Some Fun Facts About TV
- The high school sets for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Beverly Hills 90210 Were the same.
- The Late Show of Ireland, started in 1962, and The Tonight Show, started in 1954 are the longest running TV talk shows in the world.
- The largest television in the world is the curved UHD, 105 inch Samsung. Samsung promises the price will be under $150,000.
- The first television advertisement was broadcast in July of 1941 in New York. The add was for Bulova watch and lasted 20 seconds and cost $9.
- By the time the average American child reaches the age of 14, they have seen around 11,000 murders on TV.
- In 1926, JL Baird unveiled the first television, which had only 30 lines and gave a course image. Digital TV’s now have 1080 lines.
- The role of Jack on the show Lost Wasn’t written for Matthew Fox. The show creators wanted Michael Keaton to play Jack. They planned to kill the shows main character during the pilot. The series was going to be more focused around Kate and other survivors.
- On the TV show Hannah Montana the person who played her older brother, Jason Earles was 15 years older in real life than his character.
- The original unaired pilot of Always Sunny in Philadelphia cost $200 to make.
- The meth seen, on the show Breaking Bad, was actually blue rock candy.the cast would eat it during breaks.
- Producers from That 70’s Show initially want Chuck Norris to play the part of Red.
