Initially a joke, the company was incorporated after the show expanded from a single station to national syndication.

Initially rejected from the most important commercial show of the time, the government-sponsored Paris Salon, the Impressionists organized yearly group exhibitions in commercial venues during the 1870s and 1880s, timing them to coincide with the official Salon.

Initially, 60 Minutes aired as a bi-weekly show hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10: 00 p. m.

Initially, the only certain cast member for the show was Peter Sallis.

Initially, the band had no percussion, until Love met drummer Caroline Rue at a Gwar show.

Initially controversial at the time, the show was created with the express intention of changing the nature of network one-hour drama to compete with the more adult fare broadcast on cable networks.

Initially Ballard continued to sing a spotlight solo number, " People " from the Broadway musical Funny Girl, for the Supremes ' stage show.

Initially, Rob Zombie was to be one of the artists participating on the tour, but due to the high production costs each Rob Zombie concert would cost $ 125, 000 in bandfees and show production alone.

Initially, Spike's airing schedule for the show was sporadic.

Initially hopeful that al-Sistani would force al-Sadr to capitulate, the coalition was disappointed when, while he called for all sides to show restraint, he focused instead on condemning coalition activities in Fallujah.

Initially The Box proved a huge hit, ranking as Australia's second most popular show in 1974.

Initially acts performing on the show mimed to the commercially released record, but in July 1966 – just after the show had been moved to London – and after discussions with the Musicians ' Union, miming was banned.

Initially the band was essentially a joke band rather than a serious one ; their first " show " was in class singing Marvin Gaye's " Got to Give It Up ", using rolled-up maps as guitars because they could not actually play any instruments.

Initially Vorderman's only contribution to the show was the numbers game, and she formed part of a five person presentation team.

Initially rumored by Toyota and auto news media as a Matrix replacement named the Blade, the second generation Matrix was unveiled on October 31, 2007, at the Specialty Equipment Market Association ( SEMA ) show in Las Vegas, and was first available at dealerships in February 2008, as a 2009 model.

Initially called Coles £ 3000 Question, the show changed its name to Coles $ 6000 Question on February 14, 1966 ( the date Australia converted to decimal currency ) and was sponsored for most of its run by Coles Supermarkets.

Initially mortified, Lefty asks Stretch to play the tape on her nightly radio show so the law enforcers and the people will have to listen to him.

Initially, tests show no sign that the mountain will erupt, and after a week the crew begins to think about leaving the town.

Initially the show was unpopular with CBS executives who demanded Tinker fire Brooks and Burns.

Initially titled Fire in the Hole, the show was later announced to be titled Lawman before being renamed Justified.

Initially, the Nickelodeon executives were not supportive of Burns hosting their new show ; in subsequent auditions the show's creators requested that he dress more conservatively.

Initially, Fox appeared to promote the show to its American audience as a massive practical joke played on some snobby European women, who were shown nursing champagne-induced hangovers and depicted as turning up their noses at assimilating the lifestyle of an American cowboy.

Initially, there was insufficient budget for a full schedule of programmes ; the station started with a breakfast show, a two-hour show at midday and then an extended five o ' clock news and sports bulletin, while using BBC Radio 2 as a sustaining service outside of these times.

Initially the White House reaction was that the bitter exchanges with Moscow over Cuba and the conflict in Laos had dampened prospects for a meeting.

Initially, Hamrick's reaction to A-Z going into the passenger car market was discouraging.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Initially it was conceived as a difference engine curved back upon itself, in a generally circular layout, with the long store exiting off to one side.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a permanent civilian regime tat lasted until the 1931 Second Republic.

Initially Aster computer b. v. was called MCP ( Music print Computer Product ), because it was specialized in producing computer assisted printing of sheet music.

Initially the work was not well received, due, in part, to the many gaps in arguments and complicated equations.

Initially, it was " Thürer ," meaning doormaker, which is " ajtós " in Hungarian ( from " ajtó ", meaning door ).

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone.

Initially the source was Latin, later Gascon ( a branch of Occitan ) in the northeast, Navarro-Aragonese in the southeast and Spanish in the southwest.

Initially, a wireless room was established at Bletchley Park.

Initially bronze was made out of copper and arsenic to form arsenic bronze.

Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.

Initially his mother was reluctant to let him commit to an insecure football career, so he began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer ; however he went on to turn professional in October 1954.

Initially, ice on the wings was blamed, but a later inquiry declared that slush on the runway had made a safe take-off almost impossible.

Initially he was counting the tempo with a metronome and looking for records with the same tempo.

Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Initially the frigate squadron was mistaken for French warships and chased away by Swiftsure, returning the following day once the error had been realised.

Initially it was difficult to obtain a digital satellite or terrestrial receiver without a subscription to Sky or ONdigital respectively, but now the channel forms an important part of the Freeview package of channels.

Initially designed to run on AT & T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc .' s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its then aging Mac OS.