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Early 21st century, 20th century

Australia, Canada, UK, USA

 Jane Campions highly acclaimed drama

starring Holly Hunter and Elisabeth Moss.

Top of the Lake, only on BBC Two.

Video        Trailer    BBC        27 June  2013

YouTube

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo

Special Ops: Lioness    USA

premiered on July 23, 2023

on Paramount+

Lioness is inspired

by a real-life CIA programme

that used female military personnel,

first simply to search local women

during operations

in Iraq and Afghanistan,

and then to distribute

information among them

and gather information.

Creator Taylor Sheridan

(Mayor of Kingstown,

Yellowstone and its prequels,

Tulsa King, among much else)

takes that premise,

adds a starry cast

led by Zoe Saldana,

including Nicole Kidman

and Morgan Freeman,

and runs with it.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/23/
special-ops-lioness-review-like-a-female-mission-impossible

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/23/
special-ops-lioness-review-like-a-female-mission-impossible

The Bear    USA

premiered on Hulu on June 23, 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/19/
the-bear-season-two-review-
somehow-even-more-delicious-than-before

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/
1184000989/the-bear-season-2-review

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/
1182423425/the-bear-has-beef-and-heart

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/
1162363587/joseph-zucchero-obit-
italian-beef-mr-beef-the-bear-season-2-chicago-allen-white

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/
1113450332/jeremy-allen-white-the-bear-hulu-chefs

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/20/
1112483713/the-bear-dishes-up-a-sneaky-smart-show-
thats-just-as-manic-as-restaurant-life

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/
1105979840/review-fx-the-bear

The Idol    USA

The Idol's first two episodes

premiered on May 22, 2023

at 76th Cannes Film Festival

where it was panned by critics

for its graphic sexual content

and themes.

It is scheduled to begin airing

on HBO on June 4, 2023.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/
arts/television/the-idol-the-weeknd-sam-levinson-lily-rose-depp.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/
arts/television/the-idol-the-weeknd-sam-levinson-lily-rose-depp.html

White House Plumbers    USA

premiere on HBO on May 1, 2023

HBO's new five-part miniseries,

White House Plumbers,

revisits the infamous

Watergate burglary

that brought down

President Richard Nixon

from the perspective of the men

who orchestrated it:

G. Gordon Liddy

and E. Howard Hunt,

played by Justin Theroux

and Woody Harrelson.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/
1172978160/a-tragedy-that-makes-you-laugh-
hbos-white-house-plumbers-revisits-watergate

Saint X    USA

Saint X is an American

psychological drama

television series

developed by Leila Gerstein

that premiered on Hulu

on April 26, 2023.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_X

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/
1171757311/saint-x-review

Heartstopper    UK

released on 22 April 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/03/
heartstopper-season-two-review-
this-lgbtq-teen-drama-is-even-sweeter-and-lovelier-than-before

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/
arts/television/they-put-the-heart-in-heartstopper.html

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/22/
heartstoppers-kit-connor-
i-wasnt-used-to-the-idea-of-millions-of-people-being-interested-in-my-private-life

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/02/
heartstopper-tv-younger-self-sexuality

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/22/
heartstopper-review-alice-oseman-netflix-tv-drama

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/18/
no-drugs-booze-sex-or-swearing-will-heartstopper-rewrite-the-young-love-rulebook

Abbott Elementary

premiered as a midseason entry

in the 2021–22 television season

on December 7, 2021,

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/07/
1156532261/philadelphia-teachers-abbott-elementary-school

'Extrapolations'    Apple TV+

- premiered on March 17, 2023

The Apple TV+ series

depicts a planet

on the brink

of environmental crisis,

where ordinary human beings

battle increasingly hostile elements,

and a villainous tech tycoon seeks

to take over the world.

Yet in contrast to apocalyptic

climate change dramas,

like The Day After Tomorrow

and Snowpiercer,

Extrapolations doesn't dwell

on the End of Days.

"We wanted to focus

on what we call the 'messy middle,' "

series creator Scott Burns

told NPR in an interview.

"Because before we get to the end,

there's a lot of life

that we're all gonna have

to go through."

Despite the barrage

of daily news headlines

devoted to climate change,

there still aren't

many fictional TV shows

and movies that deal

with the topic.

And those

that do tend towards disaster,

picturing the end of life on Earth

as we know it.

But Extrapolations attempts

to walk the line

between fiction and scientific fact

to tell the story of what's at stake

for our planet

over the next few decades.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/
1166078098/extrapolations-apple-tv-climate-change

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/
1166078098/extrapolations-apple-tv-climate-change

Succession    USA

premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO

https://www.npr.org/tags/1063563742/
succession

https://www.npr.org/series/1045640636/
succession-recaps

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
succession

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/
1179595456/jesse-armstrong-succession-interview

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/28/
absurdity-meets-gravitas-how-nicholas-britell-scored-succession

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/
1178715007/succession-recap-finale-shiv-roy-kendall-roman-greg-tom

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/
1178008172/nicholas-britell-succession

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/
arts/television/brian-cox-succession.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/25/
1166097286/encore-
hbos-hit-dark-comedy-succession-returns-for-its-final-season

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/
1165824579/fresh-air-marks-the-final-season-of-succession-
with-cox-culkin-and-macfadyen

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/06/
1061232763/succession-actor-kieran-culkin

Euphoria    USA    2019-2022

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/
1082288241/unlocking-the-sensory-overload-of-euphoria

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/
1078634127/euphoria-actress-storm-reid-talks-
about-the-shows-popularity-and-power

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/
1071852125/hbo-euphoria-zendaya-review

The White Lotus    HBO    USA

The White Lotus premiered

on July 11, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
arts/television/f-murray-abraham-white-lotus.html

Mythic Quest    Apple TV+    USA

Mythic Quest premiered

on February 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
arts/television/f-murray-abraham-white-lotus.html

Moon Knight    USA     Disney+

Moon Knight debuted

on March 30, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/
arts/television/f-murray-abraham-white-lotus.html

The Midnight Club    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/09/
1127683752/mike-flanagan-the-midnight-club-netflix-horror-jump-scare

Industry    HBO    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/
1115146342/in-industry-myhala-herrold-makes-herself-undeniable

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/
941425173/hbos-industry-features-the-most-fascinating-character-on-tv-right-now

Reservation Dogs    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/
1115613218/reservation-dogs-indian-native-american-hulu

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/
1028578146/native-voices-tell-the-story-of-reservation-dogs

In Therapy    HBO

The original “In Treatment,”

set in Brooklyn,

began on HBO in 2008,

itself an adaptation

of a popular Israeli series,

“Be’ Tipul,” set in Tel Aviv.

