Buzzfeed throws back to 15 groundbreaking moments in Tv history
-There s always a first for everything and these moments shook tv audiences at the time.
-5 moments (read the rest at the link) that were groundbreaking at the time of airing were:
Maude starring Bea Arthur - Picture it, 1972, Maude is 47 years old and unexpectedly gets pregnant. In the end the character decides to go through with an abortion. It was a touchy subject back then and fast forward to today and it s still something that is rarely discussed on television and is even hotter topic in real life.
Star Trek - It s 1968 and interracial relationships were a rare sight on television. Star Trek went where no tv show had gone before by having Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura lock lips resulting in the first interracial kiss on television.