Portal:Television

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Flat-screen television receivers on display for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries.

In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most television sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, Digital Light Processing (DLP), plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. LEDs are being gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have started increasingly producing smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s. (Full article...)

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Our Friends in the North is a British television drama. A serial produced by the BBC and originally screened in nine episodes on BBC2 in early 1996, Our Friends tells the story of four friends from the city of Newcastle in North East England over 31 years from 1964 to 1995. The storyline includes real political and social events both specific to the north-east and from Britain as a whole during the era portrayed. The show is commonly regarded as having been one of the most successful BBC television dramas of the 1990s. It was also a controversial production in some respects, as the issues and occurrences upon which its fiction were based involved real politicians and political events. It took several years before the production–adapted from a play originally performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company–finally made it to the screen, due in part to the BBC's fear that it might become involved in legal action.

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Kennedy, Johnson and others

John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others watching flight of Astronaut Alan Shepard on television. Shepard was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.

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• ... that the replacement of arts listings television show 01-for London was described as "like having to swap a bright yellow curvy Japanese sports car for a dumpy little khaki-coloured old Ford Fiesta"?
• ... that an Illinois radio station closed down to reduce interference with television reception?
• ... that an episode of the children's TV show Arthur featuring a same-sex wedding was not aired on Alabama's PBS network?
• ... that Angeline Quinto has recorded songs for at least 35 films and television soundtracks in the Philippines?
• ... that Chuck Eisenmann went from professionally pitching in baseball to owning and training the dogs that starred on the Canadian television series The Littlest Hobo?
• ... that John Seigenthaler hosted a literary interview program which ran for 42 years on Nashville Public Television?

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More did you know

• ...that David Letterman parodied Werner Erhard in the 1978 Mork & Mindy episode Mork Goes Erk?

• ...that the air-date of "The Beginning of the End", the fourth season premiere of the television series Lost, means that the season may be interrupted by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike even if a settlement is reached?

• ...that the ABC television network created controversy when they licensed and produced a doll based on fictional rapist Todd Manning?

• ...that the WWF in 1986 introduced a stable of masked wrestlers to keep the injured wrestler Andre the Giant on television, but off the ring?

• ...that the Zambian district of Chiengi has no television or telephone service?

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Jennings in 2002

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist, best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.

Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at age 9. He began his professional career with CJOH-TV in Ottawa during its early years, anchoring the local newscasts and hosting the teen dance show Saturday Date on Saturdays. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. Critics and others in the television news business attacked his inexperience, making his job difficult. He became a foreign correspondent in 1968, reporting from the Middle East. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various television-related articles on Wikipedia.

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  Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
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  A color television test at the Mount Kaukau transmitter site, New Zealand in 1970.
  A test pattern with color bars is used to calibrate the signal. (from Color television)
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  A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
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  Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
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  An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
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  LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
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  Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
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  Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
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  This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system. (from Color television)
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  Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
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  Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
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  RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
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  RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set. (from Color television)
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  The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes, which may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned. (from History of television)
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  Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
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  LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
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  Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
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  The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
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  The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
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  Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
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  Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
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  First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
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  Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
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  Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
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  DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)

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  Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

  
  Lana Turner (1921–1995) was an American actress who appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned four decades. Discovered in 1937 at age 16, she signed a contract with Warner Bros. but soon transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio's co-founder, Louis B. Mayer, helped further her career by casting her in several youth-oriented comedies and musicals, including Dancing Co-Ed (1939) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941), the latter of which was a commercial success and helped establish her as one of the studio's leading performers. Turner subsequently co-starred with Clark Gable in the drama Somewhere I'll Find You (1943), the first of four films she would appear in with him.
  
  Turner's role as a femme fatale in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) advanced her career significantly and established her as a dramatic actress. It earned her acclaim with Bosley Crowther of The New York Times deeming it "the role of her career." In addition to her film roles, Turner frequently appeared on radio programs throughout the 1940s, including Suspense and The Orson Welles Almanac. In 1952, she co-starred in the drama The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) opposite Kirk Douglas, portraying an alcoholic actress. Turner made her final film appearance with Gable in the drama Betrayed (1954). After the critical and commercial failure of Diane (1956), MGM opted not to renew Turner's contract. At the time, her films with the studio had collectively earned over $50 million (Full article...)
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  The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series are American superhero television shows produced by Marvel Television and Marvel Studios, based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The series are set in, or inspired by, the shared universe of the MCU film franchise.
  
