Ha! Color was decided upon in the 50s, and largely delivered beyond a few units per year in the mid-60s...when programming to illuminate it all started to flow from the Studios...I wish I can remember when we got our first color set, but I betcha it was from Montgomery Wards.
I think we saw the Red, White, and Blue of the National Bi-Centennial Celebrations in color, but not the Moon landings...but I cannot remember if my parents switched it off when they showed the Vietnam war reports...so I can't place the purchase timing precisely. Too many MASH reruns in my head to trust when I saw them originally.
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