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Swanson’s first TV Dinner came in a box shaped like a television set, and we’re still eating frozen entrees
- Swanson introduced the TV Dinner in either 1953 or 1954, turning an existing frozen-dinner idea into an American tradition.
- The meal was served in an aluminum tray with three compartments and marketed to people watching television.
- The original TV Dinner tray is housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and National TV Dinner Day is observed on September 10 to mark its debut.
- Swanson retired the TV Dinner name in 1962, but the compartmented frozen meal format has persisted and remains popular in grocery stores today.
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Swanson’s first TV Dinner came in a box shaped like a television set, and we’re still eating frozen entrees
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