  The MCU first expanded to television after Marvel Television was formed in 2010, with that studio producing 12 series with ABC Studios and its production division ABC Signature Studios from September 2013 to October 2020. These premiered across broadcast, streaming, and cable respectively on ABC, Netflix and Hulu, and Freeform. The main ABC series were inspired by the films and featured film characters, while a connected group of series for Netflix crossed over with each other. Young adult–focused series were produced for Freeform and Hulu. The latter also had a group of series called "Adventure into Fear" planned before Marvel Television was shut down in December 2019. (Full article...)
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  The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2019, until May 31, 2020, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was originally to be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead hosted from the Staples Center, while winners gave speeches remotely from their homes or other locations. It aired live on September 20, 2020, following the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 14–17 and 19. During the ceremony, Emmy Awards were handed out in 23 categories. The ceremony was produced by Done and Dusted, directed by Hamish Hamilton, and broadcast in the United States by ABC. Jimmy Kimmel served as host for the third time.
  
  At the main ceremony, Schitt's Creek won all seven comedy categories including Outstanding Comedy Series, becoming the first comedy series to complete a sweep of those categories. Succession and Watchmen each won four awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Limited Series, respectively. Other winning programs include Euphoria, I Know This Much Is True, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Morning Show, Mrs. America, Ozark, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Unorthodox. Including Creative Arts Emmys, Watchmen led all programs with 11 wins and 26 nominations, while HBO took home 30 awards to lead all networks. (Full article...)
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  The episodes of the anime series Gunslinger Girl are based on the Gunslinger Girl manga series written and illustrated by Yu Aida. There are a total of twenty-eight episodes split over two seasons/series. Set in modern-day Italy, the series revolves around the Social Welfare Agency, a government-funded organisation which is supposed to provide advanced medical care to those in need. This, however, is a cover for a far different agenda: the patients, adolescent girls who have survived traumatic events, are brainwashed into forgetting their past, turned into cyborgs, trained in the use of weapons and used as assassins to battle enemies of the State. Each girl is assigned to an adult whose job is to provide the girl with training and act as a mentor and authority figure. The relationship between the cyborg-girls and their "handlers" forms the basis of much of the plot and varies from the affectionate to the indifferent with varying degrees of results.
  
  The first series' episodes were directed by Morio Asaka, animated by Madhouse Studios, and produced by Bandai Visual, Marvelous Entertainment, MediaWorks, and Madhouse Studios. It adapts the first two manga volumes of the series over thirteen episodes which aired in Japan from October 9, 2003 to February 19, 2004 on Bandai Channel and Fuji Television. Set in contemporary Italy, the series tells about young girls who are turned into cyborgs, trained as assassins by adult male "handlers" and their missions against terrorists and gangsters on behalf of a secretive government agency. A sequel called Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-, directed by Hiroshi Ishiodori and animated by Artland, aired in Japan on Tokyo MX TV from January 8, 2008 to April 1, 2008. It adapts the third, fourth and fifth volumes of the manga over fifteen episodes, with thirteen episodes airing on television and the final two released directly to DVD. (Full article...)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
129	1	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"	Wes Archer	Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein	September 17, 1995 (1995-09-17)	2F20	22.6
130	2	"Radioactive Man"	Susie Dietter	John Swartzwelder	September 24, 1995 (1995-09-24)	2F17	15.7
131	3	"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"	Susie Dietter	Jon Vitti	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)	3F01	14.5
132	4	"Bart Sells His Soul"	Wes Archer	Greg Daniels	October 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)	3F02	14.8
133	5	"Lisa the Vegetarian"	Mark Kirkland	David X. Cohen	October 15, 1995 (1995-10-15)	3F03	14.6
134	6	"Treehouse of Horror VI"	Bob Anderson	John Swartzwelder	October 29, 1995 (1995-10-29)	3F04	19.7
				Steve Tompkins
				David X. Cohen
135	7	"King-Size Homer"	Jim Reardon	Dan Greaney	November 5, 1995 (1995-11-05)	3F05	17.0
136	8	"Mother Simpson"	David Silverman	Richard Appel	November 19, 1995 (1995-11-19)	3F06	15.3
137	9	"Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"	Dominic Polcino	Spike Feresten	November 26, 1995 (1995-11-26)	3F08	14.2
138	10	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"	David Silverman	Jon Vitti	December 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)	3F31	16.4
139	11	"Marge Be Not Proud"	Steven Dean Moore	Mike Scully	December 17, 1995 (1995-12-17)	3F07	16.7
140	12	"Team Homer"	Mark Kirkland	Mike Scully	January 7, 1996 (1996-01-07)	3F10	16.7
141	13	"Two Bad Neighbors"	Wes Archer	Ken Keeler	January 14, 1996 (1996-01-14)	3F09	16.5
142	14	"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"	Susie Dietter	Jennifer Crittenden	February 4, 1996 (1996-02-04)	3F11	14.4
143	15	"Bart the Fink"	Jim Reardon	Story by : Bob Kushell Teleplay by : John Swartzwelder	February 11, 1996 (1996-02-11)	3F12	15.0
144	16	"Lisa the Iconoclast"	Mike B. Anderson	Jonathan Collier	February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18)	3F13	13.4
145	17	"Homer the Smithers"	Steven Dean Moore	John Swartzwelder	February 25, 1996 (1996-02-25)	3F14	14.1
146	18	"The Day the Violence Died"	Wes Archer	John Swartzwelder	March 17, 1996 (1996-03-17)	3F16	14.4
147	19	"A Fish Called Selma"	Mark Kirkland	Jack Barth	March 24, 1996 (1996-03-24)	3F15	12.9
148	20	"Bart on the Road"	Swinton O. Scott III	Richard Appel	March 31, 1996 (1996-03-31)	3F17	11.8
149	21	"22 Short Films About Springfield"	Jim Reardon	Richard Appel, David X. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester, Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein & Matt Groening	April 14, 1996 (1996-04-14)	3F18	10.5
150	22	"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'"	Jeffrey Lynch	Jonathan Collier	April 28, 1996 (1996-04-28)	3F19	13.0
151	23	"Much Apu About Nothing"	Susie Dietter	David X. Cohen	May 5, 1996 (1996-05-05)	3F20	11.3
152	24	"Homerpalooza"	Wes Archer	Brent Forrester	May 19, 1996 (1996-05-19)	3F21	12.9
153	25	"Summer of 4 Ft. 2"	Mark Kirkland	Dan Greaney	May 19, 1996 (1996-05-19)	3F22	14.7


