Within a few weeks the tv dinners were sold out. companies became even more inventive giving consumers more reason to buy their product. >> they began marketing their meals as a complete dinner. >> it's the new swanson three-course dinner, gives you meat and vegetables plus soup and dessert. >> yep, no more getting up from the table for a slice of pie. it is all right there, right in that metal tray. >> let's talk about the 1970s. times are changing more and more. women are working outside the home. >> so tv dinners were marketed as items of convenience. >> ever since we got married, all he do...