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The rest of the world knows about America from watching our television shows. They want to hang out in Central Perk with their Friends. They want to ride the Ponderosa with Hoss and Little Joe. They want to dance the boogaloo on American Bandstand. Okay, maybe not that.
TV Show: Columbo
The TV classic Columbo was an “anti-whodunit.” Typically, we saw the crime being committed at the beginning of the...
Read MoreTV Show: Hill Street Blues
From the moment the great Mike Post theme song came on, you knew you were going to see a different kind of show. Hill Street Blues...
Read MoreTV Show: Gunsmoke
Did we just completely use up all the storylines for Westerns during the 1950s and 1960s? How can you explain that a whole genre of...
Read MoreTV Show: House M.D.
You have to admire any show that defies the stereotypes, and House accomplishes what many would have thought impossible – making the...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
The changing of the shoes. The putting on of the sweater. The singing of the theme song. All these images are part of our cultural history...
Read MoreTV Show: The West Wing
I’ll start by saying that I love the work of Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing’s creator and principal writer. He wrote one of my...
Read MoreTV Show: The Rockford Files
There have been lots of private investigator shows in the history of television. But no P.I. was cooler than Jim Rockford. The Rockford...
Read MoreTV Show: Late Night with David Letterman
David Letterman accomplished something that no one else could – he made late-night television hip again. Johnny Carson (Great...
Read MoreTV Show: The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is a combination of beautiful travelogue, ignorant American comments, with just a touch of the Jerry Springer show. As...
Read MoreTV Show: Dallas
Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing had three sons: J.R., Gary, and Bobby. These were the Ewings. Their lifelong enemies were Digger Barnes, his son...
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