TELEVISION at the Sheckler's
 Their 1st TV was about 1947, soon after the war.

Their set was about this size - with smaller screen.
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1947
"Howdy Doody," a children's series, premieres live on NBC in December as a one-hour Saturday program. Symbolic of the first generation nurtured on TV, the show remains on the air until 1960. 
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1948
"The Ed Sullivan Show" (originally "Toast of the Town") makes its debut in June. Sponsored by Lincoln-Mercury, the show becomes one of TV's longest-running and most successful variety series. The show airs on CBS into 1971, spurring the advancement of scores of show business careers.
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Milton Berle makes his TV debut in September as the master of ceremonies on "The Texaco Star Theater," which runs until 1956. By November, Mr. Berle is so popular the show earns the highest rating yet recorded by the C.E. Hooper ratings company -- 86.7% of all TV households. 
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1949
A special broadcast in January inaugurates East-
is a one-hour sampler with the networks displaying  DuMont, Milton Berle and Harry  called "Stand By for Crime." The event moves Chicago
on television screens appears to be in sight." 
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Midwest TV linkage. Included in the broadcast
their best: Arthur Godfrey for CBS, Ted Steele for
Richman for NBC, and for ABC a mystery show
Tribune to report: "The end of dull sustaining filler
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1950
In January, Arthur Godfrey and Faye Emerson are named most  pleasing personalities in Look's TV awards show on CBS.  National sponsors exit radio for TV at record rates, moving  Variety to describe the exodus as "the greatest exhibition of mass
hysteria in biz annals."  TV Guide selects Lucky Strike's popular "Be Happy, Go Lucky" spot as commercial of the year. In it, cheerleaders sing,
"Yes, Luckies get our loudest cheers on campus and on dates. With college gals and college guys a Lucky really rates." 
1951
"I Love Lucy," a half-hour filmed TV sitcom, is born. The show, unlike the live TV productions typical of the time, ranks No. 1 in the nation for
four of its first six full seasons.
It is sponsored by Philip Morris. 
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1952
Borden's Elsie the Cow beats out actor Van Johnson and U.S. Sen. Robert Taft in recognition polls as one of America's most familiar faces. 
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This  is the year Vern graduated from high school.
Their 1st TV was about 1950.		 1953
Color broadcasting officially arrives in the U.S. on Dec. 17, when FCC approves modified version of an RCA system.
1954
"Captain Kangaroo," the first network kids show, begins on CBS. 
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1955
The classic Western series "Gunsmoke" begins its 20-year run on CBS. "The $64,000 Question," sponsored by Revlon, premieres in June on CBS, igniting a U.S. game show craze.		 1956
Videotape is introduced by Ampex Corp. at a CBS-TV affiliates' session. Most TV shows at the time are produced by the kinescope process. 
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1957
Host Jack Paar revives NBC-TV's "Tonight" show beginning on  July 29. 
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There are 525 cable TV systems serving 450,000 subscribers in the U.S. In February, CBS takes out a two-page ad in TV Guide in which it warns the public: "Free television as we know it cannot survive alongside pay television." 
1959
NBC's Sunday night hit "Bonanza"  makes its debut. It becomes the highest-rated program of the 1960s and is on the air 14 years. 
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All of the above came from  AdAge.com...but photos have been inserted into a TV set.

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