Week 13: Charlie's Angels (ABC, 1976 - 1981)

 

Tu 4.17

Read: eR—“The Fallout Over TV's Nuclear Families” (Los Angeles Times), “Family on Television” (Museum of Broadcast Communications)

Class: Watch—Excerpts from “Beaver Takes a Bath” from Leave It to Beaver (1959) and “Goodbye, Mr. Goldfish” from The Cosby Show (1984); Reading discussion

 

Th 4.19

Read: eR—“’Cosby Show’ Comedy had a Serious Impact” (Boston Globe), “’Roseanne’-Colored Glasses” (Baltimore Sun)

Class: Watch—Excerpts from “Lisa’s Pony” from The Simpsons (1991) and “Pilot” from Modern Family (2009); Preview—Editorial essay

Due: REFLECTION 7

 

Fr 4.20
Read: eR—“The Fallout Over TV's Nuclear Families” (Los Angeles Times), “Family on Television” (Museum of Broadcast Communications), “’Cosby Show’ Comedy had a Serious Impact” (Boston Globe), “’Roseanne’-Colored Glasses” (Baltimore Sun)

Class: Watch—Excerpts from “Beaver Takes a Bath” from Leave It to Beaver (1959), “Goodbye, Mr. Goldfish” from The Cosby Show (1984), “Lisa’s Pony” from The Simpsons (1991), “Pilot” from Modern Family (2009); Reading discussion; Preview—Editorial essay
Due: REFLECTION 7

 

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Week 14: Beverly Hills, 90210

Tu 4.24

Read: eR—“’The Simpsons’: An Imperfect Ideal Family” (The Simpsons Archive), “American Family Sitcoms: Early Years to the Present” (Cercles)

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations

Th 4.26

Read: eR—“How Much Have TV Moms Really Changed?” (ABCNews), “’Modern Family’s’ Indictment of Modern Families” (FlowTV)

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations

Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY

Fr 4.27

Read: eR—“’The Simpsons’: An Imperfect Ideal Family” (The Simpsons Archive), “American Family Sitcoms: Early Years to the Present” (Cercles), “How Much Have TV Moms Really Changed?” (ABCNews), “’Modern Family’s’ Indictment of Modern Families” (FlowTV)

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations

Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY