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145 BC (TV network), 1, 4, 9, 12, 14–16, 37, 68, 70 Ackerman, Harry, 14, 26 Adam (Samantha and Darrin’s son). See Stephens, Adam adultery. See marriage, adultery advertising, 1, 14, 18–19, 20, 30–32, 34, 37, 87–88, 90–92, 96, 103, 104, 108–9, 136 African-American identity, 26, 41, 49, 63, 65, 78, 80, 82 aging, 40 alcoholism, 25 All in the Family, 4, 52, 54, 61–62, 66 All that Heaven Allows, 8 all-channel receiver law, 14 Allen, Tim, 61 Altman, Rick, 67, 71 Amory, Cleveland, 39 Amos ’n’ Andy, 79 Anderson, Michael J., 72 Andrew, Dudley, 130–31 Andy Griffith Show, The, 111–12 Animation, 68, 119 Arnaz, Desi, 26, 55 Arnold, Benedict, 110 Arthur, Uncle. See Uncle Arthur Asher, William, 14–15, 63, 80, 95, 133, 136 Asimov, Isaac, 97–98 assimilation, 25–26 Atkinson, Michael, 135 Aunt Clara, 15, 17, 43, 75, 82, 91, 108, 128, 133 baby-boomer, 5 Bakhtin, Mikhael, 31 Ball, Lucille, 26–29, 55 Barker, David, 52, 54 Barr, Roseanne, 31, 61 beatnik, 24 Bell, Book and Candle, 20, 24, 130, 132 Benjamin, Walter, 131 Beverly Hillbillies, The, 68, 107, 111 Bewitched (2005 film), 132, 136 blackface, 65 Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, 113–14 Bob Newhart Show, The, 128 Bombay, Dr., 30, 75, 90, 114 Bonanza, 14 Boozer, Jack, 88 INDEX 146 Brady Bunch, The, 22 Brecht, Bertolt, 140n. 5 Bresson, Robert, 131 Brooks, Tim, 12, 140n. 4 Brothers Grimm, 3 Bunker Hill, 108 Burr, Raymond, 16 Caesar, Julius. See Julius Caesar Cagney and Lacey, 48 camp, 9, 11–12, 29, 125 Cane, Michael, 133 capitalism, 88, 90; critique of, 20 Carell, Steve, 135 carnivalesque, 31 Carol Burnett Show, The, 16 Carr, Steven Alan, 111 CBS (TV network), 4, 16, 26, 79 childhood, 4–5, 11–12, 25 Christian fundamentalism, 8 Christmas, 80; episode about, 63–65 CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 122 Citizen Kane, 8 Citizen Kane Book, The, 36 Civil Rights movement, 37, 77–80, 83 Civil War, 112 Clair, Rene, 20, 22 Clara, Aunt. See Aunt Clara class: aristocracy, 31, 84–85, 91; bourgeoisie, 84–86, 113, 128; middle , 11, 19, 25, 78, 83, 86; working , 10, 86 Coca, Imogene, 24 cold war, 2, 46, 80, 86, 95, 114, 120–21, 131, 136 comedy: romantic, 19–20, 23, 132, 135; screwball, 20 Comic Visions, 36 commercialism, 18 Complete Directory of Prime Time Network TV Shows, 140n. 4 concentration camp, 122–23 Constitution of the United States, 107 consumerism, 91 Convy, Bert, 89 Corber, Robert, 101, 120 Cosby Show, The, 30, 61 counterculture, 128 Cox, Steve, 140n. 8 Craig, May, 95 Crawford, Joan, 7 Critical Studies in Mass Communication , 52 criticism, cultural, 136; media, 130; television, 5, 36, 38, 97–98 Crockett, Davy, 5 Crossing Wavelengths, 70 Crucible, The, 102 Crystal, Billy, 9 cultural history. See history, cultural culture, mass. See mass culture culture, popular. See popular culture cumulative narrative. See narrative, cumulative Curtin, Michael, 140n. 6 Curtis, Tony, 80–81 Da Vinci, Leonardo, 89, 91 Dallas, 67 Daly, Mary, 102 Dann, Mike, 4, 139n. 2 Declaration of Independence, 110 deconstruction, 33 Defiant Ones, The, 80 demographics, 5 Denver, Bob, 4 Diary of a Country Priest, 131 Dick van Dyke Show, The, 29, 31, 68, 76–77, 127 discrimination, 6, 79 Disney, Walt, 68 Dr. Bombay. See Bombay, Dr. Doty, Alexander, 27–29 Douglas, Susan, 18–19, 95, 140n. 8 Earp, Wyatt, 112 Ebert, Roger, 132 Edwards, Anthony, 49 Ellen, 37 Index [3.149.234.141] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 06:33 GMT) 147 Ellis, John, 67 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 66 Emmy award, 15, 40, 51 Encyclopedia of Television, 34, 139n. 2 Ephron, Nora, 132–33, 136 episodic television. See television, episodic ER, 37, 49, 51 Esmeralda, 2, 20, 85, 101, 107 Evans, Maurice, 2, 84 everyday television. See television, everyday fairy tale, 3, 6, 25 Family Affair, 16 family romance, 78, 80 family, workplace. See workplace family fantastic family sitcom. See sitcom, fantastic family Far from Heaven, 9 Father Knows Best, 26, 66–67, 87 Faulkner, William, 112 FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 34, 53 Feminine Mystique, The, 18 Feminism, 5, 18, 27, 29, 31, 41–42, 87, 90–93, 98, 124, 131, 140n. 8; liberal, 18; radical, 102; secondwave , 77; and women’s liberation, 6, 37, 69, 94 Ferrell, Will, 132, 134 Ferrer, Jose, 6 Film in the Aura of Art, 130 film studies, 36, 130 Fisherman’s Memorial, 103–4 Flintstones, The, 68–70 Flip Wilson Show, The...

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