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1. In 1950, four of the top six most popular shows included a corporate sponsor's name. Which of the following products was not pitched by these sponsors?
2. "I Love Lucy" hit the airwaves in 1951 and was immediately ranked among the top ten shows. What was the show's ranking for 1951?
3. What television personality had two shows rated in the top ten for 1952?
4. As strange as it may seem by today's standards, only one police drama was ranked in the top five during the entire decade. What was the most popular 1950s "cop" show?
5. By 1954, most of the "theatre" and "playhouse" drama type presentations were gone, and Americans' tastes tuned to comedy-variety shows. What show finished second to "I Love Lucy" in 1954?
6. What show dethroned "I Love Lucy" as America's favorite TV show in 1955?
7. What show, which would dominate the ratings for the rest of the 1950s, first hit the top ten in 1956?
8. What television personality's show finished in the top ten five times during the 1950s, the last time in 1957?
9. By 1958, six of the top seven shows were westerns. What non-western was ranked number five?
10. After an overdose of westerns in 1958, only four finished in the top ten for 1959. Also noticeably missing from the top ten was a popular game show that had made the list the previous four years. What was the game show?
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