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1940s American Sitcoms

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The Life of Riley(1949-1950)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"

The Morey Amsterdam Show(1948-1950)

30min per episode | Comedy

The Morey Amsterdam Show is an American sitcom which ran from 1948-1949 on CBS Television and 1949-1950 on the DuMont Television Network, for a total of 71 episodes.

The Hartmans(1949)

30min per episode | Comedy

The Hartmans is an American television sitcom that aired live on NBC on Sunday nights from February 27 to April 24, 1949. The series stars Paul and Grace Hartman, a married couple who performed together on the vaudeville circuit and on the Broadway stage.

The Goldbergs(1949)

30min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.8/5 (with 2 votes)

The Goldbergs is a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American radio, and from 1949 to 1956 on American television. It was adapted into a 1948 play, Me and Molly, a 1950 film The Goldbergs, and a 1973 Broadway musical, Molly.

Wesley(1949)

30min per episode | Comedy

Wesley is an early American sitcom that aired live on CBS from May 8, 1949 to August 30, 1949.

Mary Kay and Johnny(1947)

25min per episode | Comedy

Mary Kay and Johnny is an American situation comedy starring real-life married couple Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns. It was the first sitcom broadcast on a network television in the United States. Mary Kay and Johnny initially aired live on the DuMont Television Network before moving to CBS and then NBC.

The Laytons(2024-)

30min per episode

The Laytons was an American sitcom that was broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network, from August to October 1948. The series starred Vera Tatum and Amanda Randolph, and was one of the first network television series to feature an African-American performer in a regular role.

The Ruggles(2024-)

30min per episode

The Ruggles is an early American family-oriented situation comedy series broadcast live on ABC. A few episodes were recorded on kinescope. The series began November 3, 1949 - a month after the radio hit The Life of Riley had moved to television on NBC - and ended on June 19, 1952. The Ruggles was also one of the first shows to originate from Hollywood rather than New York City, where most radio programs had been produced.

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