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The Golden Age of Television: What Made the 1950s So Special for American TV

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

JCC of Central NJ
1391 Martine Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ

Wendy Connolly
908-889-8800 x207
[email protected]

By the end of the 1940s, NBC and CBS were broadcasting to their east coast affiliates. They offered viewers a wide variety of programs: situation comedies, vaudeville-style revues, and most impressively, live original dramas. But by the end of the 1950s, the era of live TV “theater” was over. So too was New York City as a center of TV production. This presentation will look at the forces that made this “golden age” such an intriguing chapter in TV history and why it was so short-lived. This program made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

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