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Flat-screen televisions for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports.

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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Cold Feet is a British comedy drama television series produced by Granada Television for ITV. It was created by Mike Bullen, who also wrote most of the episodes, and produced by Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Spencer Campbell. The series began on 15 November 1998, following the successful one-off television film broadcast in 1997 and ran for 32 episodes before concluding on 16 March 2003. The series is set in Manchester and follows three couples, played by an ensemble cast, who have trouble with committing to each other however hard they try. The cast were not widely known before their appearances in the programme but their careers received significant boosts; most of the actors received British Comedy Award nominations and James Nesbitt won Best TV Comedy Actor three times. The series was and remains critically acclaimed, winning multiple British Comedy Awards, TRIC Awards, and the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. It maintained consistently high viewing figures, regularly beating other channels in head-to-head ratings battles.

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Early television model, from 1936, produced by Telefunken, Germany

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... that CBS executive Laurence Tisch found out on a tennis court in the U.S. Virgin Islands that rival network NBC had bought his company's affiliate station in Miami?
... that reporter Bobbie Wygant got her first television show after filling in while its host was sick with the flu?
... that the theme song for Guilty's live-action television series is Toshi's first original song in 22 years?
... that the day employees of Boston television station WLVI received new business cards, they learned the station would be sold and they would lose their jobs?
... that Ernst Jacobi, known for portraying Gauleiter Löbsack in Volker Schlöndorff's film The Tin Drum, played more than 200 roles as a television actor?
... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a television advertisement in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase, "Ah so", which they sometimes pronounced "asshole"?

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In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.

— S. I. Hayakawa

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...that an advertising spot immediately following Xinwen Lianbo, a daily news programme shown by most terrestrial television stations in mainland China, can sell for an estimated US$100,000?

...that Tomorrow's Pioneers, a television program for children produced by Hamas, features a mascot similar to Mickey Mouse?

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

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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001).

Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. He has since starred in Wildlife (2018), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), The Guilty (2021), and Ambulance (2022). (Full article...)

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Image 1The 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)
Image 2This 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)
Image 3Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
Image 4A 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)
Image 5DBS satellite dishes. (from History of television)
Image 6Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
Image 7Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
Image 8A map depicting digital terrestrial television standards (from Digital television)
Image 9Hovannes Adamian c. 1900s (from Color television)
Image 10Public television in France uses 819 line b&w high definition, from 1959 until 1983 (TF1). (from History of television)
Image 11Ferdinand Braun (from History of television)
Image 12Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available. (from History of television)
Image 13Manfred von Ardenne in 1933 (from History of television)
Image 14RCA 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)
Image 15Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
Image 16The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
Image 17The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
Image 18LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
Image 19RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
Image 20Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
Image 21LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
Image 22An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
Image 23Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right). (from History of television)
Image 24First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
Image 25Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)

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Season	Episodes	Originally aired			Average viewership (in millions)
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network	Average viewership (in millions)
1	21	October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)	May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	The WB	6.41
2	23	September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)	May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)		7.77
3	22	October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01)	May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19)		5.64
4	22	September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18)		5.02
5	22	September 29, 2005 (2005-09-29)	May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11)		5.32
6	22	September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)	May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17)	The CW	4.52
7	20	September 27, 2007 (2007-09-27)	May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)		4.15
8	22	September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18)	May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)		3.88
9	21	September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)	May 14, 2010 (2010-05-14)		2.38
10	22	September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)	May 13, 2011 (2011-05-13)		2.54

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Richardson in the 1962 film, Long Day's Journey into Night

Sir Ralph Richardson (1902–1983) was an English actor who appeared on radio, film, television and stage. Described by The Guardian as "indisputably our most poetic actor", and by the director David Ayliff as "a natural actor ... [who] couldn't stop being a perfect actor", Richardson's career lasted over 50 years. He was—in the words of his biographer, Sheridan Morley—one "of the three great actor knights of the mid-twentieth century", alongside Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud.

After seeing a production of Hamlet starring Sir Frank Benson, Richardson decided to become an actor and made his stage debut, playing a gendarme in The Bishop's Candlesticks in December 1920. After touring and appearing in rep, he made his London debut in July 1926 as the stranger in Oedipus at Colonus. In 1930 he joined the Old Vic where he first met Gielgud, staying with the company until the following year. After service during the Second World War with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he returned to acting, preferring the works of the more modern authors Luigi Pirandello, Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, George Bernard Shaw and J. B. Priestley to the classic plays of Shakespeare. A radio career ran in parallel to that on the stage, and Richardson was first broadcast in The City in 1929. (Full article...)
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Celebrity Big Brother is the American adaptation of Celebrity Big Brother and second spin-off of the United States version of Big Brother. It premiered on CBS on February 7, 2018 as counterprogramming to the 2018 Winter Olympics. The series is hosted by Julie Chen Moonves, and is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America; Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan serve as executive producers.

