In TV circa 1960, women’s roles were one-dimensional and relatively similar, with no insights at all into their inner lives. In Season 2, 1962, Jackie Kennedy is shown on one episode, leading a tour of the White House in a suit and hat. Thompson said the top shows of that year were “Gunsmoke,” a macho program whose one female character, Miss Kitty, runs the saloon; “Bonanza,” about a man and his three sons from different mothers who were gone; “Hazel,” a woman who worked as a maid; “My Three Sons,” another widower with children; and “Lassie.” “The women were either maids or collies,” he said.