What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

Oh, How Time Flies

Nowadays, Dell Dude isn't up to much. The $50,000 that he got from doing the Dell spots has dried up and Curtis has had a difficult time returning to jobs from there. While he brought Dell a ton of revenue, it didn't do much for his career longterm. 

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The More You Know

  • The first television drama was "The Queen's Messenger." The 40-minute show was aired by General Electric's station "WGY Television" on September 11, 1928.
  • For a long time, TV producers were hesitant to kill off main characters. The drama/comedy show M*A*S*H, set during the Korean War, broke through that barrier in "Abyssinia/Henry," when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down.
  • Super Bowl XLIX was the most-watched TV event
  • TV made its debut at the World’s Fair
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