The first TV newscasts were just a few minutes long. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, they expanded to about 15 minutes and stayed that way until the late 1950s.
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The television show, "Father Knows Best" was on the air from 1954 until 1963. Despite its long run, it was not the first family show on television.
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Stacy Ellison is now co-anchoring the 5-7 a.m. newscasts with Bill Bryant, as longtime anchor Barbara Bailey shifts schedules. Bailey will continue to anchor the noon news with Bryant. The two moved to the morning news shift in 2006 and have helped increase its viewership dramatically.
John Logie Baird is the first person to watch television. He was the inventor of the first television set. He went on to invent the first color television set and the first electronic television as well.