It had an unusual structure.

A therapist

— Assi Dayan in “Be’ Tipul,”

Gabriel Byrne in “In Treatment” —

saw a different patient each night.

And then,

on the fourth or fifth

or sixth night of the week,

he saw his own supervisor.

Episodes consisted entirely

of two or sometimes three

people talking,

mostly about feelings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/
arts/television/in-treatment-uzo-aduba.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/
arts/television/in-treatment-uzo-aduba.html

Five Days at Memorial    USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/
1117156676/five-days-at-memorial-showcases-john-ridleys-skill-at-tough-stories

THEM    USA

'Scandal'    USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/18/
603248724/scandal-will-keep-on-giving-long-after-olivia-pope-handles-her-last-crisis

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/20/
365457210/4-reasons-why-scandal-is-a-telenovela-and-a-good-one

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/11/09/
362401259/is-america-ready-to-fall-in-love-with-the-telenovela

https://www.npr.org/2014/04/18/
304530711/so-scandal-writers-how-did-you-write-t

https://www.npr.org/2013/11/07/
243515839/shonda-rhimes-knows-where-this-scandal-will-end

Superman & Lois    CW    USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/
969068962/in-superman-lois-the-man-of-steel-faces-his-biggest-challenge-yet-fatherhood

It's a Sin    UK

Survivor    CBS    USA

CBS reality show

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/
885750685/do-right-by-us-black-survivor-alums-say-
the-reality-was-harmful-stereotypes

The Crown    Netflix    USA

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
the-crown

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/16/
the-crown-season-6-review-so-bad-its-like-an-out-of-body-experience-netflix

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/audio/2020/dec/02/
the-crown-netflix-drama-fact-or-fiction

Watchmen    HBO    USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/10/
901073481/why-you-should-stream-watchmen

City on a Hill    Showtime    USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/14/
732440006/aldis-hodge-
a-30-year-acting-veteran-at-age-32-on-city-on-a-hill

Black Mirror    5th Season    Netflix    UK

In episode "Demon 79"

an employee at a department store (Anjana Vasan)

is visited by an apprentice demon (Paapa Essiedu).

Credit: Netflix

5 new 'Black Mirror' episodes have dropped

— and there's not a dud in the bunch

NPR

June 16, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/
1182425919/black-mirror-season-6-review-netflix

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
black-mirror

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_Black_Mirror_episodes

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/
1182425919/black-mirror-season-6-review-netflix

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/16/
aaron-paul-on-black-mirror-ai-and-his-love-of-dark-roles

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/15/
black-mirror-6-review-
prepare-to-convulse-in-horror-on-the-sofa-netflix

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/
729701805/originality-and-uncertainty-still-reign-
as-black-mirror-enters-its-5th-season

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/28/
680671691/black-mirror-bandersnatch-
makes-you-choose-your-own-adventure

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/17/
578561689/black-mirror-and-electric-dreams-prove-it-
the-anthology-show-is-back

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/29/
572264537/in-season-4-of-black-mirror-
power-corrupts-but-love-still-matters

https://www.npr.org/2016/10/21/
498734538/black-mirror-is-back-
reflecting-our-technological-fears

When They See Us    USA

When They See Us

is director/writer/producer

Ava DuVernay's searing,

four-part drama

about five black

and Latino boys

who were railroaded

into falsely confessing

to the most notorious

gang rape

in New York City history.

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/
728237648/horrors-and-humanity-in-ava-duvernays-gripping-when-they-see-us

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/
728237648/horrors-and-humanity-in-ava-duvernays-gripping-when-they-see-us

Kim's Convenience    premiered in 2016    Canada

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/09/
682888290/kim-s-convenience-is-a-sitcom-about-asian-immigrants-with-depth

True Detective    USA    premiered in 2014

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/11/
684610135/season-3-of-true-detective-might-slightly-redeem-the-series-reputation

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/11/
684430006/true-detective-regains-its-footing-in-a-meditative-3rd-season

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/11
/684346425/hbos-true-detective-is-back-with-a-sinister-investigation

https://www.npr.org/2014/01/10/
261412408/hbos-true-detective-brings-big-stars-to-tell-a-brutal-tale

Andi Mack    Disney Channel    USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/10/27/
560453926/a-boy-with-a-crush-on-a-boy-and-for-the-disney-channel-a-first

Mindhunter    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/31/
561086996/mindhunter-actor-jonathan-groff-on-his-most-life-altering-roles

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/12/
557328890/fbi-profilers-pursue-serial-killers-and-their-motives-in-mindhunter

The Handmaid’s Tale    UK    2017

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/18/
haunting-chillingly-plausible-peerless-how-the-handmaids-tale-changed-tv

Curb Your Enthusiasm    HBO    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/29/
554262873/curb-your-enthusiasm-returns-and-larry-david-is-back-to-playing-himself

Will & Grace    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2017/09/28/
553996659/-will-grace-is-back-but-will-its-viewers-be

