Variety Shows
What style of live performance are variety shows very similar too?
Vaudeville
True or False: All guns used into Westerns were fully automatic?
False
At its peak, how many game shows were on the air ?
22
What was one of the first television soap operas?
These Are My Children
What sitcom was the first scripted TV program to be filmed before a studio audience?
I Love Lucy
What variety show interacted with the audience as its main form of entertainment?
People Are Funny
When was the first real Western TV show created?
1949, Hopalong Cassidy
Who hosted the game show “What’s My Line?”
John Charles Daly
What demographic of Americans watched dramas/soap operas the most?
Women
What sitcom starred a real-life husband and wife, along with the couple's real-life sons?
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett
What was the first variety show to ever be shown in color?
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Which famous republican president of the United States was a former host of the Western show “Death Valley Days”?
Ronald Reagan
What year did “To Tell the Truth” first air?
1956
Who is considered the mother of the soap operas?
Irna Phillips
What were the first sitcoms to be aired in color?
The Honeymooners, Lassie, Father Knows Best, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and I Love Lucy
By what method did people cast their votes in Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour?
By postcard
Who won an Emmy for Best Western or Adventure Series in 1954?
Stories of the Century
What was the first game show to become popular?
True or Consequences
What are the only four soap operas being produced for daytime network TV today?
Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless
What was the most popular sitcom in the 1950s?
I Love Lucy
What variety show starred Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca?
Your Show of Shows
What Western TV Star established the production company, Flying A Productions?
Gene Autry
What was the longest running game show from the 50s that is still running today?
The Price is Right
What electrical inventions led to the increase in the female viewing demographic in television?
Automatic cleaning tools Ex: vacuums, dishwashers, etc
How did 1950s sitcoms affect American culture postwar?
It set social standards about what America wanted families to look like at the time.