Do you remember these "B" grade TV shows?

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We all remember the biggy TV show- Howdy Doody, Captain Kangaroo , & Sesame Street. But how about the grade "B" ones? The reason I posted this thread was for some strange reason, I thought of "Sky King"- he owned a two engine plane used to fight crime I hadn't thought of that program in 65 years." Rin Tin Tin" "Annie Oakley" What others do you recall that weren't that high in the ratings?
 

You mean all of you remember sitting in front of the radio like I did, or were these all on T.V.? Geez, I'm AWFUL OLD! I was 14 before I saw my first T.V. on a cold, snowy day through the window of a hardware store. "The Lone Ranger" was playing. It's 2020! Why am I still here?
 
fuzzybuddy said:
There was "Fury"- about a boy and a black stallion.
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FB, how are you judging a given TV series as a B grade? Fury was a great show, and lasted five years. That's hardly typical for B grade shows that come and go in one season, or less.

I'm honestly interested in your criteria. Let us know, here, please. If it's just by your personal preferences, so be it, but I'd still like to know, as some of the series you slight with the B label were really well done, very popular, long running, and personal favorites of mine.

Thanks!
 
I watched most of the above, at least on occasion if not regularly. Never saw a single episode of Annie Oakley, Amos N Andy or Ramar of the Jungle though.

In addition to the ones mentioned in earlier posts, I quite liked Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Circus Boy.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I'm calling a "B Show" something that wasn't on in prime time, usually Saturday morning. Prime time was generally shows with bigger budgets, and not necessarily aimed at kids.
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FB, I think you're all over the place with your Grade B classifications. The shows you designated as such, were, in fact, very popular, very successful. Most were aired during the most popular kid show slots.

As I see it, you gave that Grade B designation to shows that weren't favorites of yours. That's fine, but don't use your personal opinions to denigrate the standings of shows that enjoyed great success in their time.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I'm calling a "B Show" something that wasn't on in prime time, usually Saturday morning. Prime time was generally shows with bigger budgets, and not necessarily aimed at kids.
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Considering TV in the fifties, I'm not sure the term 'prime time' was even in existence

But, for me, prime time was Howdy Doody time

But then, we only had three channels
...and one of those was snow time

Other than that, around 11pm or so, this was prime;

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I'm recreating my Saturday morning. "Sky King" was early ,8 or 9. I don't know how I remember this, but "Fury" was on @ 10:30. "Rin Tin Tin" was on @12. Wasn't there a show about a 1880s circus? Of course, there was "Rocky & Bullwinkle". In the afternoon, there were all those Hanna Barbera cartoons. "Deputy Dawg"?, "Huckleberry Hound", "Trixie & Dixie" ? In the afternoon, Kate Smith had a program with an Indian Princess?, or some kind of story teller? I'm not sure about that.
 
Yup, I've seen and can remember almost all of the shows mentioned here! Now for something a bit more obscure, did anyone see a show for kids called "Andy's Gang," featuring Andy Devine? It was incredibly cheesy and hokey by today's standards. Pictured here circa 1958 with Andy is Midnight the Cat...

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