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/31/
432294253/how-shows-like-will-grace-and-black-ish-can-change-your-brain

Star Trek: Discovery    CBS    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/25/
553532524/cbs-star-trek-discovery-goes-boldly-where-no-trek-show-has-gone-before

The Deuce    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/27/
553867653/deuce-creators-capture-the-birth-of-americas-billion-dollar-porn-industry

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/08/
549474980/in-the-deuce-sex-isn-t-titillating-it-s-business

Disjointed    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/
546044880/-disjointed-is-like-any-workplace-sitcom-think-cheers-with-more-pot

The Bachelorette    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/23/
529705257/the-bachelorette-may-have-a-black-star-but-its-still-set-in-a-white-world

The Americans    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/25/
521289363/we-are-all-martha-alison-wright-on-how-her-americans-character-became-a-hit

Shots Fired    Fox    USA    2017

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/
521006704/seeking-empathy-shots-fired-creators-flip-the-script-on-police-shootings

You're the Worst    USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/
495931508/in-youre-the-worst-even-the-most-flawed-characters-find-love

Buffy the Vampire Slayer    USA

The series premiered

on March 10, 1997, on The WB

and concluded

on May 20, 2003, on UPN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/buffy-the-vampire-slayer

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/10/
buffy-the-vampire-slayer-at-20-the-thrilling-brilliant-birth-of-tv-as-art

Brooklyn Nine-Nine    USA    2013-2021

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

is an American police procedural comedy

television series

that aired on Fox, and later on NBC.

The show aired

from September 17, 2013,

to September 16, 2021,

for a total of eight seasons

and 153 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Brooklyn_Nine-Nine

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/13/
10-years-of-brooklyn-nine-nine-
the-most-relentlessly-funny-show-of-the-last-decade

Misfits    UK    2009-2013

Misfits

is a British science fiction

comedy-drama television show, on E4,

about a group of young offenders

sentenced to work

in a community service programme,

where they obtain

supernatural powers

after a strange electrical storm.

The show premiered

on 12 November 2009

and concluded

on 11 December 2013

in its fifth series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfits_(TV_series)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
misfits

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/
arts/television/misfits-from-britain-on-logo.html

Speechless    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/
arts/television/speechless-abc-comedy-nonverbal-child.html

Stranger Things    Netflix    USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/08/19/
490671346/stranger-things-creators-on-barb-eleven-and-how-glitter-delayed-production

Born this way    USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/22/
486796812/a-cast-with-down-syndrome-brings-fresh-reality-to-reality-tv

Greenleaf        USA

https://www.npr.org/2016/06/21/
482829462/oprahs-new-show-greenleaf-is-megachurch-melodrama 

Silicon Valley        HBO        USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/09/
481377115/in-hbos-silicon-valley-the-comedy-is-inspired-by-real-life-tech-culture

Line of duty        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/line-of-duty

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/09/
469670174/new-tv-drama-recounts-heroic-escapes-on-the-underground-railroad

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend        USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/04/
469191201/crazy-ex-girlfriend-challenges-stereotypes-one-song-at-a-time

Martin Scorsese's 'Vinyl'

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/30/
472385235/ray-romano-gets-deep-dark-and-angsty-for-martin-scorsese-s-vinyl

‘black-ish’        USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/05/
562233999/jennifer-lewis-of-blackish-looks-back-at-her-decades-long-career-in-new-autobiog

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/28/
468446215/-black-ish-opens-conversation-about-race-and-police-brutality

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/
arts/television/blackish-police-brutality.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/31/
432294253/how-shows-like-will-grace-and-black-ish-can-change-your-brain

The Fall        UK / IR

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/the-fall

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/28/
the-fall-why-were-we-ever-excited-about-this-dead-dog-of-a-show

Fuller House        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/
business/media/netflix-aims-for-family-friendly-nostalgia-with-new-slate.html

X-Files        Fox        USA        2000s

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/
arts/television/the-x-files-season-10-episode-4-back-in-the-day.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/23/
463726029/mulder-and-scully-on-why-the-world-is-ready-for-an-x-files-reboot

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/22/
463971641/as-x-files-returns-meet-the-man-behind-the-theme-song

Nurse Jackie        USA

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/10/
398713112/nurse-jackie-ends-as-tvs-most-honest-depiction-of-addiction

Veep        HBO        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/
magazine/julia-louis-dreyfus-and-tony-hales-demented-double-act-on-veep.html

Power        Starz        USA

http://www.starz.com/originals/power/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/
arts/television/50-cents-power-about-a-drug-dealer-debuts-on-starz.html

True Detective        HBO        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/
arts/television/true-detective-finds-philosophical-answers-by-seasons-end.html

Orphan Black        BBC3

television drama

that plunges into the moral minefield

of human cloning

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/08/
bbc-three-orphan-black-a-worldwide-hit

House of Cards

http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/television/100000002710158/
house-of-cards-power-nearly-undone.html

Top of the Lake

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/top-of-the-lake

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/dec/16/
best-tv-2013-top-of-the-lake

DCI Banks

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/17/
dci-banks-tv-review

The Mill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/jul/27/
the-mill-relentless-misery

Game of Thrones    HBO        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/10/
536052787/game-of-thrones-finds-fans-among-disability-rights-activists-too

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/
arts/television/for-game-of-thrones-rising-unease-over-rapes-recurring-role.html

Game of Thrones:

season three, episode six – The Climb        HBO        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/may/06/
game-of-thrones-season-three-episode-six-the-climb

Nashville        ABC        USA

http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/
arts/television/nashville-starring-connie-britton-on-abc.html

mystery drama > Awake    NBC        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/apr/28/
awake-rubicon-new-lost

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/13/
us-drama-awake-sky-atlantic

Homeland        USA

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/homeland

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/homeland

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/series/homeland-episode-by-episode

