TV Dinner Nation

By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2005-11-15 12:01:00-05:00

If you've ever wondered why so many Americans watch television while eating dinner, you may now know who to blame. In 1953, a clever marketer spun a surplus of Swanson Foods' frozen turkies into an American phenomenon. Jim Harriott brings us a brief history of the TV dinner.

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