Editing Television (band) (section)

=== Departure of Richard Hell and debut release ===

Initially, songwriting was split almost equally between Hell and Verlaine, Lloyd being an infrequent contributor as well.{{sfn|Thompson|2000|page=683}} However, friction began to develop as Verlaine, Lloyd, and Ficca became increasingly confident and adept with both instruments and composition, while Hell remained defiantly untrained in his approach. Verlaine, feeling that Hell's frenzied onstage demeanor was upstaging his songs, reportedly told him to "stop jumping around" during the songs{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} and occasionally refused to play Hell's songs, such as "[[Blank Generation (song)|Blank Generation]]", in concert. This conflict, as well as one of their songs being picked up by [[Island Records]], led Hell to leave the group and take some of his songs with him.{{sfn|Waterman|2011|pp=95–101}} He co-founded [[the Heartbreakers]] in 1975 with former [[New York Dolls]] [[Johnny Thunders]] and [[Jerry Nolan]], later forming [[The Voidoids|Richard Hell and the Voidoids]].{{sfn|Wallace|Manitoba|2007|page=55}} [[Fred Smith (bassist)|Fred Smith]], briefly of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], replaced Hell as Television's bassist.{{sfn|Waterman|2011|pp=108–109}}

Television made their vinyl debut in 1975 with "Little Johnny Jewel" (Parts One and Two), a 7-inch single on the independent label Ork Records, owned by their manager, Terry Ork. Lloyd apparently disagreed with the selection of this song, preferring "O Mi Amore" for their debut, to the extent that he seriously considered leaving the band.{{sfn|Waterman|2011|p=13}} Reportedly [[Pere Ubu (band)|Pere Ubu]] guitarist [[Peter Laughner]] auditioned for his spot during this time.{{sfn|Waterman|2011|p=17}}