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The mid-1950s were a period of rapid growth in popularity for the quiz show format until it was beset by a series of scandals, hastening the end of the golden age. Lower-budget game shows and panel shows continued to be popular as daytime fare for several decades after.
This article presents the top-rated American primetime broadcast network television series by season from 1950 to ... Philco TV Playhouse: 45.3 4: Your Show of Shows ...
1950 | Texaco Star Theatre (NBC) The comedy-variety show — originally broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 — became the biggest show on TV when “Mr. Television,” Milton Berle, became the ...
1 1950s. 2 1960s. 3 1970s. 4 1980s. 5 ... The following article consist of shows/programs that aired during the network era of American television from the early ...
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1950–51 season as measured by ... Philco TV Playhouse: 45.3 4: Your Show of Shows: 42.6 5: The ...
For most of the history of television in the United States, the Big Three dominated, controlling the vast majority of television broadcasting. [8] DuMont ceased regular programming in 1955; the NTA Film Network, unusual in that its programming, all pre-recorded, was distributed by mail instead of through communications wires, signed on in 1956 and lasted until 1961.
The main cast of The Honeymooners in 1955. I Love Lucy, which originally ran from 1951 to 1957 on CBS, was the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings (an accomplishment later matched only by The Andy Griffith Show in 1968 and Seinfeld in 1998).
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1951–52 season as measured by Nielsen ... Philco TV Playhouse: NBC: 40.4 13: Amos 'n' Andy: CBS ...