 | Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater Greatest Moments of Comedy Act 1&2
Buy used from: $8.99 Texaco Star Theatre #1 1950-51 NBC, aired 1948-1956
This VHS tape has some selected moments from Milton Berle's Texaco Theatre show. There is an "Act 3" VHS tape as well. See also "Milton Berle The Treasure Box Collection" which is a DVD set with 90 minutes of 1950 footage from Texaco Star Theater."
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 | Classic Television Your Favorite Shows from the 1950's, Tuesday Night, Texaco Star Theatre, The $64,000 Question
Buy used from: $2.75 Texaco Star Theatre #1 1950-51 NBC
$64000 Question #1 1955-56 CBS, aired 1955-1958
A rare case of a game show on VHS or DVD. The game show scandals of the 50's is what makes it of interest today.
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| Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts (Summer, 1956-USA) [VHS]
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, #1 1951-1952, CBS, aired 1948-1958
This is not the season it was number one, and it's a VHS tape, but it's all that remains of this show.
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 | I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-6)
Buy used from: $179.92 I Love Lucy, #1 1952-1955, 1956-57 CBS, aired 1951-1957
This set includes all of the seasons the show was number 1, which were seasons 2-4 & 6. Desi & Lucy were both able business people. They filmed their show looking to syndication and this is one reason it has been in reruns since I can remember, and other classic 50's shows have not been.
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 | Gunsmoke - The Third Season, Vol. 1
Buy new: $28.49 / Used from: $18.88 Gunsmoke, #1 1957-1961, CBS, aired 1955-1975
This is the first of of these shows in the list I can actually remember watching on TV. The first three seasons are currently on DVD. Seasons 3-6 are the #1 seasons.
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 | Wagon Train
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.16 Wagon Train, #1, 1961-1962, NBC, aired 1957-1965
There are only 3 episodes on this disc.
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 | The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Second Season
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $36.26 Beverly Hillbillies, #1, 1962-1964, CBS, aired 1962-1971
The first two seasons were its #1 seasons, but only the second season has been released.
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 | The Bonanza Collection
Bonanza, #1 1964-1967, NBC, aired 1959-1973
There are no complete seasons of Bonanza out. Bonanza ran from 1959-1973. Unfortunately, you'll be distracted by the tinny music playing because the original music is copyrighted. The RIAA ruins another perfectly good DVD.
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 | The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Final Season
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $16.15 The Andy Griffith Show, #1 1967-1968, CBS, aired 1960-1968
This is the season it went to number 1. I would have guessed it would have been one of the seasons with Don Knotts or Jim Nabors. This season is just not that great.
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 | All in the Family - The Complete Second Season
Buy used from: $10.98 All In The Family, #1 1971-1976, CBS, aired 1971 - 1979
Currently seasons 1-6 are all out individually on DVD. Seasons 2-6 were its number one years, so this DVD has the first of its #1 seasons. The first season was short and was a mid-season replacement.
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 | Happy Days - The Fourth Season
Buy new: $30.99 / Used from: $27.00 Happy Days, #1 1976-1977, ABC, aired 1974 - 1984
It almost got cancelled after season 2, but the show revamped itself in season 3 with a live audience and a larger role for "The Fonz".
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 | Laverne & Shirley - The Third Season
Buy new: $37.49 / Used from: $18.99 Laverne & Shirley, #1 1977-1978, ABC, aired 1976 - 1983
First in its third season, this show was a spin-off of Happy Days taken from an episode of that show early during the 75-76 season.
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 | Three's Company - Season Three
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $12.99 Three's Company, #1 1978-1979, ABC, aired 1977 - 1984
This is the season it was number one. Currently seasons 1-8 are out individually on DVD. This was the last season with the Ropers before they went to their own short-lived sitcom.
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![Best of 60 Minutes Vol. 1 [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/213NJQKQS8L._SL75_.jpg) | Best of 60 Minutes Vol. 1 [VHS]
Buy used from: $9.95 60 Minutes has aired on CBS since 1968.
In 1979-1980, 60 Minutes was number one, and again 1982-1983, and again 1991-1993. There are a couple of "Best of 60 Minutes" VHS tapes, and this year 60 Minutes started putting out DVDs of its most recent stories. Maybe someday we'll get a boxed set of some of the show's great archival footage from the past 40 years.
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 | Dallas - The Complete Fourth Season
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $9.99 Dallas, #1 1980-1982, 1983-1984, CBS, aired 1978 - 1991
Seasons 4,5,&7 were the number one seasons. Currently you can buy seasons 1-11. Season 4 is the one that solved the famous "Who Shot JR" mystery that was the season 3 cliffhanger.
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 | Dynasty - The Complete First Season
Buy used from: $7.49 Dynasty, #1 1984-1985, ABC, aired 1981 - 1989
Currently seasons 1-4 are released. It was #1 in season 5.
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 | The Cosby Show - Season 2
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $13.45 The Cosby Show, #1 1985-1990, NBC, aired 1984 - 1992
This is the first season it was number one. Currently, all seasons 1-8 are on DVD. Seasons 2-6 were the #1 years.
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 | Roseanne - The Complete Second Season
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $12.47 Roseanne, #1 1989-1990, ABC, aired 1988 - 1997
Tied with the Cosby Show that year.
Currently all seasons are out individually on DVD, but only in season 2 was Roseanne ranked #1.
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 | Cheers - The Complete Ninth Season
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $16.46 Cheers, #1 1990-1991, NBC, aired 1982 - 1993
It was #1 during the 9th season, which was the 1st season after Sam got the bar back. Seasons 1-5 and seasons 6-11 are like two different shows. Diane Chambers makes her exit at the end of season 5.
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 | Home Improvement - The Complete Third Season
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $18.44 Home Improvement, #1 1993-1994, ABC, ran 1991 - 1999
It was #1 during its third season. Seasons 1-7 are available.
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 | Seinfeld - The Complete Series
Buy new: $127.99 / Used from: $112.00 Seinfeld, #1 1994-1995, 1997-1998 NBC, aired 1989 - 1998
The show was first in its sixth and in its ninth and final season. Currently you can buy all 9 seasons individually or you can opt for this complete series collection.
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 | ER - The Complete First Five Seasons (26pc)
Buy used from: $69.95 ER, #1 1995-1997, 1998-1999, NBC, aired 1994 -
Seasons 2,3, & 5 were the #1 years. You can buy these seasons separately if you want. Currently seasons 1-7 are out on DVD.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was #1 1999-2000, but nobody puts game shows on DVD.
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 | Survivor - The Complete First Season
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $15.38 Survivor, #1 2000-2001, CBS, aired 2000 -
There are several of the survivor mini-seasons on DVD. This is the first one of the series from the summer of 2000.
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 | Friends: The Complete Eighth Season
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $7.35 Friends, #1 2001-2002, NBC, ran 1994 - 2004
This is the season they were #1. You can buy this season individually or as part of the complete series set. This was the year Rachel & Ross had Emma.
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 | C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Third Season
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.99 CSI, #1 2002-2004, CBS, ran 2000 -
It was #1 during seasons 3 & 4. Both are out individually or bundled as seasons 1-6. Currently seasons 1-6 are out individually on DVD too. Premiered in 2000.
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 | American Idol - The Best & Worst of American Idol ( Limited Edition )
Buy used from: $0.90 American Idol, #1 2004-2007, Fox, ran 2002 -
Currently there are best of and worst of DVD's and some other special edition DVDs, but a talent competition doesn't lend itself to complete seasons on DVD. It debuted in summer 2002, but has run early each year since then. Seasons 4 - 6 have been its #1 seasons so far in its six season run.
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