It can range from a casual item for comic effect, such as in an episode titled The Seance of the 1950s TV sitcom I Love Lucy, where Lucy dabbles in numerology, to a central element of the storyline, such as the movie π, in which the protagonist meets a numerologist searching for hidden numerical patterns in the Torah.

The pawnshop owner takes into account their knowledge of supply and demand for the item in question to determine if they think that they will end up selling the TV for $ 100 to a wholesaler or $ 300 to a pawnshop customer.

As a TV Guide item put it, he was " bone tired " of the grind.

She replaced Paula Yates on Channel 4 morning TV show The Big Breakfast, presenting a regular item where she interviewed celebrities whilst lying on a bed.

The Tigerente has since appeared on most traditional cultural icon hangouts, including posters, postcards, high school art projects, buttons, mugs, socks, umbrellas, cutlery, and nearly every item of children's furniture imaginable, and has been the namesake and mascot of the German TV show Tigerenten Club, all without ever uttering a single line.

Its first live broadcast took place at 7: 30 PM ET on November 24 of that year, reaching 7. 6 million TV homes ; the first item sold was a " Windsor Shower Companion " shower radio, presented by host John Eastman ( Bob Bowersox was the first host seen on-screen ).

* An item in BBC TV 1 television program Human Planet part 1 Oceans, shown 8pm to 9pm Thursday 13 January 2011

* Simple Simon is the cheapest item offered on the menu of the Bluth ´ s Original Frozen Banana stand in the TV show Arrested Development.

Other established characters in the TV series included The Man with the Stick, who wore a paper helmet daubed with drawings of what he had witnessed during the last week, and carried a stick with a mystery item attached to the end ; Graham Lister, Reeves ' nemesis who regularly entered the talent show, " Novelty Island ", with a series of dreadful acts ; Donald and Davey Stott, two brothers from the North East with high-pitched voices, who would recreate popular television game shows ; Tinker's Rucksack, a pair of ramblers, one of whom was conducting an affair with the other's wife ; and ' Judge Lionel Nutmeg ', a judge who presided over the " That's Justice " segment of the show.

At the time the BBC's executive producer Nick Hunter proclaimed it as the match that made darts live up to all their expectations and cemented it as a National TV item for years to come.

These included services such as The Elvis Society ( a dating service for " pillows ") and products such as " The Totally Ian Roberts Bar ", a confectionery item ( referring to gay rugby league player Ian Roberts ), the HG Nelson Butchery -- " still doing things with meat other butchers only dream of " -- " Roy's Rectal Ring Balm " ( a rectal ointment ) and " Happy Jack's Ta-taa Packs " ( a body bag ) -- as well as innumerable parody books, films and TV series.

Men of Achievement 1974 was first mentioned in the TV version of Fist of Fun as an item Richard Herring had shoplifted from a charity shop.

* TV news item covering vaccination campaign

* Ruling on complaint about TV news item covering vaccination campaign ( linked above )

" In fact, one supplier whom Bid TV claimed sold the item for £ 1700 actually offered to sell the item for £ 265 with most companies offering the globe for considerably less than £ 1700: " between £ 250 and £ 500.

The boy's grandfather, who's watching the boy while his parents are out, explains that he used to write for television, and that the Merlin stories were intended to form the basis of a TV series, each episode of which would feature an item obtained from Merlin's shop bringing a little magic into people's lives.

TV tray tables became popular in the 1950s as a way to hold food and beverage items while watching TV, the iconic item being a TV dinner.

The staged TV news item which screens during the movie, detailing Malcolm's failed remote-control payroll robbery ; it is read by long-serving Channel Seven Melbourne news reader David Johnston, who was at Channel Ten at the time.

In any case, anyone who fails to make significant distinction between primary and secondary applications of economic pressure would in principle already have justified that use of economic boycott as a means which broke out a few years ago or was skillfully organized by White Citizens' Councils in the entire state of Mississippi against every local Philco dealer in that state, in protest against a Philco-sponsored program over a national TV network on which was presented a drama showing, it seemed, a `` high yellow gal '' smooching with a white man.

Often, if a television special such as Peter Pan or a network TV showing of a classic film like The Wizard of Oz is especially well-received, it will be rerun from time to time.

Back in Los Angeles, the idea of making a TV movie showing the true effects of nuclear war on average American citizens was still stirring up controversy.

In 2001, TV Land began showing reruns of Chico and the Man.

A TV tuner card showing many small bypass capacitors, and 2 CCA shields -- a metal box shielding the coax inputs and another metal box shielding the S-Video connector

Ahead of his time, the most famous French agronomist, well known for his red-pullover, surprised French people by showing on TV an apple and a glass of water, telling them how precious these resources were, and predicting the future price of oil.

The motherboard of an early microcomputer, the Tangerine MICROTAN 65 | Microtan 65, showing the silver-cased ASTEC 1111EM36 UHF TV modulator at top left

Many movies and television shows have been filmed at the airport, including a scene showing the arrival of Major Strasser in Casablanca, an episode of the TV show Alias, and several episodes of Season 5 of 24.

