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1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Slap is an American drama television miniseries, which aired on NBC from February 12 to April 2, 2015. It is an adaptation of the Australian series of the same name , which was based on Christos Tsiolkas ' 2008 novel of the same name.
Jack Lescoulie (November 17, 1912 – July 22, 1987) was an American radio and television announcer and host, notably on NBC's Today during the 1950s and 1960s; a newspaper source lists his date of birth as May 17, 1912. [2]
Contestants on the show slapped each other in the face to win the "Power Slap League" tournament. The show's first season consisted of 8 pre-recorded episodes and was followed by the Power Slap 1 live event that aired exclusively on Rumble. [2] The show was executive produced by Power Slap's owner Dana White. [3]
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer. At the peak of his success, in the early to mid-1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, at times for as many as nine separate broadcasts for CBS.
The Slap may refer to: The Slap, 1974 French/Italian comedy film; The Slap, 2008 novel by Christos Tsiolkas The Slap (Australian TV series), 2011 Australian TV series based on Tsiolkas' novel; The Slap (American TV series), 2015 U.S. miniseries based on Tsiolkas' novel "The Slap" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a television episode
The series Power Slap: Road to the Title, which had also been delayed after White was filmed slapping his wife in response to her attacking him at a New Year's party, [24] faced poor viewership and was cancelled by TBS after one season. [26] [27] However, White's promotion continues to produce shows throughout the year.
The Slap Maxwell Story (sometimes seen in print as The "Slap" Maxwell Story) is an American sitcom broadcast by ABC as part of its 1987–88 lineup. [ 2 ] It starred Dabney Coleman as "Slap" Maxwell, an egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger , somewhere in the American Southwest.