Televison+Sit-coms

Television sitcoms emphasized the role of women, portraying them as a wife and mother. Shows that portrayed them as such included: Father Knows Best, and Leave It to Beaver. There were also sitcoms that had women unmarried and had a career, the sitcoms included: Our Miss Brooks, and Private Secretary. Sitcoms played a large part in the United States during the 1950s. Many families would spend time together by watching the new popular sitcoms. The enlargement of sitcom programs also helped the rise in television sales. Popular television sitcoms of the 1950s include:

I Love Lucy- 1951

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The Honeymooners- 1955

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Dennis the Menace- 1959

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Today, many families don't watch sitcoms together, but there are still a lot of popular television sitcoms. They play a very big part of life in society today. Many people are still influenced by actors and actresses of sitcoms, just like people were in the 1950s. Many of the television sitcoms of today are very different from the 1950s sitcoms. Today, the sitcoms have more swearing. The sitcoms from the 1950s were more clean and family friendly. There are some sitcoms that don't have swearing, or as much swearing as others. Some popular sitcoms of today include: Modern Family- 2009- Modern has won many awards for being a very comedic show, and is considered America's number one comedy. media type="youtube" key="PyUNRWJg0P8" height="251" width="336" align="right" media type="youtube" key="ULqIyAtxuoA" height="219" width="432" Two and a Half Men- 2003 media type="youtube" key="1ocPCvHDTjw" height="283" width="517" align="center"

The Middle- 2009

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