1960's

In the 1960’s, there was a significant backlash against the conservatism and conformity that typified the fifties. Millions of young Americans that were born after WWII became teenagers and young adults; they led the charge in rebelling against the more conservative values, beliefs and attitudes of their parents and older generations. Much of the changes that began in this era continue to play out to this day.
There was a significant change in the social and cultural fabric of the United States in the sixties, as minorities and other disenfranchised groups secured more rights through the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Within television, the changing of the times was reflected in new portrayals of the family that didn’t conform to the more traditional nuclear family. Although, traditional gender roles for men and women began to be more widely contested and debated, for the most part they remained remarkably consistent with the conservative portrayals of the fifties.
Popular television shows in the 1960’s included Bewitched, The Addams Family, My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, Star Trek, the Outer Limits , The Beverly Hillbillies, The Flinstones and the Andy Griffith Show.