Early television in the 1950s was a freewheeling frontier of both live and taped offerings mostly dominated by comedies, game shows, kids programs, and westerns like "I Love Lucy," "The $64,000 ...

Foreword: to infinity and beyond! / H. Jenkins -- Introduction / A. Bowdoin Van Riper & C. J. Miller -- Prologue. When our story begins. Where It All Began: The Flash Gordon Serials / R. Kinnard -- ...