Background: The effects of early exposure to television remain poorly defined. Although some have speculated that television may be habit-forming, evidence is lacking especially in young children.

The Historian took a look back at groundbreaking series of early television, noting how the genre of each show transformed ...

Who watched early television and how? Before the BBC began regular broadcasting from Alexandra Palace aspiring "lookers-in" within signal range, as viewers were then called, were able to pick up ...

Sony launched the world's first non-projection, fully transistorized television, the TV8-301, in May 1960, about six years ...

The views of an early TV 'addict'. So just what programmes were keeping the lady in this clip glued to her set? Possibly some (or all!) of the programmes listed below… ...

How John Logie Baird's mechanical television showed the way, but ultimately to a dead end. Humanity’s deep desire for connection means the idea of seeing images at a distance has a long history.