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Few shows but watching TV was very popularTV during the 1950’s made people happy and got their
minds off of warBetween 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 The amount advertisers paid TV stations and the
networks rose from $58 million to $1.5 billionProductions and trends increased
For example: Smoking tastes good=more people smoked=more cigarettes produced
Kids (ages 10-16) watched six hours of television a dayWatching TV seemed to be more important than
homework Kids wrote fifty thousand fan letters a week
Impact of Television
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Common national viewing of popular TV shows, news and sports events meant that there was a shared national experience
The visual and auditory experience together meant that regional cultural differences were ironed out A more generalized "American" culture co-opted
regional subcultures Television familiarized rural residents with other
regions making migration even more appealingMore people traveled
1952 first time news was able to broadcast Republican and Democratic conventions in PhiladelphiaDwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson were
running for President against each other
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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.STwenty-nine million viewers watched every week
Syndicated in dozens of languages and shown world wide
Won five Emmy AwardsToday it is second on TV Guides Top 50 greatest
showsFirst show to show women power
Lucy was not the stereotypical womanShowed that males/females were equal
I Love Lucy
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 familyI Love Lucy reflected Lucille Ball and Desi Araz’s
own family life in the funhouse mirror of a sitcomEisenhower's presidential inauguration in January
1953= 29 million viewers When Lucy gave birth to Little Ricky in an episode=
44 million viewers
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Click the picture for a video on the stereotypical woman
Starred George ReevesBased on popular 1938 comic bookNot as popular as other shows during its time
but still enjoyedCredited for visual effects for advance television
of its timeKellog’s sponsored the showStill popular today, seen as “Superman: The
Movie”Show symbolized strength and power
During this time era America was looking for strength and power
The Adventures of Superman
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Click Superman to see “The Adventures of Superman”
Became best-known motion picture producer in the world Known for films, animations, theme parks and producer 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 15th, 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
Walt Disney
Click on both Mickey and Walt to learn more
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Lassie stories have moved across books, film, television, comic books, and other forms of popular culture
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
Lassie series became the story of a boy and his dog Helping to shape our understanding of American boyhood during
that periodThe 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 ownAs actor, Jon Provost, got to old to play Timmy, Lassie shifted
into the hands of a series of park rangers 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
Lassie became an Emmy Award winning show and the most famous canine of the time
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Click the picture to see Lassie
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