Interviewees discuss the notion of television as lacking educational value or redeeming qualities.
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“You've got to pay more attention to not only the bottom line, but to public service." - Newton N. Minow, Executive and Former FCC Chairman
Highlights
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on what he was trying to convey in his 1961 "Vast Wasteland" speech
02:21
Charlie Andrews on the decline in the quality of television from the 1950s to the 1960s
05:41
Norman Felton on the need for media literacy
06:18
Howard Rosenberg on television at its worst
02:48
Fred Silverman on the reaction of television critics to ABC programs The Love Boat and Fantasy Island
02:00
Who Talked about This Topic
Charlie Andrews
Charlie Andrews on the decline in the quality of television from the 1950s to the 1960s
05:41
Norman Felton
Norman Felton on the need for media literacy
06:18
Louise Lasser
Louise Lasser on the second season of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and on the show's critique of television
02:06
Jim McKay
Jim McKay on the challenge for TV to fill thousands of hours with quality programming
00:35
Nolan Miller
Nolan Miller on working on negative critical reaction to Charlie's Angels and on it being dubbed "jiggle TV"
04:46
Thomas W. Moore
Thomas W. Moore on Newton N. Minow's "vast wasteland" speech, critical of television
05:06
Sterling Quinlan
Sterling "Red" Quinlan on Newton N. Minow's comment, "television is a vast wasteland"
03:43
Howard Rosenberg
Howard Rosenberg on television at its worst
02:48
Lauren Zalaznick
Lauren Zalaznick on television and society, and how television tends to reflect the national psyche (the topic of her 2011 TED Talk)
10:35