There are practical reasons for web to publish new programing in the fall , but you might be surprised to find out one of the main reasons has nothing to do with any promotional considerateness , planning , or even video itself ; it was about give the wireless industry a chance to get out of New York City during the summer .
CBS and NBC originally began as radio meshwork , and back in the 1920s and 1930s before television , their home base in New York City produced most national radio programming . But as New Yorkers sleep with , there are few things more intolerable than a New York City heat wave , and before the invention of air conditioning , beating the heat mean getting out of the city . It only made horse sense to shut down radio set output and give people a chance to head for the hills to Cape Cod bungalows and Catskill retreat to wait out the long red-hot summertime .
But thentelevisioncame along . Back in the recent ' 40s and early ' 50 , television was just beginning to really take off . TV had clear been on the ascent before World War II , but once war broke out , the government shut down commercial-grade broadcasts and television set equipment production . barely anyone was working in television set during the warfare , but the post - war economic boom of the later ' 40s that follow made TV sets low-cost for in-between - class families , and the demand for unexampled programming was at an all - time gamy .
Whentelevision productionmoved to California , the tradition of begin new blocks of show in the drop continued , and as it turn out , the organisation worked well for the manufacture — and for watcher . It still does to this day . Fewer multitude tend to watch TV during the summertime since they are vacationing or spending more time watching summer movies . So releasing new appearance in the spill assure the networks barren bombination around the annual season premiere and guarantee viewer be intimate when to tune in to their favorite shows ' novel seasons .
