November 22, 2011
America in Primetime
I haven’t been able to watch all of these yet, but PBS has done a great job putting together four episodes of must see television for people who love TV.
America in Primetime is structured around the most compelling shows on television today, unfolding over four hours and weaving between past and present. Each episode focuses on one character archetype that has remained a staple of primetime through the generations – the Independent Woman, the Man of the House, the Misfit, and the Crusader – capturing both the continuity of the character, and the evolution. The finest television today has as its foundation the best television of yesterday.
You can watch all four episodes online.
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I meant to champion this. I’ve seen all four and the last one held the key to a plot problem in my own writing that I’d been confused about for weeks.