27 Bits of Trivia About Classic TV Shows

Don’t touch that dial. Stay tuned for the facts!
27 Bits of Trivia About Classic TV Shows

Clear your schedules! Because once these classic facts remind you of all these once-beloved TV shows, you’re gonna want to binge every single one of them. 

Ah, binge — a word that wasn’t even associated with TV when these shows were on the air. Back then, watching a whole season in a single sitting seemed impossible. But we had fun terms back then too, ya know? Yup, we were really digging these boss programs.

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Mary Kay and Johnny

Mary Kay and Johnny 1947-1950 CRACKED.COM The very first U.S. sitcom featured the first time a couple slept in the same bed and the first time a woman's pregnancy was shown on TV.

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Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver 1957 CRACKED.COM Although not quite the first show to feature a toilet (it was edited out for being too scandalous), it was the first show to show a toilet tank and certainly one of the first to even include a bathroom.

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The Ethel Waters Show

The Ethel Waters Show 1939 N в C CRACKED.COM Ethel Waters was the first Black person to star in her own TV show. She would later be the first Black woman to be nominated for a primetime Emmy.

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The Adventures of Champion

The Adventures of Champion 1955 CRACKED.COM The first TV show spin-off was based on The Gene Autry Show, with the titular Champion being Gene Autry's horse.

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sabrina The Teenage Witch CRACKED.COM Sabrina hails from the Archie universe. She had her own animated series in the 70's, but her first appearance was as the new kid at Riverdale in 1968's The Archie Show.

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