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/
arts/television/homeland-review.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2012/09/29/
161969152/damian-lewis-on-the-conflicts-and-complexities-of-homeland

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/12/
homeland-have-you-been-watching

https://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/
140947830/in-homeland-its-hard-to-know-whom-to-trust

Girls        HBO        USA

released in 2012

Lena Dunham’s series

about four white women lurching through their 20s

in New York City.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/
style/girls-show-hbo-lena-dunham.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/
arts/television/girls-finale-a-season-of-frayed-friendships-and-poignant-arcs.html

http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/
arts/television/lena-dunhams-girls-begins-on-hbo.html

UK > Downton Abbey        USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/06/
469345607/as-downton-draws-to-a-close-a-look-back-on-what-made-the-show-great

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2016/03/04/
468973612/pop-culture-happy-hour-a-fond-farewell-to-downton-abbey

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/
arts/television/julian-fellowes-on-twists-in-the-downton-abbey-season-finale.html

UK > British costume drama Downton Abbey > Season Two        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
downton-abbey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/oct/14/
downton-abbey-series-three-episode-five

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/20/
downton-abbey-series-two-pbs

Sex and the City        HBO        USA

American romantic comedy-drama

television series

created by Darren Star for HBO.

It is an adaptation of Candace Bushnell's

1997 book of the same name.

The series premiered in the United States

on June 6, 1998,

and concluded on February 22, 2004,

with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sex_and_the_City - 21 January 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/
1039545276/beloved-sex-and-the-city-actor-willie-garson-dies-at-57

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/aug/27/
revisited-why-is-sex-and-the-city-coming-back-to-our-screens

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jan/21/
why-is-sex-and-the-city-coming-back-to-our-screens-podcast

Arthur    USA    1996-2021

much beloved animated kids show

Arthur

followed its titular character,

an eight-year-old aardvark,

as he navigated life among family,

friends and school.

The show had a knack

for featuring characters

from different cultures,

classes and family backgrounds.

At times it was boundary pushing

— an episode of the show's spin-off,

Postcards from Buster,

received criticism

from then-Education Secretary

Margaret Spelling

for a 2005 episode

that featured lesbian parents,

and Alabama Public Televisio

 refused to air a 2019 episode

that showed a same-sex wedding.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/
1021687616/pbs-kids-show-arthur-ending

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/
1021687616/pbs-kids-show-arthur-ending

The Simpsons        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/the-simpsons

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/
arts/television/sam-simon-who-helped-shape-the-simpsons-dies-at-59.html

USA > The Simpsons 500th episode        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/18/
simpsons-tv-500th-episode

The US television hits of 2011,

from Community to Revenge

The new season was weak

– but there was plenty of good stuff

worth watching in 2011.

Here's a pick of the 10 best

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/dec/28/us-
television-2011-top-10

best US TV shows

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/04/us-
tv-shows-hidden-gems

The Walking Dead

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/23/
559035940/the-walking-dead-returns-to-form-in-season-8-premiere

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/21/
the-walking-dead-season-two

BBC2's 50s newsroom thriller > The Hour

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/the-hour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/23/the-hour-bbc-finale

Taggart axed by ITV after 27 years

Broadcaster decides not to commission

28th series of Scottish detective drama,

but it could continue in some form on STV

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/12/
taggart-axed-by-itv

sitcom > Not Going Out?

Not Going Out

is a British television sitcom

that has aired on BBC One since 2006

and is the second-longest-running

British sitcom

(number of series),

behind Last of the Summer Wine.

It stars Lee Mack and Sally Bretton

with Geoffrey Whitehead, Deborah Grant,

Hugh Dennis, and Abigail Cruttenden.

The series has previously

starred Megan Dodds,

Miranda Hart, Tim Vine,

Katy Wix and Bobby Ball.

- Wikipedia, July 23, 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Not_Going_Out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Not_Going_Out

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/feb/03/
not-going-out 

The Slap

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/oct/27/
tv-review-the-slap-panorama

True Blood

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
true-blood 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/13/
true-blood-season-three

Freaks and Geeks        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/31/
box-set-freaks-and-geeks

Agatha Christie's Poirot        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/24/
poirot-murder-on-the-orient-express

Peep Show

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
peep-show

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/23/
miranda-peep-show-tv-matters

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/14/
andradioblog/2010/dec/14/peep-show-series-7"> peep-show-series-7

Screen Burn

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/series/
screenburn 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/
charlie-brooker-leaving-screen-burn

cartoon series > The Flintstones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/29/
the-flintstones-google-doodle-50

Heroes        USA

NBC series about young people

who use their superpowers to save the planet

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/
arts/television/28family.html 

The Mentalist        USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Mentalist

No Ordinary Family        USA

http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/
arts/television/28family.html

bedsit-set sitcom > Him & Her        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/27/
him-her-bbc

interactive reality TV show > Seven Days

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/23/
seven-days-tv-review

Spooks

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
spooks 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/20/
spooks-series-nine-episode-one

The Inbetweeners

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/
is-the-inbetweeners-all-its-cracked-up-to-be-2083304.html

Our Friends In The North

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/18/
our-friends-flannery-eccleston

The Deep

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/aug/31/
the-deep-have-you-been-watching

The OC        USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_O.C. .

The Good Wife    USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/
arts/television/the-good-wife-a-broadcast-gem-fades-away.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/
476154723/good-wife-creators-say-they-wanted-to-end-the-show-while-it-was-still-good

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/30/
emmy-awards-2010-archie-panjabi

Modern Family        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/
arts/television/31emmy.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/
arts/television/30emmys.html

Hung        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/
arts/television/06hung.html

Six Feet Under

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
six-feet-under 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/16/box-set-club-six-feet-under

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/01/next-box-set-six-feet-under

Coronation Street        UK

Coronation Street is a British television soap opera

created by Granada Television and shown on ITV

since 9 December 1960.

