Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future [relative to 1985]. Tackling the medium as a worldwide phenomenon, the series examines each of the principal areas of programming - news, drama, documentaries, and light entertainment - and the unique impact of "live" coverage.

Ian Holm
Self - Narrator (voice)
George Gerbner

Arthur C. Clarke

Robin Day
Fred W. Friendly
Herbert Brodkin

Walter Cronkite

William Shatner

Spike Milligan
Top Gear79%
Biography67%
History 10171%
Eli Roth's History of Horror64%
Mind Field82%
How Do They Do It?76%
Rafa86%
Baseball75%
JANET JACKSON.78%
Superpowered: The DC Story74%
Marvel Studios Legends73%
Captains of the World85%
The Story of Film: An Odyssey77%
MegaStructures75%
The New York Times Presents72%
Hulk Hogan: Real American74%
Trust Me: The False Prophet75%
Deadly Women79%
American Masters70%