The first television advertisement was broadcast in the United States at 14:29 on July 1, 1941, when the Bulova Watch Company paid $9 to New York City NBC affiliate WNBT (now WNBC) for a 20-second spot aired before a Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. It simply displayed a Bulova watch over a map of the U.S., with a voiceover of the company's slogan "America runs on Bulova time"
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Guiding Light's first television air date was June 20, 1952.However, this show began as a serialized radio show on January 25, 1937.
The first episode of the TV show house first aired in 2004. The show continued to run until 2012 until coming to an end with 8 seasons and 177 episodes officially airing.
What was the first US sitcom to be exported to Britain?
The first episode aired on February 20, 2005.
The children's animated television show Rugrats aired August 11th 1991 on Nickelodeon. The show aired up unto June 8th, 2004 where over 100 episodes have been made and ran for 9 seasons.