TOD:
I think we were the last people on the block to get a TV set. It was a neighbor's hand-me-down. It didn't work very well and only got the the two UHF channels, NBC and CBS. ABC was on VHF. I read instead.
When I was in the second grade, we finally got a black and white set. I don't remember when the first color set arrived.
Favorite shows included Dark Shadows, Gilligan's Island and I Dream of Jeannie reruns, Another World, and The Name of the Game, back when it starred Gene Barry, Robert Stack and Tony Franciosa.