- The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was "Mary Kay and Johnny."
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- Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder.
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- The first female guest host of Saturday Night Live was actress Candace Bergen.
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- In 1952, the first TV toy commercial aired. It was for Mr. Potato Head.
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- The first episode of the popular television sitcom Happy Days was titled "All The Way."
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- The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the game show Wheel of Fortune was the letter "T."
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- The first television broadcast of the Oscars took place in 1953, hosted by Bob Hope on NBC.
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- The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928.
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- In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents.
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- Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.
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- Many of the sweaters worn by Mr. Rogers on the popular television show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, were actually knitted by his real mother.
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- The total number of episodes for the sitcom "I Love Lucy" was 180.
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- The stage were the television sitcom "Friends" is shot on is said to be haunted.
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- The name of Oscar the Grouch's pet worm on Sesame Street is Slimey.
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- The General Lee cars used in the popular show The Dukes of Hazards were 1969 Dodge Chargers.
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- The name of the hotel on the popular children's T.V. show Sesame Street is "The Furry Arms."
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- On September 9, 1950 dubbed laughter was used for the first time on television. It was used for the sitcom "The Hank McCune Show."
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- There is a muppet named Kami that appears on the South African version of the T.V. show "Sesame Street" that is HIV-positive.
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- Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show "Friends" were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe.
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- In many of the milk ads that are shown, a mix of thinner and white paint is used instead of milk.
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- The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long.
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- On average, 81% of Americans 16 years of age and older watch television at least once in a day.
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