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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

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

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

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

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/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

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

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

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

http://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?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/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

http://www.nbc.com/heroes/

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

The Mentalist

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/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

http://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

http://tv.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

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

http://www.guardian.co.uk/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

http://www.guardian.co.uk/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

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

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

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jul/30/psychoville-final-episode

Flight of the Conchords

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/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

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

http://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

http://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

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.

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

http://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

The Mary Tyler Moore Show    USA

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

(also known simply as Mary Tyler Moore)

is an American sitcom television series

created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns

and starring actress Mary Tyler Moore.

The show originally aired

on CBS from 1970 to 1977.

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

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/
1177058025/being-mary-tyler-moore-review-documentary

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/25/
461947952/she-turned-the-world-on-with-her-smile-mary-tyler-moore-dies-at-80

 “Laugh-In”    USA    NBC    1968 to 1973

ensemble comedy show

composed of brief bits of slapstick antics

and verbal nonsense tumbling over one another

in furious succession.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/arts/
judy-carne-sock-it-to-me-girl-on-laugh-in-dies-at-76.html

NBC series > Julia    USA    from 1968 to 1971

first television series

to center on the life

of a black professional woman

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/
arts/television/hal-kanter-a-creator-of-julia-series-on-tv-dies-at-92.html

Hawaii Five-O    USA    1968-1980

One of television’s

longest-running crime shows.

It was seen in more than 80 countries.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/
arts/television/29mccarthur.html

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

- first show on Feb. 19, 1968

USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/19/
586180373/its-a-beautiful-50th-birthday-for-mister-rogers-neighborhood

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/18/
584669284/mister-rogers-still-lives-in-your-neighborhood

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/18/
586216858/50-years-later-mister-rogers-remains-our-favorite-neighbor

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/07/
583970831/mister-rogers-will-appear-forever-on-a-stamp

https://www.npr.org/2016/03/11/
469846519/walking-the-beat-in-mr-rogers-neighborhood-
where-a-new-day-began-together

The Dick Van Dyke Show    USA

The Dick Van Dyke Show

is an American television sitcom

created by Carl Reiner

that initially aired on CBS

from October 3, 1961,

to June 1, 1966,

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

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/
1177058025/being-mary-tyler-moore-review-documentary

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/25/
461947952/she-turned-the-world-on-with-her-smile-mary-tyler-moore-dies-at-80

BBC television play > Cathy Come Home    UK    1966

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/31/
shelter-cathy-come-home-homelessness-anniversary

I Spy    USA    NBC    1965-1968

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/arts/television/29gillis.html

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.     USA    NBC    1964-1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E.

Car 54, Where Are You?    USA    NBC    1961-1963

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

“The Beverly Hillbillies”

burst upon the scene

on the evening of Sept. 26, 1962.

“In tonight’s fun-filled premiere,

Buddy Ebsen stars

as the head of a proud hillbilly clan

that discovers an oil well at home

that leads to a new home

in Hollywood!”

a CBS print advertisement

proclaimed.

Other cast members included

Irene Ryan

as the flinty matriarch Granny

and Max Baer Jr.,

as the bumpkin cousin

Jethro Bodine.

At its height, in the ’60s,

“The Beverly Hillbillies”

was a family favorite

watched by millions.

But by the end of a decade

marked by assassinations,

urban riots and the Vietnam War,

American tastes were moving away

from such innocent, cornpone fare,

and the series ended in 1971.

An effort to revive it

in the fall of 1981,

through a two-hour

movie pilot titled

“The Return

of the Beverly Hillbillies,”

fell flat.

But the show’s fans,

many of them children

who grew up watching it,

remained fond of the series

(it was later broadcast

in reruns) (...)

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/
arts/television/donna-douglas-the-fairest-beverly-hillbilly-dies-at-82.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/
arts/television/donna-douglas-the-fairest-beverly-hillbilly-dies-at-82.html

The Tall Man    USA    1960-1962

Clu Gulager, right, as Billy the Kid

and Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett

in the television series “The Tall Man.”

Mr. Gulager’s

rough-hewed good looks and Southwestern upbringing

made him a natural for the TV westerns

that proliferated in the 1950s and ’60s.

Photograph: NBC, via Everett Collection

a half-hour American

western television series

about Sheriff Pat Garrett

and gunfighter Billy the Kid

that aired on NBC

from September 10, 1960,

to September 1, 1962,

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/07/
movies/clu-gulager-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/07/
movies/clu-gulager-dead.html

Johnny Staccato    NBC    USA    1959-1960

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

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

“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”        USA

one of the top-rated shows on television

in the late 1960s

(...)

The show, which first appeared

as a special in 1967 and ran until 1973,

satirized the counterculture

and featured show business guests

like Diana Ross

as well as public figures

like the Rev. Billy Graham

and Richard M. Nixon, who,

appearing while running for president

and trying to shed a stiff image,

drew laughs and a few gasps

when he asked, “Sock it to me?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/
arts/television/digby-wolfe-actor-and-laugh-in-writer-dies-at-82.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/
arts/television/alan-sues-a-laugh-in-cast-mainstay-dies-at-85.html

Adam-12    USA    from 1968 to May 20, 1975

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Adam-12

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/07/
438353111/martin-milner-star-of-adam-12-and-route-66-dies-at-83

Mister Ed    USA    from 1961 to 1966 on CBS

sitcom

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/
arts/television/alan-young-the-affable-owner-on-mister-ed-
dies-at-96.html

The Untouchables    1960s

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/
arts/television/21picerni.html

F Troop    USA    1960s

1960s spoof of Western frontier TV shows

(...)

Although "F Troop" lasted

only two seasons on ABC,

from 1965 to 1967,

it became a cult favorite in reruns.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/
1110677088/larry-storch-f-troop-obit

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/
1110677088/larry-storch-f-troop-obit

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/
arts/television/melody-patterson-66-wrangler-jane-on-f-troop.html

The Roaring ’20s    USA    1960s

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/arts/
30provine.html

Batman    1960s

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/19/
432862575/yvonne-craig-best-known-as-batgirl-dies-at-78

Danger Man    1960s        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jan/14/
television2

‘Gilligan’s Island'    1960s        USA

Though “Gilligan’s Island”

lasted only three seasons,

canceled in 1967,

it hardly slipped from the horizon.

Endless reruns ensued,

and the cast members

had a series of encore performances.

Ms. Wells, for one,

reprised her role as Mary Ann

in three reunion TV movies:

“Rescue From Gilligan’s Island”

(1978),

“The Castaways on Gilligan’s Island”

(1979)

and “The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island”

(1981).

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/
arts/television/dawn-wells-dead.html

Bronco    late 1950s and early ’60s        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/
arts/television/ty-hardin-dead.html

Route 66    1960-1964    USA

“Route 66” began in 1960,

and Mr. Maharis left the show in 1963.

His co-star, Martin Milner,

got a new partner,

played by Glenn Corbett,

and the series continued

for one more season.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/
arts/television/george-maharis-dead.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Route_66_(TV_series)