The Celebrity HouseGuests for the first season were revealed during a live pre-show of the 2018 Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018. The first season began filming on January 31, 2018 and concluded twenty-six days later on February 25, 2018, when Marissa Jaret Winokur and Ross Mathews were announced as the winner and runner-up of the season, respectively. On May 5, 2018, CBS renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on January 21, 2019. Twelve HouseGuests were announced on January 13, 2019, during a commercial break of CBS's NFL football coverage. The second season lasted for twenty-nine days and ended on February 13, 2019, when Tamar Braxton won in a unanimous vote over Ricky Williams. (Full article...)
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Kaze no Stigma (風の聖痕, lit. Stigma of the Wind) is an anime series directed by Jun'ichi Sakata and produced by Gonzo. They are based on the light novel series Kaze no Stigma by Takahiro Yamato, and adapt the source material over twenty-four episodes. The plot of the episodes is based on the return of Kazuma Kannagi to Japan after being exiled by his clan, and his subsequent interactions with his clan.

The series aired from April 2007 to September 2007 in Japan on thirteen networks, with Chiba TV, Fukui TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Hokkaido, and TV Saitama airing the episodes first on 11 April 2007. The remaining networks began airing the episodes later in May, with the exception of Kumamoto Broadcasting, which broadcast the first episode on 14 May 2007. (Full article...)
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The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given annually from 1985 to 2019 to honor a young actress below the age of 25, who had delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.

At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Tracey E. Bregman was the first winner of this award, for her role of Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award was originally called Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series, the criteria of the new category were deemed confusing, performers of differing ages were nominated, and critics argued some were of supporting or lead actress standards. Adding to the confusion, the first winner, Bregman, and the Outstanding Supporting Actress winner that year, Beth Maitland, played characters near to the same age. The category was re-named Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series in 1989, and began using its current title in 1991. The criteria were later altered, requiring that the actress be aged 25 or below. (Full article...)
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Doherty attending the premiere of 90210 in 2008

American actress Shannen Doherty has appeared in numerous television programs and motion pictures. After her television debut in Father Murphy in 1981, she landed her first major role in the dramatic western television series Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983), and reprised her role in its three television specials. Doherty received two Young Artist Award nominations for playing the oldest Witherspoon sibling Kris in the family drama Our House (1986–1988). She appeared in four films during the 1980s, including the positively-received, animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982) and the cult classic Heathers (1988). Her breakthrough role was as Brenda Walsh in the teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994), but she was later dropped from the series because of backstage issues and her negative image as a "bad girl". She starred in television films in the early and mid-1990s, and played Rene Mosier in the romantic comedy Mallrats (1995) in an attempt to rebuild her career.

Doherty enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after being cast by producer Aaron Spelling to play Prue Halliwell on the supernatural drama Charmed (1998–2001). The series was their second collaboration following Beverly Hills, 90210. The character was praised by critics and fans, earning a spot as one of the best witches in television history according to a TVLine article, and Doherty took an active role in the show's production, directing three of its episodes. Following disagreements with Spelling and co-star Alyssa Milano, Doherty left the series in its third season. Doherty starred in a string of television films and had a recurring role on the prime-time soap opera North Shore (2004–2005). The following year, she was cast as Denise Johnson in the unaired pilot of the sitcom Love, Inc., but was dropped from the show by producers from United Paramount Network (UPN). She reprised her role as Brenda Walsh in the reboot of 90210 (2008–2009), appearing as a special guest star in seven episodes in its first season. (Full article...)
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Dexter is an American television drama that was broadcast on the premium cable channel Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. A total of 96 episodes of Dexter were broadcast over eight seasons.

The series is based on characters created by Jeff Lindsay for his "Dexter" series of novels, and follows the life of Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a Miami Metro Police Department blood pattern analyst with a double life. While investigating murders in the homicide division, Dexter hunts and kills murderers and criminals who have escaped the justice system. Although the first season is based on the events of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the series's subsequent seasons do not follow the novels in the series. Departing from the narrative of Lindsay's second Dexter novel Dearly Devoted Dexter, the show's writer Daniel Cerone said that the writers "didn't see the opportunity in the second book" to adapt it. (Full article...)

