Interviewees discuss memorable moments of celebration on TV.
Moon Landing
SPACE PROGRAM AND TELEVISION
The American Space Program and the American television industry contributed mightily to each other's growth. Space missions have matched Hollywood productions for drama, suspense and excitement...
Quiz Show Scandals
QUIZ SHOW SCANDALS
No programming format mesmerized televiewers of the 1950s with more hypnotic intensity than the "big money" quiz show, one of the most popular and ill-fated genres in...
Super Bowl
Interviewees discuss television coverage of the Super Bowl.
Celebrities in the News
Interiewees discuss how television covers and impacts the lives of celebrities.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Interviewees discuss the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945).
George W. Bush
Interviewees discuss the presidency of George W. Bush (2001-2009).
Public Television
PUBLIC TELEVISION
U.S. public television is a peculiar hybrid of broadcasting systems. Neither completely a public service system in the European tradition, nor fully supported by commercial interests as in...
9/11
Interviewees discuss 9/11 - September 11, 2001.
JFK Assassination and Funeral
ASSASSINATION AND FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
The network coverage of the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy warrants its reputation as the most moving and historic passage...
LGBTQIA+
Interviewees discuss the portrayal of the LGBTQIA+ community on television.
Bill Clinton
Interviewees discuss the presidency of Bill Clinton (1993-2001).
Sex & Violence
Interviewees discuss sex and violence on television.
Comedy-Variety
Interviewees discuss television's "Golden Age" of comedies.
Industry Strikes
Interviewees discuss union and guild strikes and how they impacted television production.
Health and Medicine
Interviewees discuss health and medicine on television.
Network Creation
Interviewees discuss the creative of television networks.
Hollywood Blacklist
BLACKLISTING
Blacklisting is the practice of refusing to hire or terminating from employment an individual whose opinions or associations are deemed politically inconvenient or commercially troublesome. In the U.S...
Criticism of TV
Interviewees discuss the criticism of TV.
We Laughed
Interviewees discuss the memorable TV episodes that made us laugh.