The first TV series to star a black woman was “Beulah” (ABC, 1950-53), starring successively Ethel Waters, Hattie McDaniel, and Louise Beavers as Beulah, a black maid.
“Julia” (NBC, 1968-71), starring Diahann Carroll as nurse Julia Baker, was the second.
A Remington electric shaver could shave “the short, close fuzz of a peach without harming its tender skin”, in 1954, long before Victor Kiam bought the company.
“The Guiding Light” (CBS, 1952) was the daytime TV drama which the rock group the B-52s once performed on.
“Gunsmoke” (CBS, 1955-75) was the top-rated TV show in 1960.
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (CBS, 1970-77) had three spinoffs, all on CBS: “Rhoda” (1974-78); “Phyllis” (1975-77); and “Lou Grant” (1977-82).
The name of Hawkeye Pierce’s (Alan Alda’s) tent on “M*A*S*H” (CBS, 1972-83) was The Swamp.
George Wyle and “Gilligan’s Island” producer Sherwood Schwartz wrote “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island” for the TV series.