Series	Episodes	Originally aired		Ave. UK viewers (millions)
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Ave. UK viewers (millions)
1	6	15 January 2012 (2012-01-15)	19 February 2012 (2012-02-19)	10.61
2	Special	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)		10.47
2	8	20 January 2013 (2013-01-20)	10 March 2013 (2013-03-10)	10.47
3	Special	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)		10.54
3	8	19 January 2014 (2014-01-19)	9 March 2014 (2014-03-09)	10.54
4	Special	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)		10.41
4	8	18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)	8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)	10.41
5	Special	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)		9.95
5	8	17 January 2016 (2016-01-17)	6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)	9.95
6	Special	25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)		10.33
6	8	22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)	12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)	10.33
7	Special	25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)		9.26
7	8	21 January 2018 (2018-01-21)	11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)	9.26
8	Special	25 December 2018 (2018-12-25)		9.04
8	8	13 January 2019 (2019-01-13)	3 March 2019 (2019-03-03)	9.04
9	Special	25 December 2019 (2019-12-25)		8.34
9	8	5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)	8.34
10	Special	25 December 2020 (2020-12-25)		8.14
10	7	18 April 2021 (2021-04-18)	30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)	8.14
11	Special	25 December 2021 (2021-12-25)		7.64
11	8	2 January 2022 (2022-01-02)	20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)	7.64
12	Special	25 December 2022 (2022-12-25)		6.96
12	8	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	26 February 2023 (2023-02-26)	6.96
13	Special	25 December 2023 (2023-12-25)		6.86
13	8	7 January 2024 (2024-01-07)	3 March 2024 (2024-03-03)	6.86

