When it comes to 1950s TV sitcoms, if you caught them in reruns, you undoubtedly look at them as examples of classic TV. And if you were there the first time around, then… it's just TV. But in either ...

If these ring a bell—black-and-white TV test patterns, party lines, drive-in theaters, sock hops, milk deliveries, metal ...

Television and political culture after World War Two -- Sponsors and citizens -- The politics of wooden acting -- The ends of the middlebrow -- Liberal media -- Labor goes public Summary This is the ...

Seeing a modern flat-screen television on display reminded me of our family’s first TV set. Daddy bought a secondhand GE table model, with a 10-inch screen, in 1951. What a marvel of modern electronic ...

The classic 1950s living room was more than a place to sit, it was a carefully arranged stage for family life, television nights, and drop‑in guests. When you recreate that space today, you are ...

Early television in the 1950s was a freewheeling frontier of both live and taped offerings mostly dominated by comedies, game shows, kids programs, and westerns like "I Love Lucy," "The $64,000 ...