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Television was not made by one person．It took many years and many different people to make television work．
A lot of work on television began in the 1930s．England set up the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC)at this time, and in the United States, the National Broadcasting Company(NBC)and the Columbia Broadcasting System(CBS)began．
In 1936, CBS put 150 televisions into homes in New York City in order to see if all of the televisions were able to get a show at the same time．This first television show was Felix the Cat．
Much of the work underway at the BBC during the 1930s and 1940s came to an end because of World War II．After the war, the BBC fell behind work on television going on in the United States．England had to rebuild itself after the war．
By 1945, there were 10,000 televisions in homes in the United States．This number climbed to six million by 1950．Then the number shot up to 60 million by 1960．
Today, 98 percent of all homes in the United States and Canada have at least one television．People in the United States usually watch seven hours of television each day．These people also have the choice of watching free programs, cable television, satellite television, or programs from video cassette recorders(VCRs)．
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