1. The Dick van Dyke Show
   The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
2. The Honeymooners
   I Love Lucy

Jess Oppenheimer created, produced, and served as head writer on "I Love Lucy." He also invented the "Through the Lens" teleprompter, which is now standard in the TV industry. His invention was first used in a Philip Morris cigarette commercial featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

1. The Today Show
   60 Minutes
2. See It Now
   What's My Line?

The debut episode of "See It Now" featured the first coast to coast television broadcast. The November 18, 1951 broadcast showed a split screen of New York Harbor and the Golden Gate Bridge.

1. What's My Line?
   The Price is Right
2. Truth or Consequences
   Twenty One

Fred Allen and Steve Allen were frequent panelists on "What's My Line?" Despite not being related, many viewers assumed they were father and son, which they joked about. In one episode, as a continuation of this gag, Steve Allen mentions how proud he is of his son, Woody, who is not related to the former two.

1. G.E. College Bowl
   Truth or Consequences
2. The Price is Right
   Beat the Clock

"The G.E. College Bowl" aired from 1959 to 1970. However, the British version is called "University Challenge." It has aired continuously since 1962.

1. Gunsmoke
   The Twilight Zone
2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
   The Outer Limits

"The Twilight Zone" lasted five seasons for a total of 156 episodes. Of those 156 episodes, Rod Serling wrote or co-write 92.

1. The Twilight Zone
   Cavalcade of America
2. Colgate Theatre
   Alfred Hitchcock Presents

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" aired for 10 seasons. It used Charles Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette" as the opening theme song.

1. The Lawrence Welk Show
   Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
2. The Allen Dale Show
   American Bandstand

Dick Clark hosted the show from 1956 to 1989. Before he took over, the show was called "Bandstand" and was hosted by Bob Horn. It originated in Philadelphia.

1. Father Knows Best
   The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
2. The Honeymooners
   I Love Lucy

Audrey Meadows was the second actress to play Alice Kramden. In 1951, Pert Kelton played Ralph Kramden's wife on "Cavalcade of Stars."

1. The Tonight Show
   Broadway Open House
2. The Mike Wallace Interview
   Home

"The Tonight Show" debuted on September 27, 1954. Steve Allen hosted it until January 1957. Later that year, Jack Paar would take over as the second permanent host of the show.

1. 60 Minutes
   NBC Nightly News
2. Face the Nation
   Meet the Press

"Meet the Press" started in 1947. When it debuted, Martha Rountree moderated. She was the first and to-date only female host of the show.

1. Your Show of Shows
   The Tonight Show
2. The Red Skelton Show
   Texaco Star Theatre

Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Carl Reiner were writers on "Your Show of Shows." All three men would go on to write for its successor, "Caesar's Hour."

1. The Lone Ranger
   The Real McCoys
2. Rawhide
   Bonanza

Clayton Moore played "The Lone Ranger" from 1949 to 1957. However, John Hart replaced Moore from 1952 to 1954 because the latter had a contract dispute.

1. Dotto
   Twenty One
2. What's My Line?
   The Price is Right

"Twenty One" was not the first show canceled as a result of the cheating happening on quiz shows. The first one to fall was "Dotto," which was canceled after contestant Marie Winn's answer-filled notebook was found.

1. Dotto
   Twenty One
2. The $64,000 Question
   Tic-Tac-Dough

The $64,000 Question aired from 1955 to 1958. During that time, the show was adapted for UK television as the $64,000 Question with the title currency kept in dollars.

1. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
   Make Room For Daddy
2. Father Knows Best
   Leave It to Beaver

"Leave It to Beaver" aired from 1957 to 1963. However, only the first season aired on CBS, which cancelled the show. The remaining seasons aired on ABC.

1. Kukla, Fran and Ollie
   American Bandstand
2. Captain Kangaroo
   The Howdy Doody Show

"The Howdy Doody Show" began as "The Triple B Ranch," a radio show airing on NBC's New York affiliate. When it made the transition to television, it became the first nationally televised American children's TV show.

1. Green Hornet
   Adventures of Superman
2. The Lone Ranger
   Batman

"Adventures of Superman" aired in syndication from 1952 to 1958. The first two seasons were shot in black and white before the series made the switch to color in 1955.