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  The Devil May Cry anime series is directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by Madhouse. The English adaptation of the anime has been licensed by Funimation Entertainment. They are based on the Devil May Cry video game series produced by Capcom. The background of the storyline is primarily based on the first and third installments of the series, Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening respectively. The series follows the daily life of demon hunter Dante as he adopts a young girl named Patty Lowell and faces off against a demon seeking to attain godhood.
  
  The anime was originally announced at the Tokyo Game Show on September 22, 2006, with plans to release twelve episodes of the series. Unlike most anime, the episode titles were released in English instead of the customary Japanese. The first episode aired on June 14, 2007, with the twelfth shown on September 6, 2007. The episodes aired on WOWOW. On June 30, 2007, at Anime Expo 07, it was announced that ADV Films had licensed the show. However, in 2008, it became one of more than 30 titles that were transferred to Funimation. The series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel in September 2010 and it began airing on Chiller's Anime Wednesdays block on July 15, 2015. (Full article...)
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
154	1	"Treehouse of Horror VII"	Mike B. Anderson	Ken Keeler	October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27)	4F02	18.3
				Dan Greaney
				David X. Cohen
155	2	"You Only Move Twice"	Mike B. Anderson	John Swartzwelder	November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03)	3F23	13.9
156	3	"The Homer They Fall"	Mark Kirkland	Jonathan Collier	November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)	4F03	17.0
157	4	"Burns, Baby Burns"	Jim Reardon	Ian Maxtone-Graham	November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)	4F05	12.6
158	5	"Bart After Dark"	Dominic Polcino	Richard Appel	November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24)	4F06	14.1
159	6	"A Milhouse Divided"	Steven Dean Moore	Steve Tompkins	December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01)	4F04	12.8
160	7	"Lisa's Date with Density"	Susie Dietter	Mike Scully	December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)	4F01	12.2
161	8	"Hurricane Neddy"	Bob Anderson	Steve Young	December 29, 1996 (1996-12-29)	4F07	14.36
162	9	"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"	Jim Reardon	Ken Keeler	January 5, 1997 (1997-01-05)	3F24	14.85
163	10	"The Springfield Files"	Steven Dean Moore	Reid Harrison	January 12, 1997 (1997-01-12)	3F25 3G01	20.41
164	11	"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"	Chuck Sheetz	Jennifer Crittenden	January 19, 1997 (1997-01-19)	4F08	13.98
165	12	"Mountain of Madness"	Mark Kirkland	John Swartzwelder	February 2, 1997 (1997-02-02)	4F10	17.49
166	13	"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"	Chuck Sheetz	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	February 7, 1997 (1997-02-07)	3G03	9.10
167	14	"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"	Steven Dean Moore	David X. Cohen	February 9, 1997 (1997-02-09)	4F12	15.67
168	15	"Homer's Phobia"	Mike B. Anderson	Ron Hauge	February 16, 1997 (1997-02-16)	4F11	15.26
169	16	"Brother from Another Series"	Pete Michels	Ken Keeler	February 23, 1997 (1997-02-23)	4F14	15.07
170	17	"My Sister, My Sitter"	Jim Reardon	Dan Greaney	March 2, 1997 (1997-03-02)	4F13	15.10
171	18	"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"	Bob Anderson	John Swartzwelder	March 16, 1997 (1997-03-16)	4F15	14.60
172	19	"Grade School Confidential"	Susie Dietter	Rachel Pulido	April 6, 1997 (1997-04-06)	4F09	13.27
173	20	"The Canine Mutiny"	Dominic Polcino	Ron Hauge	April 13, 1997 (1997-04-13)	4F16	13.25 7.9 (HH)
174	21	"The Old Man and the Lisa"	Mark Kirkland	John Swartzwelder	April 20, 1997 (1997-04-20)	4F17	13.97
175	22	"In Marge We Trust"	Steven Dean Moore	Donick Cary	April 27, 1997 (1997-04-27)	4F18	16.93
176	23	"Homer's Enemy"	Jim Reardon	John Swartzwelder	May 4, 1997 (1997-05-04)	4F19	11.80
177	24	"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"	Neil Affleck	Story by : Ken Keeler Teleplay by : David X. Cohen	May 11, 1997 (1997-05-11)	4F20	11.57
				Story by : Ken Keeler Teleplay by : Dan Greaney
				Story by : Ken Keeler Teleplay by : Steve Tompkins
178	25	"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"	Mike B. Anderson	Richard Appel	May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18)	4F21	12.69

