Highest annual earnings
for a reality TV star
According to Forbes, Kim Kardashian West (USA)
earned $51 m (£34.9 m) from 1 Jun 2015 to 1 Jun- Some 40% of her income came from her
mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, which
made $71.8 m (£48.4 m) in 2015 alone.
Highest-ever annual earnings
for a TV personality
Between Jun 2009 and Jun 2010, Oprah Winfrey
(USA) earned an estimated $275 m (£189.5 m)
thanks to her magazine, radio contract,
production company Harpo and the debut
of the Oprah Winfrey Network.
The highest-ever annual earnings for a TV
personality (male) is $95 m (£62.4 m), a record
shared by reality TV judge Simon Cowell (UK)
and radio personality Howard Stern (USA) in
the 12 months leading up to Jun 2013.Most prolific science-fiction
TV series (by episode)
On 29 Apr 2017, the 819th episode of Doctor Who
(BBC, UK) was aired. This total encompasses the
original run of 694 episodes from 1963 to 1989
and the modern series that returned in 2005, but
does not include specials or the 1996 TV movie.
The youngest Doctor Who was Matt Smith
(UK, b. 28 Oct 1982), who was 26 years old when
he filmed his first scenes as the Time Lord.
The oldest Doctor Who was William Hartnell
(UK, b. 8 Jan 1908), who played the part aged
57 years old and reprised the role for a 10th-
anniversary special in 1973, aged 65 years.
In terms of TV shows, the most prolific
Doctor Who was Tom Baker (UK), who starred
in 173 episodes (seasons 12–18) from 1974 to
1981, more than any other actor to play the part.
A former monk, Baker was working on a building
site when he received the call from the BBC.Most spin-off fiction books
inspired by a TV show
There have been more than 600 novelizations
and original Doctor Who stories, with a further
120-plus set in the same universe.TV
ARTS & MEDIA
MOST POPULAR
SUPERHERO ON
TELEVISION
The CW’s The Flash
boasted 3.1 million
“demand expressions”
per day in 2016,
according to Parrot
Analytics. This data
science company
measures worldwide
audience demand
for TV content
across streaming
sites, social media
and traditional
viewing channels.
The most popular
TV show in 2016 was
Game of Thrones,
with a global average
of 7,191,848 daily
demand expressions.Wildlife documentary Planet Earth II required 117 separate filming
expeditions, with 2,089 days spent in the field.SMALL SCREEN,
BIG COLLECTIONS:Most Emmy Awards won by an individual
Producer Sheila Nevins (USA), president of HBO
Documentary Films, has won 32 Primetime
Emmy Awards. In 2016, she took home the
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
award for Jim: The James Foley Story, a
biography of the US war correspondent.
Nevins also shares the record for the most
Emmy Award nominations received by an
individual – 74, along with camera operator
Hector Ramirez (USA).Most Primetime Emmy Awards
for a TV series
NBC’s long-running sketch comedy institution
Saturday Night Live took home its 50th award
at the 2016 ceremony, when co-hosts Tina Fey
and Amy Poehler won the Emmy for Outstanding
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
Saturday Night Live has received a total of
209 nominations – the most Primetime Emmy
nominations for a TV series.Most Emmy Awards for a drama series
On 18 Sep 2016, HBO’s fantasy drama series
Game of Thrones (USA) won Emmy awards for
Best Writing, Best Directing and Best Drama,
bringing its all-time total to 38. This is also the
most Emmy Awards for a fictional series.
Buoyed by hits such as Game of Thrones and
Boardwalk Empire, in 2015 HBO received the
most Primetime Emmy Award nominations
for a network in a single year – 126.Most pirated TV programme
Download monitoring website TorrentFreak
declared Game of Thrones to be the most
illegally downloaded TV show for the fifth year
running. At its peak, the finale of season 6,
which aired on 26 Jun 2016, was being shared
across 350,000 torrents simultaneously.
In second and third place were AMC’s The
Walking Dead and HBO’s Westworld (both
USA), respectively.Longest-running sports TV programme
with the same presenter
Hosted by Juan Carlos Tapia Rodríguez
(PAN), Panamanian boxing show Lo Mejor
del Boxeo had run for 41 years 334 days
as of 8 Dec 2016.Q: Which hit TV show
(debuting in 2016) was set
in Hawkins, Indiana, USA?
Stranger ThingsA:The^ largest
TV was a Sony
Jumbotron colour
TV screen measuring
24.3^ x^ 45.7^ m (80
x
150 ft). It was built
for The International
Exposition in^
1985, held
in Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Prefecture,
Japan.TV and radio sets:
10,060
(Göran Ågårdh, SWE)Charlie’s Angels
memorabilia:
5,569
(Jack Condon, USA)Daleks:
1,801
(Rob Hull, UK)The Simpsons memorabilia:
2,580
(Cameron Gibbs, AUS)The Smurfs memorabilia:
6,320
(Gerda P Scheuers, USA)Sesame Street memorabilia:
942
(Sheila Chustek, USA)Scooby Doo memorabilia:
1 ,1 1 6
(Rebecca Findlay, CAN)MOST SUCCESSFUL
SCI‑FI TV FRANCHISE
Revenue estimates suggested that
the Star Trek franchise was worth
in excess of $6 bn (£4.87 bn) as
of 2016. This figure comprises
revenue from syndication and
DVD sales, plus revenue from
books and videogames and a
movie gross of $1.73 bn (£1.4 bn).
On 7 Oct 2016, William Shatner (right),
who played Captain Kirk on the show,
accepted a certificate from GWR
Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday.