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Dramas & Cartoons
Comedies
News Broadcasting & Cable
Daytime Television
Commercials
100
This gritty police drama is an example of the edgier, more realistic programming of the 1980s
What is "Hill Street Blues"?
100
This show paved the way for animation's presence in primetime
What is "The Simpsons"?
100
Broadcast networks began losing viewers to this in growing numbers during the 1980s
What is cable?
100
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired nationally in this year
What is 1986?
100
They were the new target audience during the 1980s
Who are children?
200
This anime (Japanese cartoon) became one of the most popular kids' shows beginning in the late 1980s
What is "Dragonball Z"?
200
Shows like "Married...With Children" represented this atypical type of family
What is a "dysfunctional family"?
200
Broadcast networks created these short advertisements in order to lure back audiences
What are promos?
200
The Oprah Winfrey Show replaced this talk show
What is The Phil Donahue Show?
200
These toys were a major pop culture craze during the 80s
What are Cabbage Patch Dolls?
300
Dramas increasingly used this to push the envelope and introduce edgier content What is "shock value"?
What is "shock value"?
300
Materialism became more visible in sitcoms after President Reagan's attepts to remedy this economic problem during the 1970s
What is "stagflation"?
300
This man started the FOX network
Who is Rupert Murdoch?
300
This is one effect the Oprah Winfrey Show has had on our nation (3 possible answers)
What is charity, support for small businesses or pro-feminist movements?
300
This was the signature slogan used to combat drug abuse in the U.S.
What is "Just Say No"?