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Television Of The 1950s

 * Introduction**: During the time period of “The Cold War”, although many people were off fighting and busy working, there was still one thing that the Americans all enjoyed that recently became popular, that was television. Television became popular in the 1950s and almost 10 million TV sets were estimated to be in America. People watched TV almost 5 hours a day. It was a huge part of their lives and it gave them an idea for an ideal life style. They shows they mostly watched were sitcoms. And people would mimic their life styles.


 * Basics**: People involved in the making of television sets popular were mainly the American people. Also the engineers who worked on TVs and designed them to be built in factories. Also, the actors and actresses and talk show hosts. Almost all Americans were involved in Television. The president was involved too and many other political people. There were also televisions being built in Brazil.


 * Basics**: Television back then was a way for a family to bond and relaxed, also to get information and it led to people wanting that life style the actors had. This accorded all over America and was also in other parts of the world. Almost every American family living in a suburb bought a television.


 * Basics**: This accorded during the 1950s and is still going on today. People are making new TVs and TV shows. This topic mattered because it showed people what was going on in the world, and played a part in conformity. Everyone dressed quite alike and would buy houses and the men went to work and woman stayed home and took care of kids. Just like in the TV shows.


 * Extra Focus**: Something interesting during the cold war period about TV was that there were so many shows! There was 26 Men Adventures of Jim Bowie Adventures of Kit Carson Alaskans Annie Oakley Bat Masterson Big Valley Black Saddle Bonanza Boots and Saddles Branded Brave Eagle Broken Arrow Bronco Buckskin Buffalo Bill Jr. Californians Casey Jones Cisco Kid Cheyenne Cimarron City Cimarron Strip Cisco Kid Davy Crockett Flicka Fury Gray Ghost Gun smoke Have Gun Will Travel High Chaparral Jim Bowie Kit Carson Laramie Lawman Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Lone Ranger Maverick Men From Shiloh My Friend Flicka Range Rider Rawhide Rebel Rifleman Rin Tin Tin Roy Rogers Sky King Sugar foot Tales of Wells Fargo Trackdown Virginian Wagon Train Wanted: Dead or Alive Wells Fargo Wild Bill Hickok Wild Wild West Wyatt Earp Yancy Derringer and Zorro!


 * Extra Focus**: During the cold war period there were still factories running and people working. There were many people who would work on manufacturing television sets. Two main American TV set companies were "RCA" and "Zenith". Television prices ranged from $100 to $1,000. They came in black and white, and then also color. Also, you could buy a larger television which was about 60 inches, or a small television, which was about 10 inches.


 * Importance**: The importance of television was that it helped shape America by providing news and entertainment. T.V. also gave people jobs when manufacturing was needed. It shaped America by introducing conformity and telling people what life should be like, whether that was a good thing or not, it did help in making America and its people what it is today. T.V. also keeps people informed about worldly events like the war and the presidential elections. People would also have fun with TVs, they would watch with their families and felt a bonding connection while watching TV.


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 * Bibliography**: http://www.memorystore.org.uk/_images/gadgetsPics/largepopup/tvs-1949.jpg

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html#tv

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv-shows.htm

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-1959.htm