T.V. & Culture
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Television History, Program Profiles, TV & Politics,
TV Advertising, Television & Sport, Cable TV History, etc.,

 

 

TV, Culture & Business “CBS Loved Lucy” 1950s-1970s Over 3 decades, Lucille Ball kept CBS-TV on top and in the money.		TV & Publishing “Lucy & TV Guide” 1953-2013 “I Love Lucy” enriched Walter Annenberg as they popularized TV culture.
Public Affairs TV “Brian’s Song” 1977-2012 Brian Lamb creates C-SPAN; opening a new window on politics & public affairs.		Cutting Edge TV “Max Headroom” 1984-1988 Fun-loving Sci-Fi show offered a sharp critique of TV biz & ratings game.
Music & Television “Bandstand Performers” 1957 Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” offered music artists national TV debuts.		Music & Television “Bandstand Performers” 1963 Some 200 guests appeared on “Bandstand” during its final year from Philadelphia.
TV Ad & Music “Start Me Up” 1995 Bill Gates pays millions for Rolling Stones song to sell computer software.		Celebrity TV “Person to Person” 1953-1961 Edward R. Murrow, CBS, and the rise of “rich & famous” T.V.
TV Celebrity “Mia’s Metamorphases” 1966-2010 Mia Farrow’s fame began with TV’s Peyton Place of the 1960s.		Music & Advertising “Keira & The Zombies” 2014 & The 1960s A Chanel perfume ad features Keira Knightley & a 1960s Zombies’ tune.
Politics & Television “The Kefauver Hearings” 1950-1951 Televised Senate hearings brought Mafia figures into American homes.		Icons & Advertising “JFK, Pitchman?” 2009 A popular ex-President is used in print & TV ads to sell Omega watches.
TV & Web Advertising “Google & Gaga” 2011 Lady Gaga’s hit song, “The Edge of Glory,” is used in a Google TV ad.		TV & Print Ads “The iPod Silhouettes” 2000-2011 Apple’s iPod ads used music & imagery to sell its technology.
Campaign TV Ad “Endorsing Jimmy Carter” Mary Tyler Moore: 1980 TV star gives a strong womens’ pitch for re- electing President Carter.		Single Women TV “Mary Tyler Moore” 1950s-2010s Her 1970s TV show helped put women in a new independent light.
TV News History “Ted Turner & CNN” 1980s & 1990s Media pioneer shakes up news & entertainment biz using new technology.		TV Show Marketing “Dinah & Chevrolet” 1951-1963 “See-the-U.S.A.” tune helps define a TV celebrity & America’s “car culture”.
TV & Civil Rights “When Harry Met Petula” April 1968 Pet Clark & Harry Belafonte made civil rights history challenging a Chrysler v. p.		TV & Politics “The Frost-Nixon Biz” 1977-2009 The multi-media cottage industry that followed the Frost/Nixon interviews.
Corporate Advertising “G.E.’s Hot Coal Ad” 2005 General Electric’s ‘hot’ TV ad gives coal mining a look that’s not exactly real.		Historic Political Ad “LBJ’s Atomic Ad” 1964 “Daisy Girl” TV ad of 1964 began practice of negative campaign ads.
Music & TV Ads “Levi’s Be My Baby” 1989 A Levi’s jeans ad uses a 1960s’ tune to tell a “good Samaritan” story.		Celebrity Advertising “Dennis Hopper Ads” 2006-2008 Actor Dennis Hopper pitches Baby Boomers: “Dreams Don’t Retire.”
TV, Music & Marketing “American Bandstand” 1956-2007 How Dick Clark & TV helped make rock ‘n roll a major business.		Sports & Cable TV  “All Sports, All the Time” 1978-2008 The rise of ESPN and the “all-sports” cable television business.
TV & Politics “Nixon’s Checkers Speech” September 1952 Endangered VP candidate, Richard Nixon, discovers the “magic” of television.		TVLand Statue “Ralph Kramden Statue” August 2000 Viacom’s cable channel begins building statues of its classic TV stars.
Timex Watch Advertising “…Keeps on Ticking” 1950s-1990s Timex ‘torture test’ ads w/ celebrities & sports stars become iconic.		Music & Advertising “Pepsi’s Madonna Ad” 1989 A Madonna television ad stirs controversy when it’s linked to music video.

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