I have heard somewhere that the early TV productions often took on the shape of radio programs, just visually. Basically two guys sitting in a sofa smoking and talking in front of a camera. Is this true?

by smerten

I need a reference on this for my thesis, hence I am asking you if there are any good articles on how radio transitioned to TV, and more or less can give me some foundation for my statement.

aflocka

This is a little bit later than what you're asking about, but take a look at I Love Lucy to see how closely related radio and TV were. Even as TV started to become its own medium, radio still played a role in influencing TV development. CBS was involved with both radio and TV at the time and I Love Lucy grew out of the network's radio show My Favorite Husband, taking the writers and Lucille Ball with it. Some of the scripts for episodes of the TV show were essentially slightly re-written episodes of the radio show.

Beyond your specific question, I Love Lucy is an interesting show to study because it shook up the industry in a number of different ways, arguably one of the programs that helped to define TV as its own medium.

Source: Behind the scenes materials of I Love Lucy DVD releases, Wikipedia for refresher/reference.

HeresWaldorf

I work in TV as well as a Communication Major in College.

Yes it did. Early TV was something new. No one had any idea what to do with it. Also radio was such a huge medium before. Want to check them out. Whole production set were with a massive variety of instruments dedicated to making it sounds just right.

So TV comes along... no one has figured out anything. So it was often a lot of "Talking Heads." That is the term for two people just talking on camera. Simply because no one figured out how to talk while video was on the screen.

While post examplse later, I just woke up