Buzzfeed throws back to 15 groundbreaking moments in Tv history

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15 Groundbreaking TV Show Moments That Were Actually A Really Big Deal When They Aired https://t.co/zVY8X4EkBL
- Guncelkal.net (@guncelkalnet) April 23, 2021

-There's always a first for everything and these moments shook tv audiences at the time.

-5 moments (read the rest at the link) that were groundbreaking at the time of airing were:

1. Maude

Comments

[deja_vu822]

I had no idea Lucy was the first pregnant woman on primetime TV. I always remember that ep because I thought the way she surprised Ricky with the news was so sweet and special.

[devoida_taste]

I think they were the first married tv couple with one bed too?

[archersangel]

I haven't seen an episode in years but I think they were a 2 bed couple.

This happened a lot sooner than most of us think - after years of seeing Rob and Laura Petrie retire to their respective single beds at the end of the night during the "˜60s it seems like we didn't actually see a real-life couple hit the hay together until several years later on The Munsters and Bewitched. However, the first couple to share a bed happened nearly 20 years before on the early sitcom Mary Kay and Johnny. In 1947, the married title couple hopped into the same bed in their New York apartment. Why the networks shied away from such normal married behavior for the next 20 years is a mystery to most of us - as far as we know, there was no public outcry against Mary Kay and Johnny for sharing the sheets... especially since the pair were married in real-life.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23743/quick-10-10-television-firsts

[daisyissosilly]

Despite being married in real life, Lucy and Ricky (Desi) had separate beds in the show. Mary Kay and Johnny was the first show to depict a husband and wife sharing the same bed. ETA: It was also the first TV series to show a pregnant woman.

[beesknees7]

I was going to say that their beds were pushed together until they had Little Ricky and the replies you got almost made me second-guess myself, but as per imdb trivia:
Although they slept in twin beds throughout the entire run of the series, during the first two seasons of the show, 1951-1953, Ricky and Lucy slept in twin beds that were pushed together on the same box spring. Once little Ricky was born CBS suggested that the beds be pushed apart to diminish the impact of the suggested sexual history of Lucy and Ricky. The only time we see the Ricardo's in two bed pushed together again is when they first move to the bigger apartment into the Mertz' building, however, subsequently after that the beds are pushed apart again.

[trials_by_fire]

i *think* that was the brady bunch where they actually had ONE bed

[archersangel]

But they couldn't say the word "pregnant" they had to say expecting.

[cupkate]

Great with chiiiiild