According to this site - http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/history4.htm - the first *star* was Felix the cat during the development stage of TV in the late 1930's. But...radio was king until post WWII, with 1947 being a milestone year. The 1947 World Series had the largest viewing audience of its time. The Kraft Television Theater debuted, Harry S Truman was the first president to have his State of the Union televised, and, for all of us kids, the first television superstar, Howdy Doody, was born.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:17 AM Subject: OT: First US Popular TV Drama > Hey all, > > Haven't posted lately cos life's getting busier with stuff- uni's back > on and the social calendar's got more marker pins in it than there are > days to pin them on. > > A uni lecturer (a fellow Pentax user) updated me that QUT's added to its > technological pantry about AUD6000 of N***** digital cameras and lenses- > probably not that much in terms of physical items, but once they're > invested in the system.. sigh. I was crossing my fingers they'd get a > flock of ist Ds I could play with but its not my fault Pentax doesn't > get economies of scale. Was kinda sure they'd get a whole bunch of 300Ds > but guess not! > > Same lecturer got all her gear nicked in a break-in, and insurance > didn't cover it for some reason, so that's a bummer. On the bright side > she was pretty keen to buy off my SMC F 1.7x AF adapter, so she's not lost > to us yet ;-) > > Anyway, down to business- I know it's not nearly the right place to ask, > but scouring the net and I can't seem to find the > answer to what I initially thought would be an easy peasy question. > Would anyone happen to know the year when America started producing > popular drama on TV (and maybe a title)? Guessing pre-1950s.. I'm not > very optimistic, but thought it's worth a shot.. > > Cheers, > > Ryan > > >
