The question of who invented television is a complicated one. It can’t really be tied to one person. Several people in several countries were working on the same thing at the same time. However, one ...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Hello, Mrs. Goldberg. SIMON: Women were not only the stars in the 1940s and 1950s but creative forces of their own shows and franchises. Jennifer Keishin ...

Like just about everyone who grew up at a time when a few networks decided what Americans watched on their television sets, author Todd S. Purdum knew all of the antics of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, the ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In the new biography "Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television" (Simon & Schuster), Todd S. Purdum explores the ...