Prime VideoThe People's Choice (1955)
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Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958, primarily sponsored by The Borden Company. It stars Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller, an ex-Marine and a young politician in fictitious New City, California. Sock has a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts, as she balefully observes Sock's dilemmas, are recorded on the soundtrack for the viewers' amusement. Cleo's real name was Bernadette. Much of Cleo's dialog consists of wisecracks. The popularity of the basset hound breed increased markedly with the run of the show. During the last season of The People's Choice, Croft began her eight-year role as Clara Randolph on ABC's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The versatile Croft had also been a semi-regular on Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy and a regular on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958, primarily sponsored by The Borden Company. It stars Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller, an ex-Marine and a young politician in fictitious New City, California. Sock has a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts, as she balefully observes Sock's dilemmas, are recorded on the soundtrack for the viewers' amusement. Cleo's real name was Bernadette. Much of Cleo's dialog consists of wisecracks. The popularity of the basset hound breed increased markedly with the run of the show. During the last season of The People's Choice, Croft began her eight-year role as Clara Randolph on ABC's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The versatile Croft had also been a semi-regular on Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy and a regular on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
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Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The series centers on the humorous challenges of a local politician's life and family, emphasizing general themes of civic duty and personal integrity without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology. Its lighthearted approach and broad appeal position it as neutral.
The 1955 sitcom 'The People's Choice' features a predominantly white cast, reflecting the common casting practices of its era. The narrative focuses on traditional identities and themes without any critical portrayal or explicit engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Secondary
The series does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate within the provided framework, resulting in an N/A rating for its net impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
As an original 1955 television series, "The People's Choice" does not adapt characters from prior source material, historical records, or previous installments. All characters introduced were original to the show, precluding any instance of a gender swap.
The People's Choice (1955) is an original television series. Its characters were created for the show and therefore had no prior canonical or historical racial establishment to be altered. Thus, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.1
5.5
Critic Ratings
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