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Television by year, 1947-1965
Answer these year by year trivia questions about American television.
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1947
This children's show, co-hosted by a red-headed marionette, premieres.
Howdy Doody
1948
This entertainer's "Texaco Star Theater" is the first to reach over a million viewers.
Milton Berle
1949
This popular masked lawman rides over from radio to television.
The Lone Ranger
1950
Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Niel Simon would all write for this legendary comedy/variety show that premiered in 1950.
Your Show of Shows
1951
Americas wackiest housewife and her latin bandleader husband first took to the airwaves in this enormously popular and influential sitcom.
I Love Lucy
1952
Americans first started waking up to this long-running morning show.
The Today Show
1953
He becomes the first president in history to give a televised farewell address.
Harry Truman
1954
Steve Allen becomes the first host of this long running late-night talk show
The Tonight Show
1955
A group of youngsters sporting mouse ears and T-shirts with their names stenciled on begin hosting this afternoon children's show.
The Mickey Mouse Club
1956
Elvis Presley made his network television debut on this variety show, co-hosted by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey.
Stage Show
1957
This western series reached number one in the ratings for the first time. It would occupy that spot for the next four years.
Gunsmoke
1958
This Oscar winning actress settled for a life of domesticity on her self titled TV series.
Donna Reed
1959
This Emmy and Peabody Award winning writer first took viewers into that strange place called (bum bum bum) THE TWILIGHT ZONE!
Rod Serling
1960
In the same year that he gave an Oscar nominated performance in "The Apartment", Fred MacMurray began his twelve year run on this sitcom.
My Three Sons
1961
He brought his anthology series over from ABC to NBC in order to take advantage of the laters new color broadcasting technology.
Walt Disney
1962
He began his thirty-year reign as the king of late night television
Johnny Carson
1963
Americans watched in shock as he became the first person to be shot in cold blood on national television.
Lee Harvey Oswald
1964
This gossip columnist/variety show host welcomed the Beatles to the United States
Ed Sullivan
1965
This show about a couple of city folk moving to a weird farming community called Hooterville premieres.
Green Acres
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cpgatbyu
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Dec 24, 2016
*Milton
NCsupercade
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Dec 24, 2016
Made the correction, thanks.
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