Like any decade, the 1950s were complicated and not the same experience for everybody. Here are the best movies and TV shows set in the 1950s — not including, you know, movies and TV shows ...

The Morey Amsterdam Show is an American sitcom which ran from 1948-1949 on CBS Television and 1949-1950 on the DuMont Television Network, for a total of 71 episodes.

If you looked up the definition of “family sitcom,” you might be directed to the 1950s classic Father Knows Best. This show, starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, ran from 1954 to 1960.