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 ...

The Western genre had its golden age on American television in the '50s and '60s, when one couldn't turn on the TV without finding a gunslinger, a sheriff, or a cattle drive. By the time the '70s ...