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The first use of regularly scheduled uses of closed captioning on American television occurred on March 16, 1980.

Sears had developed and sold the Telecaption adapter, a decoding unit that could be connected to a standard television set.

The first programs seen with captioning were a Disney's Wonderful World presentation of the film Son of Flubber on NBC, an ABC Sunday Night Movie airing of Semi-Tough, and Masterpiece Theatre on PBS.