Television (Alternity)

Television has been a major entertainment medium since its inception in 1909, especially its first real use in the 1910s and 20s. Initial TV broadcasts were live events, but beginning in the 1930s, famous studios such as Disney and 20th Century FOX began creating cartoon programs and airing them for millions of American children throughout the later years of the Great Depression. In the early 40s, the first live series - like Gunsmoke and California, '49 - began airing for audiences across the nation and quickly grew to become the industry as we know it today.