DVD combos), Funai of Japan, ceases production, citing shrinking demand and difficulties procuring parts. * 2017 in television, 2017: First broadcast of ''Money Heist'', ''American Gods (TV series), American Gods'', ''Riverdale (2017 TV series), Riverdale'', ''Big Little Lies (TV series), Big Little Lies'', ''Young Sheldon'', ''Star Trek: Discovery'', ''DuckTales (2017 TV series), DuckTales'' (2017), ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Tangled: The Series'' (later known as ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure''), ''Spider-Man (2017 TV series), Marvel's Spider-Man'', ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'', ''Hanazuki: Full of Treasures'', ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'', ''The End of the F***ing World'', ''Big Mouth (American TV series), Big Mouth'', ''Bill Nye Saves the World'', ''Mind Field'', ''The Handmaid's Tale (TV series), The Handmaid's Tale'', ''Big City Greens'', ''GLOW (TV series), GLOW'', ''Counterpart (TV series), Counterpart'', ''Legion (TV series), Legion'', ''A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series), A Series of Unfortunate Events'', and ''Petscop''; At the 89th Academy Awards, the film ''Moonlight (2016 film), Moonlight'' is announced the correct winner for Best Picture, after actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announce ''La La Land (film), La La Land'', another acclaimed film, the winner by mistake on national television; Sprout is rebranded as Universal Kids; Beam is renamed to Mixer (service), Mixer. * 2018 in television, 2018: First broadcast of ''Cobra Kai'', ''Hilda (TV series), Hilda'', ''The Circle (British TV series), The Circle'', ''Bluey (2018 TV series), Bluey'', ''Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan'', ''Barry (TV series), Barry'', ''Killing Eve'', ''Bodyguard (British TV series), Bodyguard'', ''Pose (TV series), Pose'', ''Succession (TV series), Succession'', ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'', ''Total DramaRama'', ''Disenchantment (TV series), Disenchantment'', ''The Last O.G.'', ''Narcos: Mexico'', ''A.P. Bio'', ''Kidding (TV series), Kidding'', ''Lodge 49'', ''Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj'', ''Carpool Karaoke: The Series, Carpool Karaoke'', ''Cloak & Dagger (TV series), Cloak & Dagger'', ''Final Space'', ''Forever (2018 TV series), Forever'', ''Pop Team Epic'', ''Homecoming (TV series), Homecoming'', ''Manifest (TV series), Manifest'', ''Grown-ish'', ''Splitting Up Together'', and ''The Kids Are Alright (TV series), The Kids Are Alright''; Velocity is rebranded as Motor Trend (TV network), Motor Trend; millions watch Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, marry Meghan Markle. * 2019 in television, 2019: First broadcast of ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', ''Love, Death & Robots'', ''Chernobyl (miniseries), Chernobyl'', ''The Mandalorian'', ''Harley Quinn (TV series), Harley Quinn'', ''Watchmen (TV series), Watchmen'', ''His Dark Materials (TV series), His Dark Materials'', ''Hazbin Hotel'', ''The Slow Mo Guys, Planet Slow Mo'', ''The Masked Singer (American TV series), The Masked Singer'', ''The Boys (TV series), The Boys'', ''All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite'', ''Russian Doll (TV series), Russian Doll'', ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'', ''Green Eggs and Ham (TV series), Green Eggs and Ham'', ''The Umbrella Academy (TV series), The Umbrella Academy'', ''Euphoria (American TV series), Euphoria'', ''Ramy (TV series), Ramy'', ''The Casagrandes'', ''What We Do in the Shadows (TV series), What We Do in the Shadows'', ''The Other Two (TV series), The Other Two'', ''Amphibia (TV series), Amphibia'', ''Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese'', ''Undone (TV series), Undone'', ''Black Monday (TV series), Black Monday'', ''Hanna (TV series), Hanna'', ''Sex Education (TV series), Sex Education'', ''When They See Us'', ''The Promised Neverland'', ''Dr. Stone'', ''Carmen Sandiego (TV series), Carmen Sandiego'', ''Good Omens (TV series), Good Omens'', ''The Morning Show (American TV series), The Morning Show'', ''Mixed-ish'' and ''Schooled (TV series), Schooled''; the Viacom (2005–2019), second incarnation of Viacom and the CBS Corporation, second incarnation of CBS Corporation 2019 merger of CBS and Viacom, merge to form ViacomCBS, ViacomCBS Inc.; The Walt Disney Company launches its streaming service, Disney+; HBO Max is launched.2020s
* 2020 in television, 2020: First broadcast of ''Tiger King'', ''Ted Lasso'', ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'', ''Avenue 5'', ''I May Destroy You'', ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl'', ''Dispatches from Elsewhere'', ''The Owl House'', ''Side Hustle'', ''The Great (2020 TV series), The Great'', ''Dash & Lily'', ''Solar Opposites'', ''Central Park (TV series), Central Park'', ''Close Enough'' and ''Utopia Falls''; the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television, COVID-19 pandemic shuts down production on many television programs; ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy in the Philippines; Peacock (streaming service), Peacock is launched. TVING is launched. * 2021 in television, 2021: First broadcast of ''Squid Game'', ''Invincible (TV series), Invincible'', ''Girls5eva'', ''Hacks (TV series), Hacks'', ''Reservation Dogs'', ''That Girl Lay Lay'', ''Only Murders in the Building'', ''Abbott Elementary'', ''It's a Sin (TV series), It's a Sin'', ''Mandela Catalogue'', and the first of the List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series#Marvel Studios, Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ shows; Paramount+ is launched. * 2022 in television, 2022: First broadcast of ''Severance (TV series), Severance'', ''Dancing with Myself (TV series), Dancing with Myself'', ''Chainsaw Man'', ''Hamster & Gretel'', ''Smiling Friends'', ''The Baby (TV series), The Baby'', ''Don't Hug Me I'm Scared'', ''All American: Homecoming'', and ''Becoming A Popstar''; billions watch the state funeral of Elizabeth II, speculated to be the most watched television event in history * 2023 in television, 2023: First broadcast of ''Hazbin Hotel'', ''The Last of Us (TV series), The Last of Us''.See also
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