Trash TV


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Interviewees discuss the critique of television as "Trash TV."

Highlights
Phil Donahue on the deterioration of daytime television
03:19
Jeff Zucker on the impact on the network of putting reality programming on NBC
02:01
Steve Allen on how television has changed over the years and appealing to the public good
01:56
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on what he was trying to convey in his 1961 "Vast Wasteland" speech
02:21
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Steve Allen

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Steve Allen on how television has changed over the years and appealing to the public good
01:56

Phil Donahue

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Phil Donahue on the deterioration of daytime television
03:19

Jeff Zucker

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Jeff Zucker on the impact on the network of putting reality programming on NBC
02:01

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