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First-run syndicated television programs in the United States

  • American BandstandLate March 1952 marked the premiere of Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6. Host Bob Horn introduced a format that blended short…
  • Dragon Ball ZKazuhiko Torishima, Akira Toriyama's editor for Dr. Slump and the first half of Dragon Ball, felt that the Dragon Ball anime's ratings were gradually…
  • Sailor Moon (TV series)Naoko Takeuchi initially planned both the Sailor Moon manga and anime to run for only six months. The first season premiered in Japan on TV Asahi on the 7th…
  • Astro Boy (1963 TV series)On New Year's Day 1963, a Tuesday, the first episode of Astro Boy aired on Fuji TV. This broadcast marked the beginning of Japan's first popular animated…
  • USA TodayAl Neuharth convened a task force known as Project NN in Cocoa Beach, Florida on the 29th of February 1980. This meeting marked the conception of USA Today…