Golden Age of Television

 The first Golden Age of Television^[1] is an era of television in the United States marked by its large number of live productions. The period is generally recognized as beginning in 1947 with the first episode of the drama anthology Kraft Television Theater^[2] and ending in 1960 with the final episode of Playhouse 90,^[3] 

List of selected shows

• I Love Lucy ^[66][67]
• Dragnet^[67]
• Howdy Doody^[67][68]
• Captain Kangaroo^[67][68]
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie^[68]
• Leave It to Beaver^[69]
• The Jack Benny Show^[66]
• Lassie^[68]
• Playhouse 90 ^[70][71]
• Kraft Television Theatre ^[70]
• The Phil Silvers Show^[66]
• The Andy Griffith Show^[72][73]
• The Twilight Zone^[74][75][67]
• The Honeymooners^[76][67]
• Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show^[77][68]
• The Flintstones^[68]
• Crusader Rabbit^[68]
• Adventures of Superman^[68]
• The Huckleberry Hound Show^[68]
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet^[67]
• Father Knows Best^[67]
• The Lone Ranger^[68]
• The Roy Rogers Show^[68]
• The Mickey Mouse Club^[68]
• Bozo the Clown^[68]
• Walt Disney Presents^[68]

List of selected notable artists

• Abby Mann (1927–2008)^[78]
• Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) ^[79]
• Milton Berle (1908–2002) ^[80][67]
• Lucille Ball (1911–1989)^[81][67]
• Fred Coe (1914–1979) ^[82]
• Barbara Billingsley (1915–2010) ^[83]
• Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) ^[76]
• Desi Arnaz (1917–1986) ^[81][67]
• Art Carney (1918–2003) ^[76]
• Jack Paar (1918–2004) ^[84]
• Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962) ^[85]
• Betty White (1922–2021) ^[86]
• Arthur Penn (1922–2010)^[70][87]
• Shari Lewis (1933–1998)^[68]
• Jim Henson (1936–1990)^[68]
• Soupy Sales (1926–2009)^[68]
• Audrey Meadows (1922–1996) ^[76]
• June Foray (1917–2017)^[68]
• Bill Scott (1920–1985)^[68]
• Jay Ward (1920–1989)^[88][89]
• Paul Winchell (1922–2005)^[68]
• William Hanna (1910–2001) and Joseph Barbera (1911–2006)^[68]
• Gore Vidal (1925–2012)^[67]
• Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)^{[90][78][67][91]}
• Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) ^[92]
• Rod Serling (1924–1975) ^[90][67]
• Don Knotts (1924–2006) ^[72]
• Paul Newman (1925–2008) ^[70]
• Andy Griffith (1926–2012) ^[72]
• John Frankenheimer (1930–2002)^[70][71][93]
• William Shatner (1931–)^[67]
• George Reeves (1914–1959)^[68]