Are you fond of watching TV?  Are you a fanatic of the new shows or the traditional ones?  With so many new shows on TV these days, do you stay longer in front of the TV now than before?  Are you one of those avid viewers who anticipate and just can’t wait for the next episode? Which shows do you patronize?

Well nowadays, most young viewers prefer to watch and enjoy reality TV shows. Different viewers have different reasons why they do so, and there lies the underlying effects of watching such.

Watching these shows has effects on the viewers and the society in general. It may be positive to some audiences, but it also affects negatively to many, depending on how one views and takes the essence of the show.

Let’s discuss these reality television shows and their effects on society.  First, a reality show stars a non-celebrity or a volunteer who wants to participate in the program, and the core role is to see what their reactions in certain scenarios are, and how they face given situations.

The past seventy five years of television history have been built around the ‘cathode ray tube’ or CRT. The CRT is the main device accountable for televisions to have picture displayed on the screen.

However, through the years of man’s ever-changing desire to have bigger and wider television screens, it has become the challenge and downside of the CRT; as although they produce vibrant, crisp images, they’re bulky, and they get bulkier as the screen width is increased because its tube length also needs to be increased.

Consequently, every CRT big-screen television will weigh a ton and would take up a great chunk of room space. On the other hand, recent years have brought a new light to wide screen television, with the popping of plasma flat panel display on store shelves.

Plasma televisions features wide screens similar to the biggest CRT sets, but they’re only approximately six inches thick. The main element behind plasma television is similar to that of the main component of a fluorescent light, plasma.

The basic design of plasma display is illuminating miniature, colored fluorescent light to create an image. Every pixel is composed of three fluorescent lights (red, green, and blue).

Don’t you feel confused when you surf your cable channels and there are so many shows you want to watch at the same time? All stations are flooded with reality shows, drama series, comedy and gag shows, movies, competitions, game shows, variety shows, and talk shows that you are in a dilemma on which show to watch.

New series seasons come and show reruns continue to play, and there are new shows that arrive.One of the newest talk shows that hit TV is the Rachael Ray television show, which is hosted by Rachael Ray and initially launched in the US and Canada on 18 September 2006.

This is co-produced by Rachael Ray and Oprah Winfrey, and internationally distributed through CBS. The Rachael Ray television show is conceptualized because of the personality and passion of Rachael Ray herself.

She loves food, cooking, sharing ideas, and action. This show displays Rachael Ray’s culinary skills and fun personality, and gives upbeat ideas and heartwarming topics like the Oprah Winfrey Show.

What makes the set of Rachael Ray television show different from the other television talk shows is that it has an unusual set-up — a large rotating turntable serves as a seat for the audience to always see the “action” wherever it may be located in the studio.

Can’t you stop thinking about the new Pioneer television set model displayed in your favorite electronic store?  Are you dying to own one of those recently launched Sony high definition TV?

Did you enjoy watching your favorite TV show on the new plasma TV of your friend?  Has it been years since you last bought your TV set, that it looks funny with your new-age furniture and fixture?  Well, you’re one of the many who want to display a new TV set in their homes.

There are actually several brands for you to choose from — JVC, Sharp, Sony, Samsung, Pioneer television sets, and more, just know which one has the feature that suits your taste.

Each brand has its own good models; you just have to decide whether you’re going for a new Plasma, LCD, HD, flat screen or the traditional CRT TV.

The choice is still yours, as long as you weigh your wants and the model’s features, then you’ll not go wrong with it.  Of course, you have to take into account the prices as well, the newer and better your choice is, the more expensive it will be.

Branded as the golden age of television, the fifties saw a rise of fresh new faces that dominated in variety shows and western television movies.

The old television shows were variety shows that made sensation in the early 1950’s while the western-cowboy movies on the latter part.

Aside from variety shows and western television shows, old television shows included game shows, news shows, and quiz shows.

Old Television Shows: Variety Shows

The Milton Berle Show was on air from June 8, 1948 to January 6, 1967.  It was shown as black and white and ran for 60 minutes, 30 minutes, and then went back to 60 minutes.

From June 1948 to June 1956, this old television show was aired over NBC every Tuesday from 8:00p.m. – 9:00p.m. The show was moved to another time slot, 9:00p.m. to 9:30p.m. Within the same channel from October 1958 to May 1959.

Then producers decided to put it back to one hour from September 1966 until its demise in January 1967 at 9:00-10:00 in the evening.

