Reality TV has come a long way over the years. While the genre gained traction during a previous writers' strike, it has been around for decades. Here are several of the very first reality television ...

Before the premieres of The Muppet Show in 1976 and Sesame Street in 1969 — and even before he was a frequent guest on The Ed Sullivan Show in the late 1960s — Jim Henson created a puppet show called ...

When Adventures of Superman, the first TV show about the superhero, wrapped production in 1957 after six seasons, series star George Reeves found himself at a personal and professional crossroads. For ...

Tillie Edelstein, better known as Gertrude Berg, was one of the most fascinating cultural figures of mid-20th century America. And testament to the power of writing what you know. She developed a ...