1950's
This show disguised several of its storylines as discourse on the Cold War and fear of government control.
What is "The Twilight Zone?"
In this year, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech in Washington, D.C.
What is 1963?
This show employs approximately 138 writers every week.
What is Saturday Night Live?
This network was the only one to capture the Challenger Explosion live in 1986.
What is CNN?
This term refers to the psychological and emotional distance between the viewer and the story's discourse.
What is aesthetic distance?
I Love Lucy featured Lucille Ball's real-life husband, who was from this country.
What is Cuba?
This show was a metaphor for counter-culture rejection of materialism and wealth.
What is "The Beverly Hillbillies?"
In this year, Monday Night Football made its television debut with a game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets.
What is 1970?
This network grew from 2 to 22 million viewers in 3 years, due to expanding original content such as "The Real World" and "Beavis and Butthead."
What is MTV?
This term refers to the important topic areas presented in a story.
What is discourse?
This show featured a chimpanzee name J. Fred Muggs in order to boost ratings.
What is "Today?"
This 1963 book is said to have inspired more female lead characters on television.
What is "The Feminine Mystique"?
Good Times featured a working-class family raising their kids in this city.
What is Chicago?
This show was one of the first to portray comedy and tragedy in almost every episode.
What is M*A*S*H?
This word means "many meanings," and refers to shows that feature a variety of discourse.
What is "polysemy?"
This company won the "battle for color" in 1953 by making adapters for black & white tv sets.
What is RCA?
This president rejected the findings of the 1968 Kerner Commission regarding the media's exaggeration of racial conflict in the U.S.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This sport featured the famous 1973 "Battle of the Sexes."
What is tennis?
This parenting organization advocated for kids' television shows to air separately from their toys' commercials.
What is the Action for Children's Television?
This era was sparked by the rise of cable networks.
What is the "Post-network era?"
This television producer made a superior 600-line television.
Who is Allen DuMont?
This person is the reason Philo T. Farnsworth was able to prove he invented television before Vladimir Zworykin. (exact name not necessary)
Who is Farnsworth's high school science teacher? (Justin Tolman)
This organization was formed by the US government in 1934 to specifically regulate the airwaves and provide legal licenses to television stations.
What is the FCC? (Federal Communication Commission)
This term refers to the sequence of television programming within a specific time frame, such as, in a single day.
What is "television flow" or "ebb and flow?"
This man took credit for the rise of television at the 1939 World's Fair.
Who is David Sarnoff?