Decades
TV Shows
Terms
TV Characters
Film in Family
100
This decade in television is famous for using the white picket fence and is the "ideal" nuclear family
What is the 60's?
100
This 'modern' still airs on ABC
What is Modern Family
100
This gender movement is defined by a larger role for women in the workplace
What is feminism
100
This television character works at in Ad agency in the 1960's
Who is Don Draper
100
This film depicts the struggles of African American housemaids in the Southern United States
What is the Help
200
This decade questioned social norms and progressed social change with shows like, "Will and Grace"
What is the 90's
200
This show starred a maid named Alice who took care of 6 children
What is the Brady Bunch?
200
This term describes a household with a husband, wife, children, and no other family members
What is a nuclear family
200
This father has three children and works at a nuclear power plant
Who is Homer Simpson
200
This film stars a young child with a unique ability and a struggling family at home
What is Matilda
300
This decade attempts to show "real families" by depicting them in reality
What is the 00's?
300
This show starred Michael J Fox and was a hit comedy in the 80's
What is Family Ties?
300
This term is exemplified by arrange marriage, it is in contrast to the permanent availability
What is orderly replacement
300
This was the first openly gay character on television
Who is Ellen
300
This film stars a young Indian girl who falls in love with European soccer
What is Bend it Like Beckham
400
This decade brought race into the conscious of America with "The Cosby Show"
What is the 80's?
400
This reality show depicts an L.A family, mostly the 5 sisters and their mother
What is Keeping up with the Kardashians?
400
This form of marriage is when one marries outside of group (caste, or class)
What is endogamy
400
This doctor was one of the first African American depicted fathers on television
Who is Cliff Huxtable
400
This movie is about two twin daughters who attempt to get their parents back together by switching lives
What is the Parent Trap
500
This decade introduced the first independent working woman television show, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
What is the 70s?
500
This show depicts a nuclear family living in the town of Springfield
What is the Simpsons?
500
The form of marriage involves a woman with multiple husbands
What is polyandry
500
This foreign exchange character starred in this "70's" hit show
Who is fez
500
This hit 60's TV show made into a 90's film, shows a unique family that are a satirical inversion of the ideal American family.
What is the Addams Family
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