It was also mentioned in an episode of the TV show Family Guy entitled " Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater ", in which Brian, attempting to rehabilitate Peter in the ways of a gentleman, electrically shocks Peter every time he looks at a television showing an episode of Ricki Lake.

* Silk ( TV Series ), a BBC 2011 legal drama showing the competitive pursuit of the silk.

Ryznar, actor / musician, cast member of Acceptable TV showing on VH1

Nonetheless, the TV pictures were damning, showing Atherton deliberately putting dirt, taken from the pitch, on the ball.

A television film ( also known as a TV film, television movie, TV movie, telefilm, telemovie, made-for-television film, movie of the week ( MOTW or MOW ), feature-length drama, single drama, and original movie ) is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to many films explicitly made for showing in movie theaters.

Gary Simpson produced this show which featured guests like Vladimir Zworkin, one the pioneer inventors of TV, discussing and showing television technology ( explaining how TV worked to the new medium's first viewers.

Due to the show's premise, many episodes featured a show-within-a-show format, showing Cybill Sheridan playing a variety of other characters in her various film and TV acting roles.

Laverne & Shirley premiered in the 1975-1976 TV season, showing its first episode in January 1976.

Ramis notes in the DVD documentary that TV Guide had originally given the film two stars ( out of four ) when it began showing on cable television in the early 1980s, but over time, the rating had gone up to three stars.

Because Iraqi TV had kept on broadcasting videos showing Saddam Hussein alive or dead to divert Army attention from trying to locate him, cutting the station off air was a major priority.

Taking inspiration from their Bollywood counterparts, actors on the small screen are also concentrating on the glamour quotient of saris on their TV shows. Producer Hemal Thakkar commented ," Fashion sense on TV has surely changed. The actors raise the oomph factor by showing off their curves, yet not showing too much skin, to avoid upsetting families — their main audience.

The SBS TV show Inkigayo had told girl groups to restrain showing their skin too much and about their outfits.

* The Truman Show ( 1998 ) is a film about a man ( Jim Carrey ) who discovers that his entire life is being staged and filmed for a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show.

The first production was staged as a live adaptation screened on 28 March 1956 by NBC TV and sponsored by Kraft Foods as part of the Kraft Television Theatre strand.

In June 2001, Amnesty staged a benefit show that was video-taped as a TV special to commemorate its 40th anniversary.

The three investigate the disappearance and murder of a TV news network president that has been covered up through staged appearances and heavy editing.

The TV programme Top Gear later staged a game of conkers using caravans ( travel trailers ) suspended from cranes.

Believing this to be the future of television — ( staged ) snuff TV — Max orders Harlan to begin pirating the show.

His home life was featured in a Fox staged reality TV show,

After a Berlin court ruling in 2009, however, the shows have to be labeled as an infomercial, since-unlike a regular sporting event-the races are explicitly staged for the TV broadcast, and there is strong evidence that the profits of the event sponsorship directly benefit the network.

The play has been staged internationally, and a television version featuring Ensler was produced by cable TV channel HBO.

The first ever League of Ireland match to be broadcast live on TV was a fixture between Shelbourne and Derry City, staged at Tolka Park during the 1996 / 97 season.

Catfights, both real and staged, are a staple of daytime TV talk shows and reality TV shows such as The Jerry Springer Show, The Bachelor, For Love or Money, and the Real Housewives series, where women are frequently presented as being in continual competition with each other for love and professional success.

The station fell to Beeching's axe, although it had a one-day reprieve as Chorltonville Station, for a Granada TV showcase of Blues musicians staged at the site, on 7 May 1964.

In 2006 he represented England in TV ’ s World Cup of Poker, staged by PokerStars, for whom he was a sponsored player 2006-2008.

Mavis Bramston grew out of the recent local theatrical tradition of topical satirical revue —- most notably the popular revues staged at Sydney's Phillip Street Theatre in the 1950s and 1960s -— but it was also strongly influenced by the British satire boom and especially by the contemporary British TV satirical comedy series That Was The Week That Was and Not Only ...

* Zoo TV Tour, an elaborately staged 1992 – 1993 tour by U2

Frat House was originally intended to be shown on the HBO TV channel, but was never aired after receiving allegations that much of the final portion of the film was staged.

In contrast to U2's austere stage setups from previous tours, the Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately staged multimedia event.

Critics regard the Zoo TV Tour as one of rock's most memorable tours — in 2002, Qs Tom Doyle called it " the most spectacular rock tour staged by any band ".

During the Zooropa leg of the tour, Guy Garcia of Time called Zoo TV " one of the most electrifying rock shows ever staged ".

In 1983 the Chilean TV show Jappening Con Ja staged a live-action sketch of his comic strip, Alaraco, performed by comedian Fernando Alarcón.