The programme centres

on a cobbled, terraced street

in the fictional Weatherfield,

a town based on inner-city Salford, England.

Originally broadcast twice weekly,

the series began airing six times a week in 2017.

The programme was conceived

by scriptwriter Tony Warren.

Warren's initial proposal was rejected

by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein,

but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton

to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes.

The show has since become

a significant part of British culture.

Coronation Street is made

by Granada's successor, ITV Studios,

at MediaCityUK and shown in all ITV regions,

as well as internationally.

In 2010, upon its 50th anniversary,

the series was recognised by Guinness World Records

as the world's longest-running television soap opera.

Initially influenced

by the conventions of kitchen-sink realism,

Coronation Street is noted for its depiction

of a down-to-earth, working-class community,

combined with light-hearted humour

and strong characters.

The show currently averages

around five million viewers per episode.

The show premiered its 10,000th episode

on 7 February 2020,

and celebrated its 60th anniversary later that year.

Source: Wkipedia, July 23, 2023.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
coronation-street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Coronation_Street

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/09/
every-character-was-eccentric-it-was-beautiful-the-inside-story-of-coronation-street

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/oct/15/betty-driver

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/gallery/2011/jan/19/coronation-street-photography

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2010/aug/28/tony-warren-corrie-video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jul/08/coronation-street-birthday-disaster

Coronation Street creator Tony Warren        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2010/aug/28/
tony-warren-corrie-video

Hollyoaks        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
hollyoaks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/01/hollyoaks-transgender-teenagers

Cougar Town

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/14/
cougar-town-renaming-tv-shows 

Ashes to Ashes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/ashes-to-ashes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/21/ashes-to-ashes-final-episode

Lost        USA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/lost

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/17/jj-abrams-novel-rumours

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/arts/television/25lost.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/technology/22lost.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/21/lost-season-six-episode-sixteen

Luther

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
luther 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jun/14/luther-second-series

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/26/luther-idris-elba-bbc1

South Park

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
south-park 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/apr/08/south-park-season-4-episode-14-facebook

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/16/south-park-200th-episode

political dramas        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/29/six-to-watch-political-dramas

war dramas        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/30/best-tv-war-dramas

The Pacific

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/arts/television/07pacific.html

Cast Offs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2009/nov/18/cast-offs-channel-4

The Thick Of It

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgrd 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/17/chris-addison-interview

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/26/thick-of-it-casualty-emma

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/17/peter-capaldi-malcolm-tucker-tv

Casualty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8wd 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/26/thick-of-it-casualty-emma

soap opera > Guiding Light        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/opinion/19collins.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/18/guiding-light-final-episode

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2009/sep/18/television-usa

Psychoville

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
psychoville

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jul/30/
psychoville-final-episode 

Flight of the Conchords

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
flight-of-the-conchords

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/29/jemaine-clement-flight-of-conchords

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/video/2009/jul/27/flight-of-the-conchords-deleted-scene

“Ruby & the Rockits” > pilot episode        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/arts/television/21ruby.html

Cold Feet

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/12/cold-feet-itv
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/28/cold-feet-might-return-harries

Desperate Romantics

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/aug/26/desperate-romantics-episode-six

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/22/desperate-romantics-coast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/21/desperate-romantics-bbc-drama

Rubicon

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/24/arts/AP-US-TV-Rubicon.html

Occupation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/garethmcleanblog/2009/jun/16/occupation-peter-bowker-iraq

Dollhouse

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jun/02/joss-whedon-dollhouse-stage-fright

Battlestar Galactica

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/mar/19/battlestar-galactica-review

Being Human

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/26/being-human-return-for-second-series

Law & Order: UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/24/television-television

Absolutely Fabulous

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/apr/21/absolutely-fabulous-edina-patsy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/absolutely-fabulous-bbc-1-sitcom

sitcom > Everybody Loves Raymond        USA        1996-2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/
arts/television/doris-roberts-the-mother-on-everybody-loves-raymond-dies-at-90.html

Doctor Who        UK

Doctor Who

is a British science fiction television series

broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

The series depicts

the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor,

an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human.

The Doctor explores the universe

in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS.

The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box,

which was a common sight in Britain in 1963

when the series first aired.

With various companions, the Doctor combats foes,

works to save civilisations, and helps people in need.

July 23, 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
doctor-who

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/25/
573415852/doctor-who-says-goodbye-to-peter-capaldi-as-show-prepares-for-first-female-docto

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2014/aug/23/doctor-who-telly-addict-special-video

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/23/doctor-who-capaldi-hype-plot-beyond-daft

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/mar/29/doctor-who-50-year-history-visualised

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/24/raymond-cusick

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/24/doctor-who-time-lord-cardiff-conventio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/nov/23/doctor-who-anniverary-first-episode

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/09/the-debate-doctor-who

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/30/doctor-who-tribute-brigadier-actor

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/19/the-coversation-doctor-who

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/22/doctor-who-tardis-in-us

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/20/doctor-who-fantasy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/19/elisabeth-sladen-doctor-who-star-dies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/05/doctor-who-new-series

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/25/doctor-who-christmas-special-2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/16/doctor-who-christmas-special

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/19/doctor-who-the-pandorica-opens

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/22/dr-who-matt-smith-fashion

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/29/doctor-who-karen-gillan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/03/doctor-who-matt-smith

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/bbc.doctorwho

Roots remake    USA    2016

This new Roots works its way

through stories along several generations.

It still leaves room,

as did the original, for a sequel

— but the central Roots story remains potent enough,

and even more so in this new telling.

Characters are given more time,

and the actors do wonders with their scenes —

especially Kirby as Kunta Kinte, Rose as Kizzy,

and Page as Chicken George.

You'll feel for them and their journeys.

