(CNN) -- It's hard for today's generation to imagine watching TV in the 1960s -- there was no TiVo or DVR (or even VCR). You watched what the networks put on and that was it. And oh yeah, there were only three channels. Yet television made some groundbreaking advancements in this decade as we learned from this week's episode of "The Sixties," and here are a few of them: 1. Television becomes a political force By 1960, most American households had a television, and that year's Nixon/Kennedy debate was the first televised presidential debate. For many Americans, it was their first introduction to John F. Kennedy. When Kennedy was approached about the idea of debating his political opponent on television, he agreed immediately.
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In the '60s, Americans came to rely on TV for information and entertainment
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With the Kennedy-Nixon debate, TV changed political campaigns
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Shows, like "The Twilight Zone," tackled hot-button issues like racism
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