1. The Donna Reed Show
   The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
2. The Jack Benny Program
   The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

"The Donna Reed Show" aired from 1958 to 1966. In 1963, Donna Reed won the Golden Globe for Best Female TV Star.

1. I Love Lucy
   The Donna Reed Show
2. Our Miss Brooks
   The Honeymooners

"Our Miss Brooks" started as a radio show. The radio show debuted on July 19, 1948. It ended in 1957, outlasting the TV series by a year.

1. Make Room for Daddy
   The Honeymooners
2. I Love Lucy
   Amos 'n' Andy

"Amos 'n' Andy" started on radio with two white men, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, playing the title characters. When the show moved to television, black actors took over the roles. On television, Alvin Childress played Amos Jones, and Spencer Williams played Andy Brown

1. The Tonight Show
   The Colgate Comedy Hour
2. Texaco Star Theatre
   The Twilight Zone

"The Colgate Comedy" hour debut with Eddie Cantor as host. In his autobiography, Cantor wrote that he told NBC he would host a show once every four weeks and that the other weeks should rotate comedians. In Cantor's off weeks, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Abbot and Costello, and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were among the hosts.

1. What's My Line?
   I've Got a Secret
2. To Tell the Truth
   You Bet Your Life

Groucho Marx hosted the original "You Bet Your Life" from 1950 to 1961 on NBC. In 1980, Buddy Hackett hosted a short-lived revival.

1. The Jackie Gleason Show
   The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
2. The Jack Benny Program
   The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton show aired on CBS for 16 years. However, it started in 1951 on NBC.

1. The Jack Benny Program
   The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
2. The Jackie Gleason Show
   Texaco Star Theatre

Jack Benny's first radio appearance was on Ed Sullivan's show in 1932. Shortly after, Benny was given his own show. That should would make the move to television in 1950.

1. The Twilight Zone
   Texaco Star Theatre
2. The Jackie Gleason Show
   Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Fred Allen hosted the original radio version of "Texaco Star Theatre." That version ended in 1944. Milton Berle would host the television version, which ran from 1948 to 1956.

1. Captain Kangaroo
   The Jack Benny Program
2. Leave It to Beaver
   The Jackie Gleason Show

"Captain Kangaroo" originally aired live on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Once the East Coast show was over, the crew would start the Midwest edition a minute later.

1. Bonanza
   Wagon Train
2. Gunsmoke
   The Rifleman

Wagon Master Major Seth Adams was played by Ward Bond. During the fourth season, Bond died and producers replaced his character with John McIntire's Christopher Hale.

1. Dotto
   The Price is Right
2. What's My Line?
   I've Got a Secret

This Mark Goodson - Bill Todman production was created by Allan Sherman. It was intentionally created as a variation on "What's My Line?"

1. The Real McCoys
   The Rifleman
2. Gunsmoke
   Bonanza

Gunsmoke originally aired in the United Kingdom as "Gun Law." It eventually reverted to the name "Gunsmoke."

1. Beat the Clock
   What's My Line?
2. Truth or Consequences
   The Price is Right

ABC, NBC, and CBS have all aired a version of the price is right. The show started on NBC and moved to ABC in 1963. The current "The Price is Right" airs on CBS and has a different format.

1. The Jack Benny Program
   Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
2. What's My Line?
   The $64,000 Question

Arthur Godfrey fired singer Julius La Rosa on the air. Before his firing, La Rosa was a regular on "Arthur Godfrey Time" and "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends."

1. Candid Camera
   Beat the Clock
2. Twenty One
   I've Got a Secret

Candid Camera started as the radio series Candid Microphone. It moved to TV in 1948.

1. Meet the Press
   The Tonight Show
2. Face the Nation
   Today

During the early years, a chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs appeared as Today's mascot. The show is currently the fifth-longest-running series on American TV.

1. Howdy Doody
   Kukla, Fran and Ollie
2. The Mickey Mouse Club
   Captain Kangaroo

"The Mickey Mouse Club" ran from 1955 to 1959. Its theme song was called the "Mickey Mouse March."

1. Truth or Consequences
   Beat the Clock
2. You Bet Your Life
   I've Got a Secret

Bud Collyer hosted "Beat the Clock" from 1950 to 1961. Other hosts included "Concentration" and "Now You See It's Jack Narz," announcer Gene Wood, and "Let's Make a Deal's" Monty Hall.