Are you feeling “lost”?  Are you in a situation where you don’t know what to do or where to go?  Are you trapped in a place where there’s no means of escape?  Are you in the brink of breaking down and giving up?  Well, that’s exactly the feelings, emotions, and thoughts that the Lost television series’ characters experienced.

Millions of audience worldwide is “in” on the Lost television series craze since its inception in 2004 by ABC Network.  It has gained international recognition and garnered several awards because of the uniqueness of the show — combining the concepts of the movie “Cast Away” and the reality TV show “Survivor”.

With the show’s mysterious island, secretive lives of the enigmatic characters, intriguing storylines and plots, and the creative style of the series, more and more viewers have patronized and watched it, making it one of the most popular American serial-drama television series.

Despite the big ensemble of characters — the survivors of the plane crash, the writers have creatively set the characters’ life stories in an intricate way that they intertwine each other’s lives.

As the name suggests, Internet Television is TV distributed through the internet.

Before, television could only be shared-out through terrestrial, satellite, or cable systems; however today, with the progress in connection speeds of the internet, as well as technology advances, increase in people using the internet, and the reduction in the cost of connection.

There are a lot of forms that internet television is presented including:

• Be viewed on regular televisions through a Set-top box or on handy devices such mobile phones, or on computers;
• It may display a channel “live” (similar to regular TV) or permit viewers to choose a show and watch on demand;
• It may entail any budget, from simple home camcorders to the professional expensive productions;
• It may be guarded from copying or being easily duplicated like a perfect copy;
• It may be paid or free, and may be maintained by advertisements; and may be a passive or interactive medium.

On the other hand, one of the difficulties that hinder internet television for wider adoption is the streaming technology, which can sometimes be of poor quality, as well as high-cost towards providers.

There have been so many views and reactions stated and said regarding television and its effects on children, the youth, and the society.

Reason being, more and more people of different ages spend more time — long hours — in front of the television than in other things.

Watching television is not essentially bad; it is when one becomes obsessive on it that results to something negative.

How television is good for you matters on how you deal with it; it has always been true that an excessive use or intake of something could lead to something bad; there should always be balance and discipline in handling things.

Several studies show that television is influencing negatively on children and the youth.  Of course, if one doesn’t screen what he watches and if he continues to just absorb and accept what’s being presented to him, then that’s wrong.

Watching television becomes negative because most often than not, it leads to violence or aggression, poor academic performance, and distorted family values; also, because of long hours in front of TV, it promotes passivity and results in less creativity, obesity, and laziness.

Imagine life without a television. This single invention gave rise to other modern industries whose lives thrive in the world of television.  Personalities like Oprah Winfrey, or talk shows like “Tonight with David Letterman” would not be “them” if not for the television industry.

Even Hollywood would be half as successful as it is today if it relied solely on movie houses while manufacturers of television components would be out of business in the absence of television. Television essentially, is one of the fundamentals that distinguish a modern society.

Unlike other inventions, the history of television is indeed a long history involving several scientists whose works became building blocks of the television common to almost every American household today.

History Of Television: Timeline

With much gratitude to the two scientists, Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday, the discovery of electromagnetism in 1831 opened the door of electronic communication – the essential aspect of television broadcasting.

Following this, between 1862 to 1900, several other scientists invented and theorized how to transmit still images through electronic wires.

In 1873, in the same manner, while experimenting with selenium and light, May and Smith revealed the possibility of transforming images from a particular source to electronic signals. 

We all benefit from television news. They be news contents on global events, national stories, or local happenings, television news are part and parcel of the way we’re given information on current events and help us cope with circumstances that shape contemporary living and our individual lives.

But have you ever wondered when the history of television news began?

Broadcasts In The History Of Television News

Prior to the first television news broadcast, daily news began to air on a regular basis in 1938 with the program “World Today” on CBS.  Developed by Edward R. Murrow, its length was only 15 minutes and aired in the evenings.

Ten years later, CBS began broadcasting TV News initiated by Douglas Edwards and produced by Don Hewitt.  Since then, television news became an indispensable means of disseminating information to a large audience.

In 1950, television news started to evolve and experiment on other formats such as the program “See It Now” under the direction of Don Hewitt and produced by Fred Friendly, which had a magazine format and aired from cost-to-coast.  This was made possible by utilizing the just-completed coaxial cable.