In 1884, a man by the name of Paul Nipkow invented a device called the scanning disk. Little did Nipkow know that years later his invention would be transformed into one of the most popular pastimes in America today ("Inventors"). Philo T. Farnsworth was the true inventor of television in 1927. He had no idea that thirty-five years later his inventions would not only be in ninety percent of Americans homes, but also strongly effect everyone that watched it. "Following the introduction of television into the United States, the annual homicide rate increased by ninety-three percent"(Journal of the American Medical Association). With the invention of television came the job of broadcasting shows on to the television. Broadcasters soon found what the public wanted and gave it to them through the waves of the tube. In the mid fifties people wanted to see family shows, educational programs, and sports. People...