Swanson was the original TV dinner classic, but it's not the freezer aisle mainstay it used to be. Here's where it went, and ...

The Swanson company then seized this opportunity to launch the TV dinner. Swanson's original frozen TV dinner consisted of a ...

Whereas Maxson had called its frozen airline meals “Strato-Plates,” Swanson introduced America to its “TV dinner” (Thomas claims to have invented the name) at a time when the concept was ...

And when C.A. Swanson & Sons introduced the TV dinner in 1954, relieving mom of responsibility for the entire meal (except for the My-T-Fine tapioca pudding she favored for dessert), she must have ...