1952–53 United States network television schedule
The 1952–53 United States network television schedule began in September of 1952 and ended in the spring of 1953
According to television historians Castleman and Podrazik 1982, fall of 1953 marked a change in television when the networks began filling their schedules with "grade B" material The networks "need to fill so many hours of broadcasting each day put the networks and local programmers into the same position that Hollywood had been in years before with its theatrical features"1 In between big-budget productions, the networks had to keep the public occupied As the number of hours that the four TV networks offered programs continued to expand, "the appearance of TV equivalents to grade-B films was almost inevitable"1
Castleman and Podrazik also point out that another change was taking place around this time Filmed television series had been seen since the late 1940s, but were "not considered very important to the networks schedules" because many were of poor quality; live productions from New York were the norm at this time CBSs success with filmed program I Love Lucy in 1952–53 United States network television schedule
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