▁( such ▁as ▁Lo oney ▁T unes , ▁Our ▁Gang ▁and ▁The ▁Three ▁Sto og es ) ▁were ▁also ▁st ap les ▁of ▁early ▁television ▁and ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁extent ▁remain ▁popular ▁today , ▁well ▁after ▁those ▁film ▁short s ▁mostly ▁stopped ▁being ▁produced ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁The ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁saw ▁the ▁first ▁flow ering ▁of ▁the ▁gen res ▁that ▁would ▁distinguish ▁television ▁from ▁mov ies ▁and ▁radio : ▁talk ▁shows ▁like ▁The ▁Jack ▁Pa ar ▁Show ▁and ▁sit com s ▁like ▁I ▁Love ▁Lucy . ▁Although ▁sit com s ▁were ▁a ▁radio ▁fi xture ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁( many ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁radio ▁sit com s ▁jump ed ▁directly ▁to ▁television ), ▁television ▁allowed ▁far ▁greater ▁use ▁of ▁physical ▁comedy , ▁an ▁advantage ▁that ▁early ▁television ▁sit com s ▁used ▁to ▁its ▁full ▁potential . ▁ ▁Other ▁popular ▁gen res ▁in ▁early ▁television ▁were ▁western s , ▁police ▁proced ur als , ▁susp ense ▁thr ill ers ▁and ▁soap ▁oper as , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁adapted ▁from ▁the ▁radio ▁medium . ▁Anth ology ▁and ▁wheel ▁series ▁th riv ed ▁in ▁the ▁so - called ▁" G old en ▁Age ▁of ▁Television ," ▁but ▁eventually ▁f aded ▁in ▁popular ity ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁big ▁band ▁remote , ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁part , ▁did ▁not ▁surv ive ▁( a ▁victim ▁of ▁the ▁concurrent ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁rock