Sheen, Fulton J. 1895-1979

ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST;
TELEVISION PERSONALITY

Religious Decade.

The idea of the 1950s as a religious decade is given credence by the fact that a religious show was one of the most popular programs on television.

Man of the Year.

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was probably the best-known Roman Catholic clergyman of the 1950s because of his widely popular television show, "Life Is Worth Living." Sheen, who had attracted attention by his writings and his conversions of celebrities such as Clare Booth Luce, took his radio show to the new medium of television and excelled. He became one of the first television celebrities. In 1953 a Radio-Television Daily poll named him Television Man of the Year, and that same year the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented him with one of the first Emmy Awards as most outstanding personality.

Sermons.

That same year his television sermons,...

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