I Saw It on TV

When six-year-old Johnny Fongo's family gets their first color television in 1971, no one could predict how this simple event would shape not just his life, but the future of information analysis. From studying TV Guide schedules to tracking Cold War broadcasts, Johnny develops an uncanny ability to recognize patterns in media that others miss.

As technology evolves from analog to digital, Johnny's gift leads him through military intelligence operations, global crises, and personal tragedy. Along the way, he builds FONGO MEDIA RESEARCH into a powerhouse of pattern recognition and information analysis, while navigating love, loss, and the challenges of raising a daughter who inherits not just his abilities, but her mother's academic brilliance.

But when quantum computing and artificial intelligence begin to reshape reality itself, the Fongo family's skills become humanity's best hope for maintaining truth in a world of competing narratives. Drawing on a legacy that stretches back to a French poet-soldier's immigration to America, three generations of pattern recognition expertise combine to face the ultimate challenge: helping humanity understand itself in an age of endless information.

"I Saw It On TV" is a sweeping journey through the evolution of media and technology, a love letter to pattern recognition, and a profound exploration of how we establish truth in an increasingly complex world. From the golden age of television to the quantum reality streams of tomorrow, the Fongo family's story reminds us that understanding information is about more than just watching - it's about seeing the patterns that connect us all.