First tv

The "Giant" 21" Coral Gable model Admiral TV, 1954

The picture is grainy and the technology won't last, but TV programming is here to stay.

From the first television image being beamed across the ocean to movies being streamed from space, here are some of the most definitive moments in the evolution of television. This ain't your mother's TV set—and neither is Boxee, the newest entry in television's storied history.

Examining the ground-breaking, 1955–1975 CBS western drama starring James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Ken…

"I love Riverdale, the first TV show to be written entirely by predictive text."

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"I love Riverdale, the first TV show to be written entirely by predictive text."

He helped make TV Guide Magazine a hit right out of the box. And we, in turn, helped make his life utterly confusing! On April 3, 1953, a chubby-­cheeked newborn named Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV — eventually known as Desi Arnaz Jr. — graced the cover of our very first issue with a cover line touting him as "Lucy's $50,000,000 Baby." Lucy, of course, was Lucille Ball, the madcap, flame-tressed star of America's most adored sitcom at the time, I Love Lucy, while Dad was Cuban bandleader Desi…