The TV's on Emergency

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Robert Grant

There was one episode where a TV set was not merely in a scene, but was actually a subplot in the episode as a whole.

In between all those defibrillations, ringer's lactate shots, and dishing out inspiration in the recovery room, the firehouse is in the market for a new TV set, and talk to someone who has a lead on a really good deal on a "26".

In the last scene, all the firemen and paramedics get together to see the new TV. The new set is quite small (I think a GE Portacolor). One of the firemen says "I thought it was a 26", Gage answers "it is.....26 centimeter".

This made me think it might be a Canadian show, but nope. I don't know if any TVs were marketed as 26" in the US. I think the US government viewable screen size mandate kicked in around the time the 25V sets came out. I'm not sure if that rule ever took effect here.