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Steve Kleiner
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#623


Does it seem today's TV series don't have the number of episodes per season like they used to? Let's look back and how about these samples? They should all be season one.

Lone Ranger in 1949 - 52 episodes

I Love Lucy in 1951 - 35 episodes

Ozzie and Harriet in 1952 - 39 episodes

Father Knows Best in 1954 - 26 episodes

Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents in 1955 - 39 episodes

Cisco Kid in 1955 - 26 episodes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - 33 episodes

Gunsmoke in 1956 - 39 episodes

Tombstone Territory in 1957 - 39 episodes

Wagon Train in 1957 - 39 episodes

Peter Gunn in 1958 - 38

The Rifleman in 1958 - 40 episodes

Leave it to Beaver in 1959 - 39 episodes

Dobie Gillis in 1959 - 39 episodes

Bonanza in 1959 - 32 episodes

Route 66 in 4960 - 30 episodes

Matt Hough

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#624


Not only did they have 3 to 4 times the number of episodes per season, the series were actually great to watch. People, including my parents used to schedule evening activities around “Gunsmoke”. In fact, I was named after “Matt Dillon”! That goodness, they weren’t that into “Festus”!!!

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On Apr 19, 2022, at 8:34 PM, Steve Kleiner via groups.io <sakleiner@...> wrote:



Does it seem today's TV series don't have the number of episodes per season like they used to? Let's look back and how about these samples? They should all be season one.

Lone Ranger in 1949 - 52 episodes

I Love Lucy in 1951 - 35 episodes

Ozzie and Harriet in 1952 - 39 episodes

Father Knows Best in 1954 - 26 episodes

Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents in 1955 - 39 episodes

Cisco Kid in 1955 - 26 episodes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - 33 episodes

Gunsmoke in 1956 - 39 episodes

Tombstone Territory in 1957 - 39 episodes

Wagon Train in 1957 - 39 episodes

Peter Gunn in 1958 - 38

The Rifleman in 1958 - 40 episodes

Leave it to Beaver in 1959 - 39 episodes

Dobie Gillis in 1959 - 39 episodes

Bonanza in 1959 - 32 episodes

Route 66 in 4960 - 30 episodes

Gary Toward
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#625


That's funny. My lunch is still scheduled around Gunsmoke!! 1:00 pm, on Me TV.

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Not only did they have 3 to 4 times the number of episodes per season, the series were actually great to watch. People, including my parents used to schedule evening activities around “Gunsmoke”. In fact, I was named after “Matt Dillon”! That goodness, they weren’t that into “Festus”!!!


On Apr 19, 2022, at 8:34 PM, Steve Kleiner via groups.io <sakleiner@...> wrote:



Does it seem today's TV series don't have the number of episodes per season like they used to? Let's look back and how about these samples? They should all be season one.

Lone Ranger in 1949 - 52 episodes

I Love Lucy in 1951 - 35 episodes

Ozzie and Harriet in 1952 - 39 episodes

Father Knows Best in 1954 - 26 episodes

Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents in 1955 - 39 episodes

Cisco Kid in 1955 - 26 episodes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - 33 episodes

Gunsmoke in 1956 - 39 episodes

Tombstone Territory in 1957 - 39 episodes

Wagon Train in 1957 - 39 episodes

Peter Gunn in 1958 - 38

The Rifleman in 1958 - 40 episodes

Leave it to Beaver in 1959 - 39 episodes

Dobie Gillis in 1959 - 39 episodes

Bonanza in 1959 - 32 episodes

Route 66 in 4960 - 30 episodes

Bob Mitchell

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#626


TV episodes were significantly longer, too.

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On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 8:34 PM, Steve Kleiner via groups.io <sakleiner@...> wrote:

Does it seem today's TV series don't have the number of episodes per season like they used to? Let's look back and how about these samples? They should all be season one.

Lone Ranger in 1949 - 52 episodes

I Love Lucy in 1951 - 35 episodes

Ozzie and Harriet in 1952 - 39 episodes

Father Knows Best in 1954 - 26 episodes

Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents in 1955 - 39 episodes

Cisco Kid in 1955 - 26 episodes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - 33 episodes

Gunsmoke in 1956 - 39 episodes

Tombstone Territory in 1957 - 39 episodes

Wagon Train in 1957 - 39 episodes

Peter Gunn in 1958 - 38

The Rifleman in 1958 - 40 episodes

Leave it to Beaver in 1959 - 39 episodes

Dobie Gillis in 1959 - 39 episodes

Bonanza in 1959 - 32 episodes

Route 66 in 4960 - 30 episodes

Don Garner
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#627


Amazing how many “bad guys” got shot on those old cowboy shows every episode and how much we emulated them in our playtime.
Yet, we would never dream of using a firearm on another person for real. Why? We can all add why not. I suggest:
We all grew up with guns and were knowledge in real life use, not video game enactments:
We had active parents or overseers of some type who did not hesitate to teach right and wrong
My dad shot competitively and his guns were kept in an unlocked gun case. I just knew if I got in there and messed with them, my life as I knew it would end🙂. Yet, firearms were held in esteem, talked over, talked about how “This was grand-pap so and so’s gun”, etc.

Larry D. Delaney

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#628


Well Said !!


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“There are two spiritualdangers in not owning afarm. One is the danger ofsupposing that breakfastcomes from the grocery,and the other that heatcomes from the furnace”
~ Aldo Leopold


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On Apr 21, 2022, at 3:22 PM, Don Garner <Deltakgolf@...> wrote:

Amazing how many “bad guys” got shot on those old cowboy shows every episode and how much we emulated them in our playtime.
Yet, we would never dream of using a firearm on another person for real. Why? We can all add why not. I suggest:
We all grew up with guns and were knowledge in real life use, not video game enactments:
We had active parents or overseers of some type who did not hesitate to teach right and wrong
My dad shot competitively and his guns were kept in an unlocked gun case. I just knew if I got in there and messed with them, my life as I knew it would end🙂. Yet, firearms were held in esteem, talked over, talked about how “This was grand-pap so and so’s gun”, etc.


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