FILM TV 10A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neutral Nation, Sketch Comedy, See It Now
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Focus on liveness, home theater aspects of medium. Variety shows (texaco star theater), sketch comedy (your show of shows), news magazines (see it now), anthology dramas (philco television playhouse), ethnic working-class sitcoms (amos. N" andy, the goldbergs, the honeymooners), women-centered sitcoms (i love lucy) Edward r. murrow: see it now (cbs, 1951-58) Becomes the voice of wartime europe that americans respect. 1951: see it now: in-depth documentary coverage. Cbs credited to be first in news (ethics responsibility and coverage) 1954: a report on senator joseph mccarthy . Fear of the threat of nuclear war. House of unamerican activities committee (huac) and mccarthyism: Senate committee (1938) created to uncover nazi ties with the us. Some testified as friendly witnesses, named names of. Ten suspected communists, labeled unfriendly when they refused to answer the question: are you now or have you ever been a member of the communist party? .
