Live Poll: Golden Age of Television

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I'm not very familiar with most of these shows, but I imagine I would have been an avid watcher of the Ed Sullivan show.

I strongly disagree with scholars and historian, (1948-1959) is more like the normalization of TV Shows than its golden age, my great grandfather bought his first TV in 1950, and he was among the first one in his village to buy one.  On that date, during the same period, a lot of people still didn't have electricity in the countryside.

I would say that the Golden Age of TV is from 2000-Present.

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TV Series, Released between 1948-01-01 and 1959-12-31

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=1948-01-01,1959-12-31

4,152 titles

Perry Mason (1957-1966)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050051/reference

TV-PG  1h 0min  Crime, Drama  TV Series

 8.2 (4,940)  Rate

The cases of a master criminal defense attorney, 

handling the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent

Raymond Burr ... Perry Mason (271 episodes, 1957-1966)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050051/tvschedule

Fri, Oct 09 9:00 PM    The Case of the Brazen Bequest (S5, Ep12)

Fri, Oct 09 11:30 PM   The Case of the Runaway Corpse (S1, Ep10)

Sat, Oct 10 8:00 PM   The Case of the Roving River (S5, Ep15)

Sun, Oct 11 4:30 AM  The Case of the Resolute Reformer (S4, Ep14)

Sun, Oct 11 5:30 AM  The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (S4, Ep16)

Sun, Oct 11 8:00 PM  The Case of the Renegade Refugee (S5, Ep13)

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Adventures of Superman (1952-1958)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/reference

TV-G  30min  Action, Adventure  TV Series

7.7 (3,260)

The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the Daily Planet.

George Reeves ...   Clark Kent / ... (104 episodes, 1952-1958)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/tvschedule

Sat, Oct 10 6:00 AM The Birthday Letter (S1, Ep7)

Sat, Oct 10 6:30 AM The Mind Machine (S1, Ep8)

Sun, Oct 11 6:00 AM Rescue (S1, Ep9)

Sun, Oct 11 6:30 AM The Secret of Superman (S1, Ep10)

Sun, Oct 11 11:00 AM No Holds Barred (S1, Ep11)

Sun, Oct 11 11:30 AM The Deserted Village (S1, Ep12)

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Lassie (1954-1974)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046617/reference

30min  Adventure, Drama  TV Series

6.6 (2,803)  Rate

The ongoing saga of the Martin family and their beloved collie, Lassie.

Lassie ...   Lassie  (366 episodes, 1954-1973)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046617/tvschedule

Sat, Oct 10 5:00 AM A Time for Courage (S13, Ep4)

Sat, Oct 10 5:30 AM Lassie Baits a Bear (S13, Ep5)

Sun, Oct 11 5:00 AM Little Jim (S13, Ep13)

Mon, Oct 12 4:30 AM The Greatest Gift (S13, Ep14)

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044230/reference

TV-G  30min  Comedy, Family  TV Series

 7.4 (1,117)

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David.

As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.

Ozzie Nelson  ... (435 episodes, 1952-1966)

Harriet Nelson  ... (435 episodes, 1952-1966)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044230/tvschedule

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I Married Joan (1952-1955)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044269/reference

Not Rated  30min  Comedy  TV Series

 7.9 (297)  Rate

The adventures of the scatterbrained wife of a respected city judge.

Joan Davis ...   Joan Stevens (98 episodes, 1952-1955)

Jim Backus ...   Judge Bradley Stevens (98 episodes, 1952-1955)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044269/tvschedule

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Captain Kangaroo (1955-1992)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047718/reference

TV-G  1h 0min  Family  TV Series

8 (1,142)  Rate

Daily children's program hosted by Captain Kangaroo (Robert Keeshan).

Robert Keeshan ...   Captain Kangaroo (1,122 episodes, 1955-1984)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047718/tvschedule

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The Howdy Doody Show (1947–1960)

Puppet Playhouse 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165594/reference

TV-G  30min  Family  TV Series

 7.7 (187)  Rate

The first nationally televised American children's TV program

and a prototype for what followed.

This was the first NBC show to air five days a week.

This was the first show ever to air more than 1,000 episodes. 

Buffalo Bob Smith hosts while the puppet, Howdy Doody, stars

Bob Smith ...   Buffalo Bob ... (201 episodes, 1947-1960)  ? ?

Allen Swift ...   Howdy Doody  ... (5 episodes, 1954-1960)  ? ?

Robert Keeshan ...   Clarabell the Clown #1 (108 episodes, 1947-1953) [ Captain Kangaroo (1955–1992) ]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165594/tvschedule

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American Bandstand (1952–1989)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049993/reference

TV-G  1h 30min  Music, Talk-Show  TV Series

 7.7 (281)  Rate

Dick Clark hosts a daily to weekly dance show 

that features the latest hit music for the attending teens to dance to.

Dick Clark ...   Self - Host (1,461 episodes, 1952-1989)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049993/tvschedule

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The Roy Rogers Show (1951-1957)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043225/reference

30min  Western  TV Series

 7.2 (601)  Rate

The Double R Ranch featured "The King of the Cowboys"

Roy Rogers ...   Roy Rogers  ... (102 episodes, 1951-1957)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043225/tvschedule

Sat, Oct 10 5:00 AM Backfire (S4, Ep3)

Sat, Oct 10 8:00 AM The Young Defenders (S4, Ep2)

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This Is Your Life (1950-1987)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044296/reference

30min  Biography, Family  TV Series

 7.5 (207)  Rate

Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse 

to a location near the studio. 

Ralph Edwards ...   Self - Host  ... (342 episodes, 1950-1993)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044296/tvschedule

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My list was based on Brittanica which is not ideal. It looks very different now with defined criteria.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Television

The first Golden Age of Television is 

the era of live television production in the United States,

roughly from the late 1940s through the late 1950s.

List of selected shows

• I Love Lucy 
• The Jack Benny Show 
• Playhouse 90 
• Kraft Television Theater
• The Phil Silvers Show
• The Andy Griffith Show
• The Twilight Zone
• The Honeymooners

List of selected notable artists

• Audrey Meadows
• Betty White
• Rod Serling
• Paddy Chayefsky
• Paul Newman
• Ernie Kovacs
• Fred Coe
• Sidney Lumet
• Arthur Penn 
• John Frankenheimer
• Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
• Andy Griffith
• Don Knotts
• Jackie Gleason
• Art Carney
• Jack Paar
• Ed Sullivan
• Milton Berle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television

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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

My vote:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)

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Great poll, good intro, and great question! Perry Mason, I Love Lucy, or the Ed Sullivan Show will get my vote. You can still see their influence today. 

I have two kind of similar polls, in that they focus on specific periods of TV and their importance:

https://www.imdb.com/poll/00LI8G4vV28/?ref_=po_ti

https://www.imdb.com/poll/R59Y6IrZgRo/

When your poll goes live, I'll place a link to it on those two polls of mine. 

Live Poll

https://www.imdb.com/poll/0GAxp1W01BE/

Hi Brijesh,

I placed links to your poll on two related polls of mine:

https://www.imdb.com/poll/00LI8G4vV28/?ref_=po_ti

https://www.imdb.com/poll/R59Y6IrZgRo/

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