Los Angeles, California becomes a haven for production as the the groundbreaking 3-camera setup and live television broadcast format ushers in the era of character-based sitcoms with stars such as Lucille Ball and Danny Thomas.
The 60s bring the rise of realistic crime dramas and offbeat comedies.
Television comedies and dramas begin to tear down the barriers of societal thinking, tackling subjects such as sex and race.
Producers and their companies produce a slew of popular shows, from Aaron Spelling's decadent escapist dramas and Lee Rich's family dramas to Garry Marshall's character-driven comedies.
Action maven Stephen J Cannell and gritty drama producer Steven Bochco come to the forefront of drama while both wild and family comedies flourish under the producing combos of Paul Witt/Tony Thomas and Marcy Carsey/Tom Werner.
David E Kelley spreads out across the airwaves with a comedic/dramatic mix of law and medicine, Dick Wolf's "Law and Order" franchise builds and expands, Rob Burnett forms a production conmpany with David Letterman, Darren Star begins the decade with nighttime soaps and ends it with New York comedy "Sex and the City," while Jerry Bruckheimer tackles television's police genre.