This new Roots is a TV miniseries

that not only should be seen but, like the original,

definitely deserves to be talked about.

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/
479494123/in-its-retelling-roots-is-powerful-must-see-television

Roots        ABC        USA        1977

The original Roots miniseries,

based on the 1976 Alex Haley novel

tracing his own family tree

from African tribal life

to American slavery and freedom,

was a phenomenon.

ABC showed it over consecutive nights

in January 1977,

not because it was expected to earn huge ratings

but because network executives were afraid

it wouldn't.

So they crammed the entire miniseries

into an eight-day prime-time marathon,

which aired, by coincidence,

during a massive winter storm

that snowed in much of the Northeast.

Roots was TV's

original binge-viewing experience,

and it kept drawing more viewers every night.

Its finale,

still one of the most-viewed scripted

programs in TV history,

was seen by more than 100 million people.

It started a new national dialogue

about race and racism,

and slavery and genealogy,

and launched or heightened

the careers of several black actors,

including LeVar Burton, John Amos,

Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett Jr.

and Ben Vereen.

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/
479494123/in-its-retelling-roots-is-powerful-must-see-television

“Roots” transfixed Americans

— first as an overnight best seller

by Alex Haley,

then as an ABC mini-series,

which drew 100 million viewers (...).

It made the slave trade and black history

inescapable parts of national popular culture

and produced a unique moment

when ordinary Americans

talked about slavery in workplaces,

bars, churches and schools.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
opinion/why-america-forgot-about-roots.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/
books/review/alex-haley-hamilton-college-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-roots.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
opinion/why-america-forgot-about-roots.html

Strictly Come Dancing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/23/strictlycomedancing-bbc

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/
the-end-of-the-affair-last-waltz-for-john-sergeant-1031212.html

I'm a Celebrity

https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/nov/18/
imacelebrity 

Criminal Justice        2008

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/26/
television.television

Generation Kill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/14/generation-kill-the-wire

The Wire        HBO        USA        2002-2008

https://www.theguardian.com/media/david-simon

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/
arts/television/the-wire-baltimore.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/
1034655290/michael-williams-omar-the-wire-hbo-dies-at-age-54

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/21/david-simon-interview-wire-treme

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/oct/13/wire-television

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/20/television.irvinewelsh

USA > David Simon        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/media/david-simon

Gossip Girl        USA       2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/fashion/08gossip.html

Skins        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
skins

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/mar/08/skins-tv-sorely-missed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/19/teenagers-under-their-skins

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2010/dec/16/skins-series-5-cast 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/18/skins-season-four

Skins series 5        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/28/
skins-series-5

UK > Skins        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/business/media/20mtv.html

Eddi-Rue McClanahan    1934-2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html

http://movies.nytimes.com/person/47011/Rue-McClanahan

Last of the Summer Wine, Porridge > actors > Brian Wilde    1927-2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/21/television1

Prison Break        USA

http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/

Desperate housewives        USA

https://www.npr.org/2004/10/01/
4056963/-unhappily-ever-after-desperate-housewives

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=4057281 - October 1, 2004

The Office        UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jd68z 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jul/10/
the-office-20-years-ricky-gervais-stephen-merchant

four-part television series > The Passion        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/sep/20/
frank-deasy-obituary 

Prime Suspect 7        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/sep/20/
frank-deasy-obituary 

USA > The Sopranos        UK / USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/
1110670719/sopranos-tony-sirico-dies-paulie-walnuts-obit

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-06-07-sopranos_N.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2007-04-05-the-sopranos_N.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/24/usnews.broadcasting

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/30/broadcasting.g2

Friends reunion        HBO Max        USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/
1000519295/the-friends-reunion-that-lost-its-nerve

Friends        NBC sitcom        USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/17/
788760850/in-2019-tvs-friends-remains-successful-and-divisive

All Creatures Great and Small        BCC        UK        1978-1990

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/03/
robert-hardy-obituary

Spitting Image - in pictures        3 August 2014

We take a look at Spitting image puppets

created by Roger Law for the famous TV satire

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2014/aug/03/
comedy-puppetry

The Persuaders!        1970s

Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz)    1925-2010

a classically handsome movie star

who came out of the Hollywood studio system

in the 1950s

to find both wide popularity and critical acclaim

in dramatic and comic roles alike,

from “The Defiant Ones” to “Some Like It Hot”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/tony-curtis

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-tributes-film-world

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-obituary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-true-hollywood-star

family sitcom > The Cosby Show    USA    1984-1992

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/
1011859393/bill-cosbys-release-could-have-a-silencing-effect-on-victims-advocates-say

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/25/
651065803/bill-cosby-sentenced-to-at-least-3-years-in-state-prison

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/
606005482/bill-cosby-convicted-on-3-counts-of-aggravated-indecent-assault

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/
arts/television/how-to-think-about-bill-cosby-and-the-cosby-show.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/06/12/
532242734/when-what-was-good-for-bill-cosby-was-good-for-black-america

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/09/19/
349847465/examining-bill-cosbys-legacy-as-the-cosby-show-turns-30

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/
arts/television/bill-cosby-appreciation-and-screenings-at-paley-center-for-media.html

sitcom > The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air        USA        1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/
arts/television/james-avery-fresh-prince-actor-dies-at-68.html

Law & Order        USA        1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/
arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html

Sesame Street        USA        PBS

For generations,

Sesame Street has been a mainstay

of American children's television.

