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The 1960′s were a turbulent time with a lot of change going on in America and the world as a whole. However, this decade also produced some great television! Here we have compiled a list of the five most popular shows in the 1960′s.

5 – Gunsmoke
Judged by many to be one of the best television shows period, Gunsmoke ran successfully from 1955-1975. America loved Gunsmoke because of it’s colorful dramatization of the old west.

4 – The Lucy Show
Though Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance both starred in the show, they played different characters, portraying single, widowed mothers sharing an apartment. America didn’t seem to care about the changes in characters, they’d follow Lucille Ball anywhere!

3 – The Ed Sullivan Show
A top rated show for many seasons, America loved Sullivan’s heart warming humor, the artists featured on the show as well as the idea of getting to know celebrities in their very own living room.

2 – The Andy Griffith Show
This show holds the distinction of being the first show to explore the life of a single father. With a cast of colorful characters set in a small town in North Carolina, this show was a hit from the start. The Andy Griffith Show placed within the top 10 television shows for eight consecutive years.

1 – Bonanza
Bonanza allowed America to follow the adventures of the Cartwright family, father Ben and sons Adam, Hoss and Little Joe, in the Lake Tahoe area of California. Bonanza was a unique western program for it’s time as the story lines tended to center more on the relationship of Ben and his sons, their neighbors and the causes for which they stood rather than the common theme of “cops and robbers” that were the focus of many westerns.