Civil Rights / Cold War

What were other popular shows during this era?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
  • Your Show of Shows (1950-1954)
  • Dragnet (1951-1959)
  • I Love Lucy (1951-1960)
  •  Lassie (1954-1971) 
  • Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color (1954-1966)
  • Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1957-1963)
  • Wagon Train (1957-1965)
  • Perry Mason (1957-1966)
  • Bonanza (1959-1973)
  • Dennis the Menace (1959-1963)

1960s

  • Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)



  • My Three Sons (1960-1972)
  • Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
  • Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971)
  • The Munsters (1964-1966)
  • Bewitched (1964-1972) 
  • Mission Impossible (1966-1973)
  • Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (1968-1973)
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)

1970s

  • NFL Monday Night Football (1970-present)
  • All In the Family (1971-1979)
  • The Waltons (1972-1981) 



  • Sanford & Son (1972-1977)
  • M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
  • Happy Days (1974-1984)



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