Fall TV, dissected

Published 8:59 pm Monday, September 6, 2010

Lines and lineups: On this day in 1927, Philo T. Farnsworth fired up his “image dissector” and transmitted the image of a line, a first step toward television.

Also of note, the TV networks and cable channels are talking up their slates of fall series, including NBC’s gamble to give Jay Leno the nightly 10 p.m. slot usually reserved for crime dramas.

Having reviewed some of the new shows coming this fall, The Buzz plans to add to his Netflix queue the full season of Farnsworth’s ground-breaking images of lines.

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Quoth the starling, “Evermore”: You can blame Shakespeare fans, who noted The Bard’s mention of starlings in “Henry IV,” for introducing the European bird to North America and creating an infestation of the messy and noisy black birds.

Perhaps we should just count ourselves lucky that Shakespeare was less familiar with ostriches.

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Duck! The University of Washington Huskies heard some affirmation from an unexpected source after their loss to Louisiana State University on Saturday at Husky Stadium. LSU players told Husky players, who went 0-12 last season, that this year they’re a team to be reckoned with.

Hey, a pat on the back from an LSU Tiger beats a shot to the jaw from an Oregon Duck.