But when the show premiered

(...) on Nov. 10, 1969,

it was considered controversial,

even radical.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/08/
994738544/the-story-of-sesame-street-from-radical-experiment-to-beloved-tv-mainstay

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/
business/media/lloyd-morrisett-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/
1055733980/sesame-street-makes-history-with-the-debut-of-its-first-asian-american-muppet

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/08/
994738544/the-story-of-sesame-street-from-radical-experiment-to-beloved-tv-mainstay

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/
arts/television/david-smyrl-dies-at-80-played-mr-handford-on-sesame-street.html

L.A. Law        NBC        1986-1994

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/
arts/television/larry-drake-lovable-clerk-on-la-law-dies-at-67.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/
arts/television/richard-dysart-emmy-winning-actor-on-la-law-dies-at-86.html

Diff’rent Strokes        USA

on NBC from 1978 to 1985

and on ABC from 1985 to 1986

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/
arts/television/conrad-bain-actor-on-diffrent-strokes-dies-at-89.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/
arts/television/29coleman.html

prime-time soap opera “Dynasty”        USA        1980s

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/
arts/television/kate-omara-played-caress-on-dynasty-dies-at-74.html

nuclear thriller > Edge of Darkness        UK        1980s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edge_of_Darkness

ABC’s glamour soap “Dynasty”        USA        1981-1989

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/
arts/television/03forsythe.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/02/
john-forsythe-dynasty-actor-dies

Designing Women       USA        1980s-1990s

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/
arts/television/12carter.html

Family Ties        USA        1980s

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/
arts/television/gary-david-goldberg-creator-of-family-ties-dies-at-68.html

The Golden Girls        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html

Band of Brothers        USA

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/2011-01-10-
dick-winters-obit_N.htm

Neighbours    Australia    1985-2022

Australian television soap opera

that was first broadcast

on the Seven Network

on 18 March 1985.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
neighbours

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/29/
the-guide-neighbours-finale

Pennies from Heaven

Dennis Potter’s

groundbreaking 1978 television series

about a travelling sheet music-seller

of the 1930s,

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/21/
ken-westbury-obituary

The Love Boat    USA

aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986

in addition,

four three-hour specials aired

in 1986, 1987, and 1990.

The show,

which ran from 1977 to 1986,

revolved around Mr. MacLeod’s

affable white-suited captain

and a crew of regulars

as it ventured into

new television territory,

offering simultaneous plot lines

in each episode, all having to do

with the humorous, and amorous,

adventures of the cruise ship’s

passengers, played by guest stars.

(Mr. MacLeod later

became a pitchman

for Princess Cruises.)

But unlike

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,”

which was acclaimed for its writing

and its willingness to defy

the sanitized conventions

of situation comedy,

“The Love Boat,”

produced by Aaron Spelling,

was vilified by critics

as just another example of safe,

formulaic TV comedy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/
arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/
arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html

cartoon series > Voltron: Defender of the Universe        USA        1980s

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/arts/design/11keefe.html

Spitting Image

It was on 26 February 1984

that the caricatures of Peter Fluck and Law

were brought to life in puppet form

for Spitting Image.

The show ran on ITV for 18 series,

bringing to the world

a jive-talking banjo-strumming Pope John Paul II,

a CND supporting Queen,

a leather-clad Norman Tebbit

and many more.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/feb/25/
spitting-image-exhibition-margaret-thatcher-reputation

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/15/
how-we-made-spitting-image

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/feb/25/
spitting-image-exhibition-margaret-thatcher-reputation

Are You Being Served?        UK        1972-1985

department store comedy

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/16/
trevor-bannister-served-lucas-dies

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/08/
broadcasting.uknews1 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/09/
guardianobituaries.artsobituaries

Diff'rent Strokes    USA    NBC sitcom        1978

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/06/
636024363/remembering-charlotte-rae-her-voice-quavered-her-comic-timing-didnt

The Professionals    UK    1977-1983

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/nov/28/
lewis-collins

television comedy > groundbreaking series

“All in the Family”        USA        1970s

adaptation of the British series

“Till Death Us Do Part,”

starring Carroll O’Connor

as the bigoted,

malaprop-prone Archie Bunker;

Jean Stapleton as his wife, Edith;

and Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner

as their bleeding-heart daughter

and son-in-law.

(...)

“All in the Family,”

which had been rejected by ABC,

had its premiere on CBS in 1971

as a midseason replacement

in the unenviable Tuesday night slot

following “Hee Haw,”

the variety show

built around country music

and cornpone humor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/
arts/television/bud-yorkin-writer-and-producer-of-all-in-the-family-dies-at-89.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/
1051363358/all-in-the-family-
the-show-that-began-in-1971-changed-television-history

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/arts/television/
bud-yorkin-writer-and-producer-of-all-in-the-family-dies-at-89.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/arts/television/
jean-stapleton-who-played-archies-better-angel-dies-at-90.html

“The Waltons”    1970s

enormously popular 1970s television series

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/
arts/television/earl-hamner-jr-who-created-the-waltons-dies-at-92.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/
arts/television/ralph-waite-patriarch-in-tv-series-the-waltons-dies-at-85.html

“The Partridge Family”    USA    1970s

sitcom

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/
arts/television/dave-madden-of-the-partridge-family-dies-at-82.html

Alice        USA        1970s and ’80s

sitcom

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/
arts/television/beth-howland-accident-prone-waitress-
from-the-sitcom-alice-dies-at-74.html

One Day at a Time        USA        1970s and ’80s

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/
arts/television/bonnie-franklin-actress-dies-at-69.html

Morecambe and Wise        UK        1960s-1970s

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2018/sep/01/
bring-me-sunshine-morecambe-and-wise-anniversary-in-pictures

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/15/
john-ammonds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/17/
eric-morecambe-son-gary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/12/
eric-morecambe-ernie-wise-letter

“M*A*S*H” > Larry Gelbart, comedy writer        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/12gelbart.html

Columbo    USA    1971-1978

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/
956821460/remembering-michael-apted-william-link-and-neil-sheehan

https://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/
137398923/peter-falk-tvs-legendary-columbo-dies-at-83

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/
arts/television/peter-falk-columbo-actor-dies-at-83.html

An American Family    USA    1973

first reality television show

Mr. Gilbert

(...)

in the early 1970s

(...)

was the envy

of many documentarians,

having produced

well-received films

about the anthropologist

Margaret Mead

and the disabled Irish writer

Christy Brown.

