Debuted at the New York World's Fair,
Some, a trick, did of it think;
Broadcasts repeatedly did air,
The world slowly did shrink.

New and views did travel quick,
Entertainment at our fingertips;
Choices and channels at a click,
People, in its lure, tightly grips.

And four score years later, 
The Idiot box does hold sway;
To our whims it appears to cater,
But has enslaved us night and day.

Written for Week 14 (April 5, 2020) where we had to write inspired by the invention of the television and/or its debut at the May 1939 New York World's Fair.