Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926
in Soho, London.
China has the most TV sets (200 million).
US citizens watch the most TV. By age 65, an American would have watched the equivalent of 9
years uninterrupted screening, viewing more than 20,000 TV commercials per year.
The first TV interview was made with Irish actress Peggy O'Neil in April 1930.
The first daily broadcast was started by the BBC in November 1936.
The first regular TV soap was DuMont TV's A Woman to Remember, which began its run in February 1947.
The first TV commercial was a 20-second ad for a Bulova clock, broadcasted by WNBT, New York
during a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies in July 1941.
The first televised sporting event was a Japanese elementary school baseball game, broadcast
in September 1931.
The first thing ever seen on television was the head of a ventriloquist's doll named Bill.