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211"Enter! The World of the Shinigami"
Transliteration: "Totsunyū! Shinigami no Sekai" (Japanese: 突入！死神の世界)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaRika NakaseMarch 1, 2005 (2005-03-01)February 10, 2007
222"The Man who Hates Shinigami"
Transliteration: "Shinigami o Nikumu Otoko" (Japanese: 死神を憎む男)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiNatsuko TakahashiMarch 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)February 17, 2007
233"14 Days Before Rukia's Execution"
Transliteration: "Rukia Shokei, Jūyokka Mae" (Japanese: ルキア処刑、14日前)Kazunori MizunoKazunori MizunoMasahiro ŌkuboMarch 15, 2005 (2005-03-15)February 24, 2007
244"Assemble! The 13 Divisions"
Transliteration: "Kesshū! Gotei Jūsantai" (Japanese: 結集！護廷13隊)Sanzō TsunodaAkira IwanagaMichiko YokoteMarch 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)March 3, 2007
255"Penetrate the Center with an Enormous Bombshell?"
Transliteration: "Kyodai Hōdan de Chūō Toppa?" (Japanese: 巨大砲弾で中央突破？)Tetsuhito SaitōAkira ShimizuGenki YoshimuraMarch 29, 2005 (2005-03-29)March 10, 2007
266"Formation! The Worst Tag"
Transliteration: "Kessei! Saiaku no Taggu" (Japanese: 結成！最悪のタッグ)Noriyuki AbeTakuji KimuraMasashi SogoApril 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)March 17, 2007
277"Release the Death Blow!"
Transliteration: "Hissatsu no Ichigeki o Hanate!" (Japanese: 必殺の一撃を放て！)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoApril 12, 2005 (2005-04-12)March 25, 2007
288"Orihime Targeted"
Transliteration: "Nerawareta Orihime" (Japanese: 狙われた織姫)Kōji AritomiKeizō KusakawaRika NakaseApril 19, 2005 (2005-04-19)April 8, 2007
299"Breakthrough! The Shinigami's Encompassing Net"
Transliteration: "Toppa seyo! Shinigami Hōimō" (Japanese: 突破せよ！死神包囲網)Shigeki HatakeyamaShigeki HatakeyamaMichiko YokoteApril 26, 2005 (2005-04-26)April 15, 2007
3010"Renji's Confrontation"
Transliteration: "Tachihadakaru Renji" (Japanese: 立ちはだかる恋次)Motosuke TakahashiJun'ya KoshibaMasahiro ŌkuboMay 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)April 22, 2007
3111"The Resolution to Kill"
Transliteration: "Kiru Tame no Kakugo" (Japanese: 斬る為の覚悟)Tetsuhito SaitōKazunori MizunoNatsuko TakahashiMay 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)April 29, 2007
3212"Stars and the Stray"
Transliteration: "Hoshi to Norainu" (Japanese: 星と野良犬)Noriyuki AbeTakuji KimuraGenki YoshimuraMay 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)May 6, 2007
3313"Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero"
Transliteration: "Kiseki! Nazo no Shin Hīrō" (Japanese: 奇跡！謎の新ヒーロー)Chiaki KonChiaki KonMasahiro ŌkuboMay 26, 2005 (2005-05-26)May 13, 2007
3414"Tragedy of Dawn"
Transliteration: "Yoake no Sangeki" (Japanese: 夜明けの惨劇)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiNatsuko TakahashiJune 1, 2005 (2005-06-01)May 20, 2007
3515"Aizen Assassinated! The Darkness which Approaches"
Transliteration: "Aizen Ansatsu! Shinobiyoru Yami" (Japanese: 藍染暗殺！忍び寄る闇)Jun'ya KoshibaJun'ya KoshibaMasashi SogoJune 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)May 27, 2007
3616"Zaraki Kenpachi Approaches!"
Transliteration: "Zaraki Kenpachi, Semaru!" (Japanese: 更木剣八、迫る！)Shigeki HatakeyamaShigeki HatakeyamaRika NakaseJune 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)June 9, 2007
3717"Motive of the Fist"
Transliteration: "Kobushi no Riyū" (Japanese: 拳の理由)Kazunori MizunoKazunori MizunoMichiko YokoteJune 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)June 17, 2007
3818"Desperation! The Broken Zangetsu"
Transliteration: "Zettaizetsumei! Orareta Zangetsu" (Japanese: 絶体絶命! 折られた斬月)Tetsuhito SaitōMitsutaka NoshitaniGenki YoshimuraJune 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)June 24, 2007
3919"The Immortal Man"
Transliteration: "Fujimi no Otoko" (Japanese: 不死身の男)Tetsuhito SaitōNoriyuki AbeRika NakaseJuly 5, 2005 (2005-07-05)July 1, 2007
4020"The Shinigami whom Ganju Met"
Transliteration: "Ganju no Mita Shinigami" (Japanese: 岩鷲の見た死神)Sanzō TsunodaRyō MiyataMasashi SogoJuly 12, 2005 (2005-07-12)July 8, 2007
4121"Reunion, Ichigo and Rukia"
Transliteration: "Saikai, Ichigo to Rukia" (Japanese: 再会、一護とルキア)Kōji AritomiKōji AritomiNatsuko TakahashiJuly 19, 2005 (2005-07-19)July 15, 2007 (Full article...)

Season	Episodes	Originally aired			Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network	Rank	Average viewership (in millions)
1	22	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)	May 4, 2006 (2006-05-04)	The WB	165	3.81
2	22	September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)	May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17)	The CW	216	3.14
3	16	October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)	May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)		187	2.74
4	22	September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18)	May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)		161	3.14
5	22	September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10)	May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)		125	2.64
6	22	September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)	May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20)		209	2.42
7	23	September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)	May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)		176	2.03
8	23	October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)	May 15, 2013 (2013-05-15)		152	2.52
9	23	October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)	May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)		141	2.81
10	23	October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)	May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)		156	2.02
11	23	October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)	May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)		131	2.81
12	23	October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)	May 18, 2017 (2017-05-18)		132	2.62
13	23	October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)	May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)		166	2.32
14	20	October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11)	April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)		159	2.07
15	20	October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)	November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)		131	1.63

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Naruto is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name by Masashi Kishimoto. The series centers on the adventures of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village, searching for recognitions and wishing to become the ninja by the rest of the village to be the leader and the strongest of all. The series was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The episodes are based on the first twenty-seven volumes in Part I of the manga, while some episodes feature original, self-contained storylines.

The 220 episodes that constitute the series were aired between October 3, 2002, and February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo in Japan. The English version of the series was released in North America by Viz Media, and began airing on September 10, 2005, on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States. On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended its Toonami block, but the channel continued sporadically airing episodes of Naruto in the time slots originally occupied by Toonami's programming until January 31, 2009 when episode 209, the last episode to air in the US was shown, due to the closure of Toonami Jetstream. (Full article...)

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