Week 02: Modern Family (ABC, 2009 - Present)

Tu 1.31
Read: eR—“’F’ Is For Funding ... Which Palestinian Muppets Lack” (NPR), “Super Bowl Ads Get Racier, but Does Sex Really Sell?” (USA Today), “From Ricky Ricardo to Dora: Latinos on Television” (PBS), “A Force Behind the Lower Teen Birthrate: MTV's ‘16 and Pregnant’” (Christian Science Monitor)
Class: Introductions; Lecture—Sample PowerPoint presentation

Th 2.2
Read: eR—“A Message That's Diminished by the Buildup” (New York Times), “Emergence from the Closet” (USA Today)
Class: Lecture—“The Steps of the Writing Process”

Fr 2.3
Read: eR—“’F’ Is For Funding ... Which Palestinian Muppets Lack” (NPR), “Super Bowl Ads Get Racier, but Does Sex Really Sell?” (USA Today), “From Ricky Ricardo to Dora: Latinos on Television” (PBS), “A Force Behind the Lower Teen Birthrate: MTV's ‘16 and Pregnant’” (Christian Science Monitor), “A Message That's Diminished by the Buildup” (New York Times), “Emergence from the Closet” (USA Today)
Class: Introductions; Lectures—Sample PowerPoint presentation and “The Steps of the Writing Process”

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Week 03: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Tu 2.7
Read: eR—“’Will & Grace’ Leaving TV Comedy Out of Closet” (TV.com), “Fox’s ‘Glee’ Represents Counterfeit Joy” (Everyday Christian), “I Want My Gay TV” (Paley Center for the Media); AIR—Ch. 1 - 3
Class: Watch—Excerpts from “Sisters of the Bride” from The Golden Girls (1991), “A Chorus Lie” from Will & Grace (2002), “The First Time” from Glee (2011); Presentation sign-ups; Preview—Expository essay
Due: REFLECTION 1

Th 2.9
Read: eR—“Most Say Homosexuality Should be Accepted by Society” (Pew Research Center), “Where We Are on TV” Report: 2011 - 2012 Season (GLAAD), “Squeaky Clean or Naughty by Nature: ‘Glee's’ Gay Teen Sexuality Complex” (Huffington Post); AIR—Ch. 4 - 5
Class: DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY

Fr 2.10
Read: eR—“’Will & Grace’ Leaving TV Comedy Out of Closet” (TV.com), “Fox’s ‘Glee’ Represents Counterfeit Joy” (Everyday Christian), “I Want My Gay TV” (Paley Center for the Media); —“Most Say Homosexuality Should be Accepted by Society” (Pew Research Center), “Where We Are on TV” Report: 2011 - 2012 Season (GLAAD), “Squeaky Clean or Naughty by Nature: ‘Glee's’ Gay Teen Sexuality Complex” (Huffington Post); AIR—Ch. 1 - 5
Class: DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY; Watch—Excerpts from “Sisters of the Bride” from The Golden Girls (1991), “A Chorus Lie” from Will & Grace (2002), “The First Time” from Glee (2011); Presentation sign-ups; Preview—Expository essay
Due: REFLECTION 1