Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s. Since then, millions of children 11 in front of the set, and many people now worry about the effect that TV has on the young, and on society in general. Many ordinary parents 12 it had never been invented. Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its inventors for the joy and the interest that they 13 the lives of the old, the sick, and the lonely-all those who, without it, would have no pleasure and no window in the world. In truth, television has opened window in everybody’s life. No newspaper has ever 14 so many people and shown so clearly what is happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV 15 . It not only gives the news instantly, but also shows it in pictures-more powerful than words. It can be said that TV has brought reality to the public.