1960s: Tv and Radio
Television cemented its grip on American attention spans during the 1960s. The industry added channels and improved the quality of its color pictures. However, some Americans becam...
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1970s: Tv and Radio
To the surprise of many, the quality of commercial programming on television improved dramatically in the 1970s. Perhaps programmers were responding to complaints about the poor qu...
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1980s: Tv and Radio
The "big three" networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC—continued to dominate American television in the 1980s, although their dominance was increasingly challenged ...
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1990s: Tv and Radio
Although the number of cable channels and cable subscribers continued to climb in the 1990s, network TV actually made a resurgence. The networks grew in numbers, adding FOX, WB (Wa...
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Debating the Power of Television
Anyone who doubted that television had become an influential force in American culture had only to watch the first televised presidential debates held in 1960. Those w...
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1960s: Tv and Radio
Debating the Power of Television