There were 56 million radios and only
16,000 TV sets in the U.S. in the year
1945. There were only a few shows
on TV in 1946 and 1947. RCA mass
produced a 7 inch TV set in 1947 and
170,000 sold. One million sets
were sold by the year 1949. In
1950 there were approximately 10 million
TV sets in the U.S., and by the year
1956 3/4 of all Americans had a TV set
in their homes.
Television will never ever be the
same as it was in the Fabulous Fifties!
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The Howdy Doody Show
Aired on NBC
12/27/47 - 9/30/60 |
Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts
Aired on CBS 12/16/1948 - 7/21/1958 |
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The Milton Berle Show a.k.a. Texas Star
Theater
Aired on NBC
6/08/48 - 6/56 |
Hopalong Cassidy
Aired on NBC
6/24/49 - 12/23/51 |
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The Lone Ranger
Aired on ABC
9/15/49 - 6/06/57 |
What's My Line
Aired on CBS
2/02/50 - 9/03/67 |
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The Gene Autry Show
Aired on CBS
7/23/50 - 8/07/56 |
The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show
Aired on CBS
10/12/50 - 9/15/58 |
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Your Hit Parade
Aired on NBC
7/10/50 - 4/24/59
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The Jack Benny Show
Aired on CBS
10/29/50 - 9/10/65 |
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You Bet Your Life
Aired on NBC
10/5/50 - 9/21/61
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I Love Lucy
Aired on CBS
10/15/51 - 5/06/57 |
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The Dina Shore Show
Aired on NBC
11/27/51 - 7/18/57 |
The Red Skelton Show
Aired on NBC/CBS
9/30/51 - 8/29/7 |
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Amos 'N' Andy
Aired on CBS
6/28/51 - 6/11/53 |
Dragnet
Aired on NBC
12/16/51 - 8/23/59 |
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The Roy Rogers Show
Aired on NBC
12/30/51 - 6/23/57 |
Our Miss Brooks
Aired on CBS
10/03/52 - 5/11/56 |
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Art Linkletter's House Party
Aired on CBS
9/1/52 - 9/05/69 |
My Little Margie
Aired on CBS
6/16/52 - 8/24/55 |
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I've Got A Secret
Aired on CBS
6/19/52 - 7/06/76 |
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
Aired on ABC
10/03/52 - 9/03/66 |
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My Friend Irma
Aired on CBS
1/08/52/625/54 |
Adventures of Superman
Syndicated
9/19/52 - 4/12/58 |
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The Life of Riley
Aired on NBC
1/02/53 - 8/01/58
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Name That Tune (Original Show)
Aired on NBC/CBS
1953 - 1959 |
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The George Gobel Show
Aired on NBC
10/02/54 - 6/26/60 |
December Bride
Aired on CBS
10/04/54 - 5/07/59 |
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Lassie
Aired on CBS
9/12/54 - 3/24/73
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Father Knows Best
Aired on CBS
10/03/54 - 5/23/60 |
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Captain Midnight
Aired on CBS
9/04/54 - 3/24/56
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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Aired on ABC
10/15/54 - 5/28/59 |
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Aired on CBS
9/25/55 - 6/06/71 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Aired on CBS
10/02/55 - 6/01/62 |
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The $64,000 Question
Aired on CBS
6/07/55 - 11/09/58 |
The Lawrence Welk Show
Aired on ABC
7/02/55 - 9/04/71 |
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Aired on ABC
9/06/55 - 6/26/61 |
Gunsmoke
Aired on CBS
9/10/55 - 3/31/75 |
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The Mickey Mouse Club
Aired on ABC
10/03/55 - 12/30/59 |
The Little Rascals
Syndicated
Aired 1955 - |
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Captain Kangaroo
Aired on CBS
10/03/55 - 12/08/84
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The Honeymooners
Aired
on CBS
10/1/1955 - 3/01/56
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The Steve Allen Show
Aired on NBC
6/24/56 - 6/06/60 |
Wagon Train
Aired on NBC/ABC
9/18/57- 9/05/65 |
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Perry Mason
Aired on CBS
9/21/57 - 9/14/66 |
Leave It To Beaver
Aired on CBS/ABC
10/04/57 - 6/20/63 |
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Have Gun Will Travel
Aired on CBS
9/14/57 - 4/20/63 |
American Bandstand
Aired on ABC
12/05/57 - 10/07/89 |
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The Real McCoys
Aired on ABC
10/03/57 - 6/23/63 |
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Aired on CBS
9/06/58 - 3/29/61
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The Rifleman
Aired on ABC
9/30/58 - 4/08/63 |
77 Sunset Strip
Aired on ABC
10/10/58 - 2/07/64 |
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