He was a producer at WNET,

the New York public

 television outlet,

when he came up

with an even more

ambitious idea, at a time

when narrative journalism

was on the rise: to follow

a real American family

for months,

capturing moments

mundane and emotional

in an unvarnished,

unrehearsed style

known as cinéma vérité.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/
arts/television/craig-gilbert-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/
arts/television/pat-loud-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/
arts/television/craig-gilbert-dead.html

The Mod Squad    1968-1973

one of the first prime-time series

to acknowledge the existence

of the hippie counterculture

and an early example

of multiracial casting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/
obituaries/peggy-lipton-mod-squad-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/07/
1003885526/clarence-williams-iii-the-mod-squad-and-purple-rain-actor-dies-at-81

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/
obituaries/clarence-williams-iii-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/12/
722590154/peggy-lipton-star-of-the-mod-squad-and-twin-peaks-dies-at-72

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/
obituaries/peggy-lipton-mod-squad-dead.html

Man About the House    UK

sex in peak-time television

did not start

– and, then,

only fumblingly and furtively –

until 1973.

On 15 August that year,

ITV premiered the sitcom

Man About the House.

Its writer Brian Cooke

had seen a few adverts

in the flat shares section

of the Evening Standard

specifying “a male or female”

flatmate.

The phrasing was striking,

as the convention at the time

was for rentals

being single-sex and,

by heterosexual assumption,

therefore no sex.

Carla Lane’s The Liver Birds,

which debuted on BBC One in 1969,

featured two young women sharing.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/15/
naughty-rather-than-dirty-50-years-of-man-about-the-house-
the-sitcom-that-introduced-sex-to-british-tv

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/15/
naughty-rather-than-dirty-50-years-of-man-about-the-house-
the-sitcom-that-introduced-sex-to-british-tv

Laugh-In    USA

Broadcast on NBC

from 1968 to 1973,

“Laugh-In”

was a sketch-comedy series

hosted by the comedians

Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

It featured Ruth Buzzi,

Judy Carne, Henry Gibson,

Arte Johnson and Lily Tomlin

as regular performers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/
arts/television/gary-owens-announcer-on-laugh-in-dies-at-80.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/
arts/television/gary-owens-announcer-on-laugh-in-dies-at-80.html

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=vZpsVsrlUd8&index=2&list=PL2RzsTTHhhwWjnc-tpG5zivYXwCSTq9f3

Mission: Impossible    USA

1966-1973 on CBS

1988-1990 on ABC

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/15/peter-graves-obituary

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/arts/television/15graves.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/arts/television/15graves.html

Happy Days    USA    1974-1984

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/
arts/television/20bosley.html

sitcom > Benson    1980s        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/
arts/television/james-noble-absent-minded-governor-on-benson-dies-at-94.html

TV host Don Cornelius    1936-2011 > “Soul Train”        USA

one of the longest-running

syndicated shows in television history,

it played a critical role

in spreading the music of black America

to the world,

offering wide exposure to musicians

like James Brown, Aretha Franklin,

Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson

in the 1970s and ’80s.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/music/don-cornelius-soul-train-creator-is-dead-at-75.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/
arts/music/don-cornelius-soul-train-creator-is-dead-at-75.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUEyf_2fbo

1970s sitcom > “Welcome Back, Kotter”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/
arts/television/robert-hegyes-60-of-welcome-back-kotter-is-dead.html

1970s soap-opera parody > “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/
arts/television/phil-bruns-dad-on-mary-hartman-mary-hartman-dies-at-80.html

The Rockford Files        1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/
arts/television/joe-santos-a-mainstay-of-the-rockford-files-dies-at-84.html

“The Odd Couple”        1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/
arts/television/jack-klugman-stage-and-screen-actor-is-dead-at-90.html

“Quincy, M.E.”        1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/
arts/television/jack-klugman-stage-and-screen-actor-is-dead-at-90.html

NBC series > “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams”        USA        1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/
arts/television/04seiller.html

M*A*S*H        USA        1970s-1980s

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/
obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/
wayne-rogers-82-actor-in-tv-show-mash.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/
arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html

David Allen Ogden Stiers    USA    1942-2018

tall, balding,

baritone-voiced actor

who brought articulate,

somewhat snobbish comic dignity

to six seasons

of the acclaimed television series

“M*A*S*H”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/
obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/
obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html

Harry Morgan    1915-2011

 (born Harry Bratsburg)

Harry Morgan,

the prolific character actor

best known for playing

the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter

in the long-running television series

“M*A*S*H”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/
arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/
arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”

and its spinoff “Rhoda”

USA    1970s

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,”

running from 1970 to 1977,

became one

of the most acclaimed

comedies in television history,

winning Emmys

and a devoted audience,

not least because

it centered on a young,

single professional woman

— still an adventurous premise

at the time —

and offered quick-witted comedy

with generous doses

of the real world,

addressing serious topics

like drug use,

homosexuality, women’s rights

and premarital sex.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/
arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/29/
1032229523/ed-asner-award-winning-actor-who-played-lou-grant-dies-at-91

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/
arts/television/gavin-macleod-dead.html

The Two Ronnies    BBC    1971-1987

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/mar/31/
ronnie-corbett-obituary

mime-and-dance comedy team Shields and Yarnell    USA    1970s

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/
arts/dance/07yarnell.html

ABC sitcom > The Brady Bunch    USA    1969-1974

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/
arts/television/ann-b-davis-the-maid-on-the-brady-bunch-dies-at-88.html

The Persuaders!    1971-1972

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Persuaders!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xckIh7C4LYg - pilot opening