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Average viewers (in millions)
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1	22		September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)	May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)	55	8.05
2	22		September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)	May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)	99	4.53
3	13		April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26)	August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)	—	—

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Hitohira (ひとひら, lit. Petal) is a Japanese animated television series. The episodes are directed by Akira Nishimori and produced by the Japanese animation studio XEBEC M2 and Genco. They are based on the Hitohira manga by Izumi Kirihara, and adapt the source material over twelve episodes. The episodes aired from March 28, 2007 to June 13, 2007 on AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama.

Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Yume, Hitohira" (夢、ひとひら, lit. Dream, Petal) by Yūko Asami, and the ending theme is "Smile" (スマイル, Sumairu) by Mai Mizuhashi. (Full article...)

Khurrana in 2012

Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor, singer, lyricist, music director and television host who works in Hindi films. Khurrana first appeared in 2004 teen drama reality show MTV Roadies, winning the second season of the show. He went to star in many other MTV shows, including MTV Fully Faltoo Movies, Cheque De India and Jaadoo Ek Baar, and hosted multiple television shows, including India's Got Talent and Music Ka Maha Muqqabla. In 2012, he made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Vicky Donor, about sperm donation, which received critical acclaim and performed strongly at the box office. Khurrana's performance won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (for the song "Pani Da Rang"), Screen Award for Best Male Debut, Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Debut, and Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He then starred in a series of commercially unsuccessful films, including the comedy-drama Nautanki Saala (2013), romantic comedy Bewakoofiyaan (2014), and drama Hawaizaada (2015).

In 2015, Khurrana starred in the Sharat Katariya-directed romantic drama Dum Laga Ke Haisha opposite Bhumi Pednekar. His performance was praised, and the film emerged as a commercial success. He then starred in Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017). The latter two were commercially successful. In 2018, he starred in the black comedy Andhadhun and the comedy-drama Badhaai Ho. The former grossed ₹4.56 billion (US$64 million) worldwide, and became one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers; for his performance he won the National Film Award for Best Actor (shared with Vicky Kaushal for Uri: The Surgical Strike) and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Badhaai Ho became a sleeper hit, earning over ₹2.21 billion (US$31 million) worldwide. This success continued with Khurrana's 2019 releases, Article 15, Dream Girl, and Bala. For the first of these, he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, and Screen Award for Best Actor (Critics). In the comedy Bala, he played a man plagued with premature balding. (Full article...)

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	11		July 9, 2006 (2006-07-09)	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)
2	10		September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)	December 2, 2007 (2007-12-02)
3	8		November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	December 21, 2008 (2008-12-21)

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Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	6		9 July 2001 (2001-07-09)	20 August 2001 (2001-08-20)	BBC Two
2	6		30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)	4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Christmas	2		26 December 2003 (2003-12-26)	27 December 2003 (2003-12-27)	BBC One
Revisited			15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)

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