Most Famous T. V Shows

The 60’s brought the dawn of Science fiction to movies and television. Some you may have heard of include Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, The Jetsons, Star Trek and the longest running Science Fiction television show that is now in its 52nd year, Doctor Who.

television became the new standard for life. By the 1950s, it was the only thing people could think

Television. Such a simple nine letter word but this word alone is most likely to be one of the most well known words in the universe. According to the latest Nielson report, on the consumption of television, the average American watches a minimum of five hours of television per day. If we were to estimate that the average American does get at least the recommended 9 hours of sleep then we can conclude that it is about 1/3 of their day being spent glued to the tube. Also if we continue to estimate that the average American lives to be 78. Then that is about 142,350 hours of television or tallied up to

It wasn’t until the 1960s that the television became an everyday commodity in society. To go along with the already popular dramas and comedies, tv became a major outlet for news as CBS evening news and 60 minutes debuted (Herman). Sports broadcasting also made huge strides during the early 1960s as Wide World of Sports aired on ABC, instant replay became a standard in sports broadcasting, CBS and NBC both broadcasted Super Bowl one in color (Herman). As television gained popularity the range of the topics presented on television shows went to more controversial and relevant topics in hopes to relate with the typical viewer. The subjects of the television shows for the most part have stayed the same over the past 40 years, but some have

World War II ended on September 2, 1945, and citizens in America were dwelling in the postwar booming economy. Thus, people had a hole burning in their pocket and many entrepreneurs found a means in which they could supply their products to consumers. Therefore, television became a method of communication, rather than the radio, the television allowed individuals to watch events in the comfort in their living room. In the 1950’s a television could be found in almost every American’s home becoming known as the dawn of the television age. A famous sitcom in the 1950’s which first aired on October 5, 1951 is I Love Lucy. This particular show is the building blocks of the beginning of television, exposing viewers of the society in the 1950’s, along with the minimal similarities and mass differences when compared to today’s shows.

Television, or TV, is one of our most important ways of getting entertainment and important and information. TV brings moving pictures and sound from around the world in to millions of homes. TV was not the invention of one person. Many scientists helped make television possible. Experiments that led to television began in the 1800’s. However, TV did not come until the 1920’s

Firstly, All in the Family was a sitcom show first came out in 1971 and technically ended in 1979; however, the show was renamed to Archie Bunker’s Place and went on until 1983. All in the Family was about Archie Bunker, a blue collared worker and a prejudiced person, bickering with his family about events and issues of the day. All in the Family also had many spin-offs, including The Jeffersons. The Jeffersons was also a sitcom show that first came out in 1975 and ended a decade later; The Jeffersons was about the lives George and Louise Jefferson, a thriving African-American couple, and their relationships with other residents of their apartment. These shows were popular because they were extremely relatable sitcoms about recent cultural and social changes and issues in a way that not many other shows did. Finally, M*A*S*H, another sitcom, was first released in 1972 with a large group of writers and producers and ended in 1983. The show was about the staff of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital making their own fun and laughter during the Korean War. M*A*S*H was a popular show because it had a variety of funny, serious, and different moments that pushed limits of society’s expectations and

In the 50's television and films were very popular because it was a relaxing thing for people to do in their leisure time. During the period that followed WWII most of the movies were traditional representations of men and women, while younger people yearned for a modern and exhilarating representation of rebellion. The 50's were popular for multiple things, such as: activities that people spent doing in their leisure time, post war affluence, fast food restaurants and drive-ins.

In the 1950s, there were three major networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. Most television programs were entertainment shows. Current events and political issues were not a central focus of TV networks. The most popular prime-time TV shows were comedies.

The ‘Golden Age of Television’ is what many refer to as the period between the 1950s and 60s when the television began to establish itself as a prevalent medium in the United States. In 1947, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the Du Mont Network were the four main television networks that ran stations with regular programming taking place. (Television, 2003) While regular television programming was a new innovation, the television itself had been commercially available for over twenty years prior to the 50s. It was conceived by many worldly innovators and went through several testing stages before it was finally completed in the late twenties. The

The escapist fictional fare of prime time made little reference to what was being reported on the news. That began to change in the late 1960s and early ’70s, but the transition was an awkward one; some shows began to reflect the new cultural landscape, but most continued to ignore it. That Girl (ABC, 1966–71), an old-fashioned show about a single woman living and working in the big city—with the help of her boyfriend and her “daddy”—aired on the same schedule as The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, 1970–77), a new-fashioned comedy about a single woman making it on her own. In the same week, one could watch The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC, 1955–71), a 15-year-old musical variety program that featured a legendary polka band, and Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (NBC, 1968–73), an irreverent new comedy-variety show plugged into the 1960s counterculture. The 1970–71 season was the last season for a number of series that had defined the old television landscape, including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Andy Williams Show, and Lassie, all of which had been on the air since the 1950s or earlier. Created by Norman Lear and based loosely on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, All in the Family was the clearest example of what would soon be known as “relevance TV.” It took as its subject matter issues

60 Minutes is the longest running and most iconic prime-time news program in television history. Since first airing in 1968, the show has provided viewers with hard-hitting, investigative journalism and stories of national interest on a near-regular basis for nearly five decades. Read on to learn more about 60 Minutes, and keep an eye out for part two of our list, coming soon.

Television sets were commercially available since the late 1920s but in very small quantities. Since then television had become a bit more common in houses or business institutions because of it’s purposes. Which are entertainment, and news. In the 1950s, television shaped public opinion among citizens. After the

The Apprentice is one of the most highly viewed shows in America and has been since its series debut on January 8, 2004. The premise of the show, founded by Donald Trump, is that 16 young professionals with impressive credentials compete in team challenges for a chance to win $250,000 salary and the title of President of one of Mr. Trump’s enterprises. At the end of each episode, the losing team is called into Trump’s boardroom and one player is eliminated with Trump saying “You’re Fired!” A few years back, two communication experts from Kennesaw State and Berry College conducted a study on the gender based communication seen in the shows and how it influenced a win or loss based on the individual being a male or female. The study was broken down into five coding categories: (1) Required Communication Skills, (2) Trumpisms, (3) Communication-related criticisms and praise,(4) Communication as a factor in win or elimination and (5) Lessons learned by eliminated competitors. The researchers found that competitors criticized each others’ communication skills 31 times in 15 episodes and several gender differences were apparent in the criticisms. Women’s interpersonal skills were twice as likely to be criticized as males with criticisms including “too flustered and emotional,” “too confrontational,” “talking to a client like he was a 4-year old,” and “blurting out inappropriately at meetings.” In contrast, the criticisms of males interpersonal skills focused only on poor

     Television is so different today in so many ways than what it was when it first started to blossom. “I love Lucy”, what is that show about? A hard working husband