Please use the link to answer the questions:
1. Why was the concept of filming and producing movies not going to work for nightly TV broadcast?
2. Why did very early programmers rely on live transmissions to fill their limited schedules?
3. Early TV was based on vaudeville...what is vaudeville?
4. What were the three highest-rated television programs during the 1949-50 TV season, and what did all of these shows have in common?
5. What are the common elements to the variety show?
6. What years was 'Your Show of Shows' on NBC?
7. Who produced 'Your Show of Shows'?
8. What is 'Your Show of Shows' best remembered for?
9. What is an "anthology drama"?
10. What is a "sitcom"?
11. What is a "laugh-track"?
12. 'The Honeymooners', one of the most beloved sitcoms in TV history, began in 1951 as a sketch within what variety show?
13. How was 'The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show' like a variety show?
14. What year did 'I Love Lucy' make its debut on network TV?
15. How did 'I Love Lucy' establish new standards for TV programming?
16. Why did the FCC institute a freeze on the licensing of new TV stations in 1948?
17. Why did markets like New York and Los Angeles have an advantage during the freeze?
18. What happened during the 1953-54 season for the very first time with regards to U.S. households and TV ownership?
19. What was unique about President Eisenhower's inauguration in 1953?
20. Why did some optimists in the early 1950's see television as a potentially powerful force in achieving the Jeffersonian ideal of an informed electorate?