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| In 1937 Proctor and Gamble conceived of an ingenious way to sell their products by airing a daily story line that could be dramatized on Radio. What was the name of the soap opera? |
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| The first mini-seried to air was Roots |
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| This show took every Dragnet convention and stood it on its ears. Suddenly cops were fallible. They behaved badly both on and off the job.They didn't always go by the book. What was this hit 80's show? |
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| In Monsters Come to Maple Street, creator Serling was trying to mask what 1950's stigma? |
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| This TV show set the benchmark for what could be achieved by women in the work force by using two distinct platforms in the same seried. What was the series called? |
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| One of the less talked about attributes of Magnum PI was how it realistically portrayed-- |
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| LA Law always posted respectable Nielsens, the network found that the series had cachet with affluent young professionals and could have sold the show on that alone |
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| By 1970 three great comedies had risen above the rest, what was not among them? |
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| In October, 1962, America was riveted to their Television sets as President Kennedy spoke to what urgent matter of global importance |
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| He was a different kind of detective. He didn't always get the girl. He lived rent free. He owed money to all his friends. Name the series that featured this trade wind P.I. |
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| The 1954 Army-McCarthy anti-communist Hearings were carried live on the Dumont Network |
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| As a family sitcom, it was less a family, than a nest of rabid backbiting, moronic gloating and sexual ridicule. What did Fox call this juggernaut of bad taste? |
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| In the 80's, financial blessings enjoyed the 'Big Three' were at risk. Cable upstarts threatened not just cut into their financial pie but devour it. What was the market force in play here? |
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| According to TV lore, The series Miami Vice sprang from two words printed cocktail napking used by TV programming Chief Tartikoff, what were they? |
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| In the Summer of 64, three freedom marcher were murdered in Meridian, Mississippi. Two were white one black. What was the reason for being in Meridian that summer? |
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| On average TV sets are on for 8 hours a day in the average Americans home? |
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