Cathode ray discharge tube I am learning about 'cathode ray discharge tube'. I know when electrons are given out from cathode, they travel to anode, because anode being positively charged attract those electrons and continue to accelerate those electrons. When the electron hit any of the gas atom in tube, it helps to knock out electron from it and therefore, electron knocked also start moving towards anode. But i think that one stage would come when there are no electrons left with gas atoms those can be knocked out and when electron hits the gas ions, it would just slow down the electrons(emitted by cathode) and eventually leading to no ray at the end.
For a cathode ray tube (old-style TV), you want the electrons traveling collision-free in a straight line from the cathode to the screen (anode), where they generate light hitting a phosphorescent layer. For a neon light, you want the electron hitting gas particles so that the entire tube glows.

This is further explained here: Why does the cathode ray tube only start glowing at low pressures?