Documentary film maven David L. Wolper returns to the scene with a ten-part series profiling 50 international icons of the 20th century. In part six, he presents five "television originals." The man credited for starting it all was Philo T. Farnsworth, a Utah-born engineer who demonstrated the first working television system in 1927 at the age of 22. Lucille Ball captured the hearts of millions and four Academy awards with her talent for physical comedy, appearing both in movies and with her husband Desi Arnaz in the long-running sitcom I Love Lucy. Edward R. Murrow broke ground in the news industry by introducing the concept of news reporting with a sense of social responsibility and integrity. He was a broadcast journalist renowned for his factual reports from the battlefront in London during World War II. Jacques Cousteau was the French underwater explorer who helped develop the aqualung, the first underwater breathing device. He introduced the American public to sea life, sunken ships, and buried treasures with the television series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Oprah Winfrey worked her way from small-town Mississippi to the top of the television world with her popular, nationally syndicated talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, while captivating the public with her heartfelt concern for the common person and her media savvy as an actress and producer. ~ Sarah Block, Rovi