NAQT American Television Series

broadcast live from a theater on Broadway that is currently the home of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• I Love Lucy

• The Honeymooners

• Mr. Ed

Major characters included Hawkeye Pierce, a wisecracking surgeon, and Corporal Klinger, who would dress in women’s clothing in an attempt to be discharged from the army.

• The Twilight Zone

• M*A*S*H

• The Mary Tyler Morning Show

• All in the Family

featured a Spanish ventriloquist known as “Señor Wences” and an Italian mouse puppet named Topo Gigio

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• I Love Lucy

• The Honeymooners

• Mr. Ed

starred Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton as the central couple, Archie and Edith Bunker

• I Love Lucy

• The Andy Griffith Show

• The Honeymooners

• All in the Family

the longest-running prime-time series in American television history until The Simpsons overtook it

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• I Love Lucy

• The Honeymooners

• Gunsmoke

the protagonist was played by comedian Lucille Ball

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• I Love Lucy

• The Honeymooners

• Mr. Ed

Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball's real life husband, played Ricky Ricardo in this show

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• I Love Lucy

• The Honeymooners

• Mr. Ed

centered on the title talking horse

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• Mr. Ed

• The Honeymooners

• Gunsmoke

Ron Howard rose to fame as a child actor on this show, playing the protagonist's son Opie.

• The Twilight Zone

• The Andy Griffith Show

• The Mary Tyler Morning Show

• All in the Family

the horse in this show was voiced by Allan Lane, the horse's owner was Wilbur Post

• The Ed Sullivan Show

• Mr. Ed

• The Honeymooners

• Gunsmoke