Golden Age of Television

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Few shows but watching TV was very popular TV during the 1950’s made people happy and got their minds off of war ds in n to Between 1949 and 1969, the number of households in the U.S. with one TV rose from less than a million to 44 million Advertisements had a huge impact he The amount advertisers paid TV stations and the networks rose from $58 million to $1.5 billion Productions and trends increased ple For example: Smoking tastes good=more people smoked=more cigarettes produced Kids (ages 10-16) watched six hours of television a day Watching TV seemed to be more important than homework Kids wrote fifty thousand fan letters a week Click on the picture for more information

TV shows, was a Common national viewing of popular TV shows, news and sports events meant that there was a shared national experience er meant ned out The visual and auditory experience together meant that regional cultural differences were ironed out opted A more generalized "American" culture co-opted regional subcultures Television familiarized rural residents with other regions making migration even more appealing More people traveled 1952 first time news was able to broadcast Republican and Democratic conventions in Philadelphia Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson were running for President against each other Home Click on the picture for a video about the impact of advertisements

Starred Lucille Ball, Desi Arraz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley Most watched show in the U.S Twenty-nine million viewers watched every week Syndicated in dozens of languages and shown world wide Won five Emmy Awards greatest shows Today it is second on TV Guides Top 50 greatest shows First show to show women power Lucy was not the stereotypical woman Showed that males/females were equal Click on Lucy for more fun facts

Lucy’s rebellions against the confinements of domestic life for women are meant to expose the restrictions placed on women in a male-dominated society Show was an inspiration It rescued a rocky marriage, bringing forth an emotionally renewed and financially triumphant family I Love Lucy reflected Lucille Ball and Desi Araz’s own family life in the funhouse mirror of a sitcom Eisenhower's presidential inauguration in January 1953= 29 million viewers episode= 44 When Lucy gave birth to Little Ricky in an episode= 44 million viewers Home Click the picture for a video on the stereotypical woman

Starred George Reeves Based on popular 1938 comic book Not as popular as other shows during its time but still enjoyed Credited for visual effects for advance television of its time Kellog’s sponsored the show Still popular today, seen as “Superman: The Movie” Show symbolized strength and power During this time era America was looking for strength and power Home Click Superman to see “The Adventures of Superman”

Became best Became best-known motion picture producer in the world Known for fil Known for films, animations, theme parks and producer Received 59 Received 59 Academy Awards, 26 Oscars, and 7 Emmy Awards Popular movies in the 1950’s: Treasure Island Old Yeller 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Opened “Disneyland” in 1955 Disney was a founding member of the anti-communist Motion Picture Alliance Produced educational films on space program NASA “Man in Space” “Man and the Moon” “Mars and Beyond” Disney died of lung cancer on December 15 th, 1966 Disney's animation and motion picture studios and theme parks have become a multi billion dollar company He owns eleven theme parks, five vacation resorts, thirty-nine hotels, two water parks, eight motion picture studios, eleven cable television networks, six record labels, and even one terrestrial television network Click on both Mickey and Walt to learn more Home

ion, comic books, Lassie stories have moved across books, film, television, comic books, and other forms of popular culture to promote Production increased due to the increase of merchandise to promote the show The story focuses around the concerns of a family struggling to survive as a unit during the depression Lassie's original owner is forced to sell his dog so his family can cope with its desperate economic situation The story became a lesson about the importance of interdependence during hard times Lassie increasingly became a mythic picture of principles such as courage, faithfulness, and determination in front of hardship The ever-maternal dog became a social facilitator, bringing together romantic couples or helping the lot of widows and orphans In 1954 Lassie made her television debut in a series which placed her on the American family farm

Lassie series became the story of a boy and his dog Helping to shape our understanding of American boyhood during that period The series' rural setting offered a conception of national culture at a time when most Americans had left the farm for the city or suburbia Parents were worried the show was teaching kids bad manners Lassie's cliff-hanger plots where children were placed in jeopardy was seen as too intense for many smaller children Timmy's actions were said to encourage children to disobey their parents and to wander off on their own As actor, Jon Provost, got to old to play Timmy, Lassie shifted into the hands of a series of park rangers and her service as a The focus of the programming was on Lassie and her service as a rescue dog in wilderness areas After this the series started to decline and the most Lassie became an Emmy Award winning show and the most famous canine of the time Home Click the picture to see Lassie