Among the outstanding inventions of modern times, television definitely must be included. Without leaving home, we can see and hear queens, presidents, ordinary people, and animals in African jungles. In other words, the whole world is brought home to us through television. Interesting events from all parts of the world are pictured and explained on television for everyone to see. We can get to know people from faraway places, and people in foreign lands get to know Americans. Television is a remarkable invention!
In the United States, television stations are not run by the government; they are owned by companies that want to make a profit from the business of television. They put on all kinds of programs and always do a lot of research to find out how many people watch each program. Profits come from the money paid by various companies for commercials. (Advertisements on television are called commercials.) For programs with large audiences, the cost of commercials is high. For program with moderate audiences, the cost is lower. When a program has a small number of people watching it, it is discontinued. There is a variety of programs that one can see on every channel: news, sports (baseball, tennis), interviews, talk shows (where different topic are discussed), comedies, mysteries, game shows, musical programs, and children's programs.
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