UPDATED 7 JANUARY 2012
THE DEFINING SHOWS OF AMERICAN TELEVISION
The TV shows that defined each of the major US Networks from the earliest days of television to the present.
US TELEVISION'S GOLDEN AGE
WARNER BROTHERS PRESENTS
DUMONT: AMERICA'S FIRST FOURTH NETWORK
FOX ON THE RUN
PBS: AMERICA’S ALTERNATIVE BROADCASTER
DISNEYLAND: HOW WALT DISNEY MARRIED THE ENEMY
PLAYING THE NETWORK GAME
WHEN STARS DID THE SPOTS
DRAWN FOR TELEVISION
COLOUR TELEVISION: FIFTY YEARS OF TINT IN THE USA
AMERICA’S NIGHTLY NEWSCASTS
THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDALS OF THE 1950'S
PITCHING THE FALL LINEUPS
THE HEIDI INCIDENT
MUST SEE TV
REVIVED TELEVISION
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE TELEVISION THEME SONG?
US MEDICAL DRAMAS
LAW AND DISORDER IN THE COURT: US LEGAL DRAMAS
TV COURTROOM: FROM TRAFFIC COURT TO JUDGE JUDY
SATURDAY NIGHT DEAD
TURN ON AND THE ARCHIE BUNKER FACTOR
ANIMAL HOUSE - KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE
"A LION WALKS AMONG US" AND THE DEBATE OVER TV VIOLENCE
WIRELESS BEHAVIOUR: THE IMPACT OF THE REMOTE CONTROL
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