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TV Revolution

TV Revolution

2004•1h 0m•Documentary•History
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By blending history with the portrayal of sex, violence, minorities, women and homosexuality on television, "TV Revolution" touches on some of the greatest and most controversial moments of the small screen.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 23, 2004

Episodes

E160m

Out of the Closet

The portrayal of homosexuality on television, from the less than flattering depiction of gays in the 1950s, through Billy Crystal's gay character on ""Soap"" to the present-day phenomenon of ""Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.""

May 23, 2004

E260m

Maids, Babes & Mothers

How women have been portrayed on TV, from the 50's housewife in pearls on ""Leave It to Beaver"", through the depicion of an independent woman in ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" and the ""jiggle TV"" of ""Three's Company"" and ""Charlie's Angels"", to the complex schemers of ""Dynasty"" and ""All My Children.""

May 23, 2004

E360m

Sex in the Box

A history of sex on American TV includes the sexless 50's, when TV husbands and wives slept in separate beds, through the sexual revolution in the 1960s and the magically powerful women of ""Bewitched"" and ""I Dream of Jeannie"", the ribald comedy of ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"", the development of ""T&A TV"" in the 70s, and finally the impact of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.

May 24, 2004

E460m

Black & White & Living Color

The depiction of minorities on American TV, and how it changed with the development of the civil-rights movement, up to the present with ""The Bernie Mac Show."" And Julia was the first show that had a African American lead.

May 25, 2004

E560m

Body Count

How violence has been depicted on TV over the years and how it may affect viewers, from the gritty crime dramas of the 50s like ""The Untouchables"" to the gritty crime dramas of today like ""The Sopranos"" and ""The Shield"", including the westerns of the 50s and news coverage of the Vietnam War.

May 26, 2004

Recommendations

American Masters
American Experience
History 101
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Biography
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Baseball
Top Gear
Doctor Who Confidential
World War II with Tom Hanks
The New York Times Presents
Mysteries at the Museum
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
The Civil War
The American Revolution
Visible: Out on Television
The Movies
The Men Who Built America
The Real History of Science Fiction

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