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Fourth Failures

The many people who tried and failed to launch a fourth television network in the United States. Regulations and high costs made it harder than it looked.

Our Annoying National Upgrade

The benefits of digital television conversion were clear, but convincing everyone to upgrade their sets? For the U.S. government, that was the hard part.

It’s Not HBO, It’s UHF

The quickly forgotten phenomenon of scrambled television stations that ran over the air on UHF signals. Not everyone had cable TV at first.

A Distinguished Panel

The panel show, an icon of early television, was a purely American invention, yet somehow it's become deeply associated with modern British TV. Here's why.

The Four-Minute Villain

How the classic Batman TV show created a major debate around how much TV advertising was too much—and why the debate’s lessons eventually faded away.
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