1. Television challenges the norm
POP culture in the 70s
Television challenges the norm

2. Television before the 70s
Television was just beginning on the 50s. Programming was limited to the three main networks, and was very homogenized.
There were family shows that depicted a “normal family”- nuclear family, white, dad goes to work and mom is a perfect home maker.
There were very few characters that were not white.

3. Television before the 70s
America was also obsessed with Westerns and variety shows
Bonanza, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Roy Rogers Show
Ed Sullivan Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Show of Shows, The Milton Berle Show

4. Television before the 70s
In the 60s, the traditional family show continued, but we also became obsessed with shows that were set in the country with very rural people. The shows made fun of their country ways, but deep down, their country ways were about strong morals.
On the other hand, there were a lot of shows about independent young women. The women were starting to have their own ideas and careers, but always in a very innocent way.

5. The seventies Television changed dramatically in the 70s.
Shows began to have non white main characters
Julia
Room 222
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Chico and the Man
The Jeffersons
Good Times
Love Boat
Fantasy Island

6. The seventies
Miniseries started to tackle longer stories, historical drama and series political and social issues.
Roots
The Holocaust
Centennial
A Woman Called Moses
The Awakening Land
King
Benjamin Franklin

7. Influential shows All in the Family Mary Tyler Moore Show MASH Roots
Good Times
Maude
Sesame Street
Electric Company (71-77)
Holocaust
Your assignment is to fins out WHY these shows were so controversial and what they did to change television and society.
Powerpoint, 5-10 slides, image on each slide, due Thursday at the beginning of class.