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Now anyone with a high-speed Internet connection can find out what's on TV, watch a favorite show online, and read about the stars that make it great. In this guide, you'll learn about the history of television, how to find reviews, and how to keep your kids safe while watching cable. You can even learn about the pixels and wires that make the whole thing work.

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Research TV Shows and TV

Ever watch a show and say to yourself, "I know that actor, but where have I seen him?" The Web makes watching TV a richer experience, allowing you to do some background research into your favorite shows, actors, directors, scriptwriters and more. Research all of the Hollywood resumes that interest you, or read a recap of a show you missed. Use some of the sites provided to research the origins and history of television-including how it works and what early TV sets looked like, for example.

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If you want to learn about a show that's still running, and know which station it airs on, visit the show's official homepage. To do this, either enter the show's name into a traditional search engine, or go to the network homepage for a link to the show.

If you miss an episode and can't catch it online, visit the episode guides provided by most show homepages. These guides summarize recent plot developments, and are a good way to keep up with a series if you've missed a show or two.

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To research shows and actors ...

Internet Movie Database TV offers encyclopedic coverage of any TV series. Although best known for reviewing films, the TV coverage here is just as thorough as the original IMDB film site. Each show's page has an overview, cast details (with comprehensive bios for all actors), and nearly all the facts and figures you'd want, such as release date, user reviews and ratings information. You can contribute your own reviews or write on a message board to keep the information flowing.

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TV.com , previously mentioned as part of the CNET Network, is a massive portal of information on TV-covering history as well as reviews and schedules. While the site focuses on program rankings (which are generated by user reviews), you can get lots of background information on each show by visiting its individual page. You'll find links to summaries, cast information, related news stories, episode lists, videos, pictures, and more.

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For essays on TV ...

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has an "Encyclopedia of Television" with over 1,000 essays from 250 collaborators. Articles with titles like "Ethics and Television," "Family Viewing Time," and "Westerns" cover actors, shows, networks, issues and events in television history.

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For episode recaps ...

Television Without Pity offers full episode recaps for a long list of both active and canceled shows. The recaps are detailed, multi-page summaries that read with an informal tone typical of blogs.

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For how the television works ...

How Stuff Works is the perfect place to go for a layman's introduction to the science and technology that make television sets one of the most influential inventions of the 20th century. This multi-part guide covers the details of cathode ray tubes, TV pixels, phosphors, black and white signals, color TV, satellite TV, digital TV, and much more.

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For television history ...

The Early Television Museum chronicles the progress of early television sets from the mechanical television systems of the 1920s to the first color sets. The TV History section has links to sites with further reading on the history of television.

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The Museum of Television offers this Web site, full of flash animation for viewers of all ages. The site is divided into five sections: "Television in Quotes," "Television in the World of Tomorrow," "The Pioneers of Television," "Timeline of Television History," and "3D Interactive Gallery."

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