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.

Though opera patronage has decreased in the last century in favor of other arts and media ( such as musicals, cinema, radio, television and recordings ), mass media and the advent of recording have supported the popularity of many famous singers including Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Kirsten Flagstad, Mario Del Monaco, Risë Stevens, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Nellie Melba, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling, Feodor Chaliapin, and " The Three Tenors " ( Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras ).

* Robert Stevens ( director ) ( 1920 – 1989 ), American film and television director

* Bobby Stevens, a main character in the CBS television series Smith

* " Kingfish " George Stevens, a character in the radio and television series Amos ' n ' Andy

* Kimberly Foster-American television and movie actor, best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the later seasons of the prime-time drama Dallas.

* Craig Stevens, star of the 1950s television series Peter Gunn

Stevens is the father of television and film writer-producer-director George Stevens, Jr., the first CEO and director of the American Film Institute, He produced and directed 1984 documentary George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey and is the father of Stevens ' grandson Michael Stevens, also a television and film producer-director.

* This was the second of two Twilight Zone starring roles for TV's Swedish Farmer's Daughter, Inger Stevens ( 1934 – 1970 ) who, during her final decade, kept a busy schedule of television guest appearances as well as feature film roles.

Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 13, 2003.

As of January 15, 2010, in America, Even Stevens has been removed from television syndication altogether, though The Even Stevens Movie continues to air on Nickelodeon and Teen Nick, and on Family Channel occasionally.

In 2009, Even Stevens returned to television after a three year absence on Disney XD, it was removed months later.

Region 1 have not released any season of the series, however, the television film, The Even Stevens Movie was made available on June 28, 2005.

In 1963, a television series based on the film was produced, starring Inger Stevens, Cathleen Nesbitt and William Windom.

In 1973, Stevens had a top 40 country hit with the title track of his album, " Nashville ," and increased his exposure on television by performing on a variety of prime-time programs of the era.

Celebrities may be known around the world ( e. g., pop stars and film actors ), within a specific country ( e. g., a top Australian rugby player ); or within a region ( e. g., a local television news anchor ).

While it ’ s true that the top television and film actors have become movie and television stars, musicians and pop singers that become pop stars, or athletes that become sports stars often become celebrities, the other professionals that play a more peripheral role in the entertainment sphere, such as television, music, and film directors and producers, screenwriters, playwrights, and animators are less likely to attain celebrity status ( albeit there are some exceptions, such as directors Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and animator Seth MacFarlane ).

Desi Arnaz has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one at 6327 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to motion pictures, and one at 6220 Hollywood Boulevard for television.

On February 3, 2012 it was announced that actress Jane Levy, who currently stars in the television series Suburgatory, would be replacing Lily Collins as the star of the upcoming remake.

Joey lands a role on a cable television series called Mac and C. H. E. E. S. E., where he stars alongside a robot.

It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell as the cast of a defunct television series called Galaxy Quest, in which the crew of a spaceship embarked on intergalactic adventures.

Khandi currently stars in the award-winning HBO television series by David Simon, Treme, where she plays a bar owner in an affected neighborhood of post-Katrina New Orleans.

* Extended placement: full episodes of television talkshows ( Oprah ), entertainment news programs ( ET ), or network news programs ( 20 / 20 ), devoted to compensated exposure of the film, stars, clips, director, etc.

Outing has been featured in comedy films as well, such as the French comedy Le Placard ( The Closet ), where a heterosexual man is falsely outed, or in the 1997 comedy In & Out where Kevin Kline stars as a small-town teacher who gets outed on national television, and is then forced to come to terms with his own unrecognized homosexuality.

Another technological change was the widespread availability of television in the 1950s ; with televised performances, " pop stars had to have a visual presence ".

Disney has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and the other for his television work.

Many of Warners television stars appeared in the casts of Warner's cinema releases of the time.

In 1963 as a result of a court decision Warners has to cease their contracts with their television stars, engaging them for specific series or film roles.

Initially the label released recordings made by their television stars whether they could sing or not and records based on the soundtracks of favourite Warner Bros. Television shows.

Keaton has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 6619 Hollywood Boulevard ( for motion pictures ); and 6321 Hollywood Boulevard ( for television ).

Eric Morecambe's habit of appearing not to recognise the guest stars was repaid by Wilson, who referred to him throughout as ' Morry-camby ' ( the mis-pronunciation of Morecambe's name made by Ed Sullivan when the pair appeared on his famous American television show ).

Debra Byrne has also had a successful career on stage starring in " Cats ", " Les Miserables ", " Sunset Boulevard ", " Mary Poppins " and many others, and currently stars in 2012 Nine Network television drama series " Tricky Business ".