After Milne's death in 1956, his widow sold her rights to the Pooh characters to the Walt Disney Company, which has made many Pooh cartoon movies, a Disney Channel television show, as well as Pooh-related merchandise.

Another example is in the television show Gladiators, in which two series were based on contests between teams representing Australia and England.

It attracts competitors from all of the main show jumping nations and is carried live on Irish national television.

* 1953 – Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.

* Allied States of America, a fictional American nation in the television show Jericho

* Atmospheres ( TV show ), a former television series on The Weather Channel

* 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage " baby-boomers " by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.

* Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator and former executive producer and writer on the television show Gilmore Girls

He was the co-host and co-creator of the television program The Man Show ( 1999 – 2004 ), and the co-creator and a regular performer on the television show Crank Yankers ( 2002 – 2007 ).

One of Lerner's cousins was the radio comedian / television game show panelist Henry Morgan.

Between 1952 and 1972, he hosted at least five television shows – three different talk shows called The Al Capp Show ( 1952 and 1968 ) and Al Capp ( 1971 –' 72 ), Al Capp's America ( a live " chalk talk ," with Capp providing a barbed commentary while sketching cartoons, 1954 ), and a CBS game show called Anyone Can Win ( 1953 ).

* Bluegrass & Backroads, a television show about people and places in the Bluegrass region

Either way, the show captured the imaginations of many young television viewers in the United States and abroad and is often considered a classic piece of 1990s youth culture and Generation X. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, cite the show as an influence and compared it to the blues, and met Mike Judge before the show aired.

She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks.

The worldwide reality television show Big Brother is based on the novel's concept of people being under constant surveillance.

" Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights ; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly offering ambiguous interpretation.

In 1996, he was a writer and co-creator of the show Space Cases, a Nickelodeon television show with themes similar to Lost in Space.

Wilfred Bailey Everett “ Bill ” Bixby III ( January 22, 1934 − November 21, 1993 ) was an American film and television actor, director, and frequent game show panelist.

In 2003, while promoting X2, Hugh Jackman mentioned in an interview on UK television morning talk show This Morning that he planned to make a biopic of Bill Bixby, that he had been drawn to the project by Bryan Singer and that it was a project he loved.

On November 20, 1955, he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, a popular television variety show, where he infuriated the host.

For instance, David Letterman is well known for branching into late night television as a talk show host while honing his skills a stand-up comedian, Barbra Streisand ventured into acting while operating as a singer, or Clint Eastwood, who achieved even greater fame in Hollywood for being a film director and a producer than for his acting credentials.

-- President Kennedy today pushed aside other White House business to devote all his time and attention to working on the Berlin crisis address he will deliver tomorrow night to the American people over nationwide television and radio.

* Brad Lesley ( born 1958 ), American baseball player and television personality also nicknamed " The Animal "

* American Morning, an American television program

* 1919 – Rex Humbard, American preacher and television host ( d. 2007 )

His television work led to assignments as an assistant director for several Latin American film productions including Gaby: A True Story and Romero, and in 1991, he landed his first big-screen directorial assignment.

* 1964 – David Kohan, American television producer and writer

* 1947 – Bruce Nash, American television producer

* 1983 – Spencer Pratt, American television personality

* Adrian Zmed ( born 1954 ), American television personality and film actor

* 1970 – Ben Silverman, American television producer, founded Electus Studios

* 1931 – Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and television host

* 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host

* 1973 – Adam Sessler, American television host

* 1967 – Joe Rogan, American comedian, actor, and television host

* 1978 – Amber Mariano, American television personality

* 1985 – Melissa Barrera, American television host

* 2012 – Irving Fein, American film and television producer and manager ( b. 1911 )

* American Collectibles Network, former name of the American television network now known as Jewelry Television

* Atlantis Cable News ( ACN ), a fictional news channel on the American HBO drama television series The Newsroom

The first was the American NTSC ( National Television Systems Committee ) color television system.

* 1969 – Jim Thornton, American television and radio announcer