22 Photos Of The Best-Selling TV Dinners In The 1970’s

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22 Photos Of The Best-Selling TV Dinners In The 1970’s

Dinner on short notice in the 1970s? It better be Swanson, Banquet, or Libbyland.

Published 4 months ago in Ftw

It's 7pm on a Thursday night in 1973. Dad is working late and mom is having dinner next door with Mrs. Smith. You're stomach is grumbling and you're hungry. What's for dinner? A TV Dinner of course!

And if you're having a TV dinner in the 1970s, then it better be Swanson, Banquet, or Libbyland.

Here are 23 photos of the best TV Dinners you might remember having from the 1970s.

1
Swanson TV Dinner
Turkey Dinner.

2
Banquet
Salisbury Steak.

3
Swanson
An TV dinner ad.

4
Beans and Franks
Better microwave carefully.

5
Libbyland
TV dinners for kids.

6
Hungary Man
Fish and Chips

7
Swanson
Fried Chicken

8
Swanson
A variety of options.

9
Trust Swanson
Kids of the '70s certainly did.

10
Morton
A balanced ham dinner.

11
Swanson
Crispy fried chicken

12
Swanson
Meat loaf dinner. That sauce color is questionable.

13
Nuevo
Mexican Style Dinner.

14
Swanson
Salisbury steak. For the steak I preferred Banquet.

16
Libbyland TV Dinner
Ad in 1972

17
Swanson Ad
Cuts of lean beef.

18
Turkey Pie
Swanson debuted the Hungry-Man meal in 1973.

19
Swanson
German Style. Lots of sauce.

20
Night Hawk
Taters was a bold choice.

21
Banquet
Cubed carrots just aren't a thing anymore.

22
Swanson
Polynesian style with the sauce.

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22 Photos Of The Best-Selling TV Dinners In The 1970’s

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Swanson TV Dinner

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Banquet

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Swanson

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Beans and Franks

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Libbyland

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Hungary Man

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Swanson

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Swanson

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Trust Swanson

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Morton

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Swanson

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Swanson

13

Nuevo

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Swanson

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Libbyland TV Dinner

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Swanson Ad

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Turkey Pie

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Swanson

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Night Hawk

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Banquet

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Swanson

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