Early Television

When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show - a job he had been promised five years earlier - skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged down the ratings - and the profits - of NBC's affiliates, while ratings for Conan's new Tonight show plummeted to the lowest levels in history.

Die TV-Protokolle gibt es erstmals als Hörbuch. In "TV-Protokolle - The early years" wurden die Kolumnen von 2005 bis 2007 zusammengefasst...

Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 5, 1901, the son of Flora Disney (née Call) and Elias Disney, a Canadian-born farmer and businessman. He was of Irish, German, and English descent. Walt moved to Kansas City with his parents when he was seven years old, where he spent the majority of his childhood. During World War I, he pretended to be 16 years old in order to join the American Red Cross. He quickly returned home and was awarded a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute. He met fellow animator Ub Iwerks there. They soon established their own business. They...