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n the 1950s, Philadelphia police gave the day after Thanksgiving a nickname: Black Friday. It was a complaint about crowds and twelve-hour shifts. Stores hated the name. They tried to rename it Big Friday in 1961, and it didn't stick. So the story changed. The popular explanation that stores finally "go into the black" has no known record before 1981.Same playbook, different tag: Consumer Reports says many Black Friday TVs are "derivatives," with different model numbers and often fewer features, like fewer HDMI inputs or a simpler remote. Some are still good buys. But check the model number.Sources:History.com: Black Friday originsWGBH: How Black Friday got its name (research by Bonnie Taylor Blake)Consumer Reports: Get the most TV for your moneyNBC News: Black Friday brief, derivative TVs#BlackFriday #ShoppingTips #History