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1. 1 - 'I Love Lucy', 2 - 'The Jackie Gleason Show', 3 - 'Dragnet', 4 - 'You Bet Your Life', and 5 - 'The Toast of the Town'. (Best Picture: 'On the Waterfront') What year was this, the year Senator Joseph McCarthy's reign as witch hunter came to an end once the American public got their first good look at the power-crazed senator?
2. 1 - 'Gunsmoke', 2 - 'The Danny Thomas Show', 3 - 'Tales of Wells Fargo', 4 - 'Have Gun Will Travel', and 5 - 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. (Best Picture: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai') What year was this, the year Herbert Stempel lost to Charles Van Doren on "Twenty-One", who later exposed the cheating show and created a ripple effect that brought down the quiz show genre?
3. 1 - 'I Love Lucy', 2 - 'Dragnet', 3 - 'Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts', 4 - 'You Bet your Life', and 5 - 'Arthur Godfrey and His Friends'. (Best Picture: 'From Here to Eternity') What year was this, the year 'Lucy' became pregnant and Liberace got his own show?
4. 1 - 'Gunsmoke', 2 - 'Wagon Train', 3 - 'Have Gun Will Travel', 4 - 'The Danny Thomas Show', and 5 - 'The Red Skelton Show'. (Best Picture: 'Ben-Hur') What year was this, the last for 'Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts' and the next to the last year for 'Arthur Godfrey and His Friends'?
5. 1 - 'Texaco Star Theater', 2 - 'Fireside Theater', 3 - 'Philco TV Playhouse', 4 - 'The Lone Ranger ', and 5 - 'Your Show of Shows'. (Best Picture: 'All About Eve') What year was this, the first for Groucho Marx hosting 'You Bet Your Life'?
6. 1 - 'The $64,000 Question', 2 - 'I Love Lucy', 3 - 'The Ed Sullivan ', 4 - 'You Bet Your Life', and 5 - 'Disneyland'. (Best Picture: 'Marty') What year was this, the first for James Arness as 'Marshal Dillon' on 'Gunsmoke'?
7. 1 - 'I Love Lucy', 2 - 'Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts', 3 - 'Arthur Godfrey and His Friends', 4 - 'Dragnet', and 5 - 'Texaco Star Theater'. (Best Picture: 'The Greatest Show on Earth') What year was this that saw over 1,000 new television stations open and over 60 million people tune in to see Adlai Stevenson earn the Democratic nomination for president?
8. 1 - 'I Love Lucy', 2 - 'The Ed Sullivan Show', 3 - 'General Electric Theater', 4 - 'The $64,000 Question', and 5 - 'The Jack Benny Show'. (Best Picture: 'Around the World in Eighty Days') What year was this, the last for Milton Berle on 'Texaco Star Theater'?
9. 1 - 'Texaco Star Theater', 2 - 'Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts', 3 - 'The Colgate Comedy Hour', 4 - 'I Love Lucy', and 5 - 'The Red Skelton Show'. (Best Picture: 'An American in Paris') What year was this, the first for 'Lucy' and 'Ricky' on 'I Love Lucy'?
10. 1 - 'Gunsmoke', 2 - 'Wagon Train', 3 - 'Have Gun Will Travel', 4 - 'The Danny Thomas Show', and 5 - 'Tales of Wells Fargo'. (Best Picture: 'Gigi') What year was this, the debut year for classics such as '77 Sunset Strip', 'Peter Gunn', and 'The Rifleman'?
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