2004 in television - Ken Jennings takes up an unprecedented residence on Jeopardy. Corner Gas debuts as one of Canada's most successful programs, and as the first successful sitcom in that country for decades. The Friends finale reaches 52.5 million Americans.
1996 in television - Zenith introduces the first HDTV-compatible front projection TV in the US, Pop-up Video premieres on VH1. Only Fools and Horses is watched by over 24 million Britons, making it the highest rated British program ever outside of live state occasions and sports events.
1976 in television - South Africa has television service for the first time. UK punk group the Sex Pistols cause controversy and outrage by swearing on a London local television early evening show.
1959 in television - The science-fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit smashes recent BBC viewing records as it reaches its conclusion with over 11 million viewers.
1956 in television Television transmission begins in Australia. - Black-and-white portable TV sets hit the market. The classic MGM film The Wizard of Oz airs on TV for the first time.
1946 in television - The BBC resumes television broadcasting after its suspension during the Second World War. RCA demonstrates all-electronic color television system. FCC issues first network license to DuMont.
1945 in television - DuMont begins first network broadcasts, August 9 (network discontinued September 1955). Applies for first network license.
1938 in television - DuMont manufacturers and sells first all electronic television sets to the public. Baird gives the first public demonstration of colour projection television
1932 in television - First televised United States Presidential election coverage
1931 in television - Allen B. DuMont perfects long-lasting reliable cathode-ray tubes later used for television reception. Canada's first television station, VE9EC, begins broadcasting in Montreal
1927 in television - Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision system records pictures and sound on conventional 78rpm gramophone records.
1923 in television - Vladimir Zworykin patents the "Iconoscope", the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera.
1900s
1908 in television - In a letter to Nature A.A. Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s.