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Diahann Carroll, David Frost, 1972 Actress Diahann Carroll and journalist and media personality David Frost watch themselves on separate talk shows. Carroll and Frost were engaged for a while, but never married.![Life Watches TV: St. Vincent's Hospital, 1949]()
St. Vincent's Hospital, 1949 Sisters at St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, watch TV.![Life Watches TV: Bathing, Smoking, Watching, 1948]()
Bathing, Smoking, Watching, 1948 Writer Russell Finch enjoys a smoke and a bath and a program.![Life Watches TV: Watching Ed Sullivan, 1958]()
Watching Ed Sullivan, 1958 Men at a submarine base and school in Connecticut watch The Ed Sullivan Show.![Life Watches TV: Watching a Western, 1950]()
Watching a Western, 1950![Life Watches TV: Wallace Supporters, 1968]()
Wallace Supporters, 1968 Supporters of pro-segregation presidential candidate George Wallace watch him give a speech.![Life Watches TV: Dancer and Family, 1963]()
Dancer and Family, 1963 Ballet star Jacques D`Amboise and his son watch TV.![Life Watches TV: Reflection, 1949]()
Reflection, 1949![Life Watches TV: Trailer, 1957]()
Trailer, 1957 A railroad construction worker's family watches TV in a trailer at a camp for Southern Pacific employees in Utah.Watching You, Watching Me: Color TV Turns 60 Years Young
On the 60th anniversary of color television sets being made available to the public, LIFE.com celebrates the real national pastime: watching TV. See the full gallery at Life.com.
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