Television and the 1960’s  Television for the first time plays a role in broadcasting important world events to an audience  1960’s A decade of change  Assassination of President Kennedy  Lee Harvey Oswald killed on TV  Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.  Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Television and the 1960’s  1960’s brought some good developments  1969 the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon  1965 Primetime shows begin broadcasting in color  First sets cost $500-$1000

Popular Shows of the 1960’s  The Andy Griffith Show  Beverly Hillbillies  Batman  The Dick Van Dyke Show  Bewitched

Important Shows of the 70’s  All in the Family  First program that dealt with race, sex, integration and other controversial subjects  More realistic portrayal of American life then many of the shows from the 60’s  Created by Norman Lear  Created several spinoffs including “The Jefferson’s”

Other Important Shows  M*A*S*H*  Television’s first “dramadey”  A storyline about a mobile army surgical hospital close to the front lines of the battlefield during the Korean War.  Final episode holds a record  The most watched one time program of all time  February 28, 1983  million viewers  60% of TV Households

1980’s Television  The Cosby Show   First portrayal of a successful African-American family on television  Other shows  Family Ties  Full House  Growing Pains  Alf  The Hogan Family

1990’s Television  Seinfeld  Seinfeld aired on NBC from and was the number one program 5 times in 90s sitcom chronicling the day to day antics of New York based comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his friends  The shows writing and multi-demographic appeal has continued in syndication  Other notable moments  In 1992, Johnny Carson left the "Tonight Show" after 30 years as host  The O.J. Simpson Case became a made for television event  The death of Princess Diana in August of 1997 after a car crash attracted many viewers

September 11, 2001  The networks were in their morning news programs as the first plane hit the 1st tower of the world trade center  When networks began live coverage a second plane came flying into the 2nd tower and fear and panic struck everyone from the television personalities to everyone across the country  Networks stayed on live for hours and for days  Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, and Tom Brokaw anchored coverage for nearly 27 straight hours

Television 2K  CBS takes over as the most watched television network  Most watched sitcom, Two and a Half Men (2003-present)  The single camera sitcom becomes popular with NBC’s The Office  Crime drama’s dominate with CSI Crime Scene Investigation (2000- present) the most watched drama of the decade

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