• The TV like the radio was invented so the government could commincate over a long distance with its moving armies, but unlike the radio this way they would be able to sea each other face to face.
  

• It was a way of communicating life ideas.
  
  
• The TV was invented so people could be entertained by actors and watch people living dream jobs. Also, the TV can be used for education, like the Discovery Kids channel and the National Geographic channel.
  
  
• Television was invented for the advancement of society. It is not the inventor's fault if a creation meant for family entertainment is often used in a detrimental way.
  
  
• It was a simple act of the government. At the time TV was created, the government wanted to get the message of fear out to the public on a broader level. They thought it would be an easier way to eventually control the public. As many already know, it has proven to work in that sense to this day.
  
  
• The television was invented so that the inventor (John Logie Baird) could be entertained when he was at work.
  
  
• Television was invented to give you a way to be informed of what is going on around you.
  
  
• John Logie Baird who is the "inventor of the worlds first working television" obviously saw that visual communication was required, the next step after Marconi had invented Radio.