Here's the thing about television in the 1950s: most families didn't even own a set at the start of the decade. In the beginning of that decade, less than 10% of American households owned a television ...
In 1959, the top four most popular television shows in the United States were westerns. From humble beginnings the small-screen horse opera became a TV staple and cultural phenomenon in the 1950s and ...
Who doesn't love a good Western? Back in the 1950s, Westerns flooded the "Big Three" TV networks, and by the '60s, they were the most popular and prolific genre out there. While Westerns' popularity ...