MSN: Remember when? The best TV shows from the 50s, 60s, and 70s
Remember when? The best TV shows from the 50s, 60s, and 70s
On August 11–12, 1939, the movie The Wizard of Oz premiered in Dennis, MA, Kenosha, WI, and Oconomowoc, WI. Fearing the film would be unpopular, movie studio executives chose these cities to debut the movie to better gauge audience reaction. Much to their delight, the film was a hit as moviegoers packed theaters. On August 15, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios hosted a star-studded, "official ...
Theodor Seuss Geisel—better known as "Dr. Seuss"— authored some of the most popular and best-selling children's books ever written.
In the decades after Philo Farnsworth's invention of television in 1928, Census Bureau data shows that television ownership has grown from 5 million in 1950 to 60.6 million in 1970. Recent data from the American Community Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation show that television ownership is still more common than owning a computer or smartphone.
Here's the thing about television in the 1950s: most families didn't even own a set at the start of the decade. In the beginning of that decade, less than 10% of American households owned a television ...
Here’s the thing about television in the 1950s: most families didn’t even own a set at the start of the decade. In the beginning of that decade, less than 10% of American households owned a television ...
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the " Fifties " or the " '50s ") (among other variants) was a decade that began on 1 January 1950, and ended on 31 December 1959.