TV in the USA

Vincent LoBrutto is an instructor of editing and film history at the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY.

Guide to Related Topics
List of Television Programs by Network
Preface
Introduction: The Rise of Technology and Internet Television

The 1990s
Access Hollywood
Ally McBeal
America's Funniest Home Videos
Angel
Animal Planet (Network)
Babylon 5
Behind the Music
Beverly Hills 90210
Bloomberg Television (Network)
Blossom
Bob
Both Sides with Jesse Jackson
Brooklyn Bridge
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cartoon Network
Celebrity Deathmatch
Chicago Hope
The Commish
Cop Rock
Court TV
The Critic
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Dateline NBC
Dave's World
Dawson's Creek
Dharma & Greg
Diagnosis Murder
Dilbert
Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
E! True Hollywood Story
Ellen
ER
Encore (Network)
Evening Shade
Everybody Loves Raymond
Extra: The Entertainment Magazine
Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
Family Guy
Felicity
Food Network
Frasier
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Friends
Fuse (Network)
Futurama
Game Show Network
Golf Channel
Great American Country (Network)
Hardball with Chris Matthews
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
HGTV (Home and Garden Television)
Highlander: The Series
The History Channel
Hollywood Babylon
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Howard Stern Show
In Living Color
Independent Film Channel
Judging Amy
The King of Queens
King of the Hill
La Femme Nikita
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Law & Order
The Lazarus Man
Leno, Jay
Letterman, David
Mad About You
MADtv
The Man Show
Melrose Place
The Mole
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm / Mortal Kombat: Conquest
Morton & Hayes
MSNBC
Northern Exposure
NYPD Blue
Oz
Parenthood
Party of Five
Picket Fences
Pokémon
Police Academy: The Series
Politically Incorrect
The Practice
The Pretender
Profiler
The Real World
The Ren & Stimpy Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Rugrats
The RuPaul Show
Rush Limbaugh: The Television Show
Sex and the City
Sisters
The Sopranos
South Park
Spin City
SpongeBob Squarepants
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Stargate SG-1
Sundance Channel
Syfy Channel (Network)
Talk Soup
That '70s Show
3rd Rock from the Sun
Touched by an Angel
Turner Classic Movies (Network)
TV Land (Network)
Twin Peaks
VH1 Storytellers
WE tv
The West Wing
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Will & Grace
Win Ben Stein's Money
Wings
Xena: Warrior Princess
The X-Files
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The 2000s
According to Jim
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
The Agency
Alias
The Amazing Race
American Chopper
American Idol
American Inventor
America's Got Talent
America's Next Top Model
Amish in the City
The Andy Dick Show
The Anna Nicole Show
The Apprentice
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Arrested Development
The Bachelor
Big Brother
The Biggest Loser
Bones
Boston Legal
Boston Public
Breaking Bad
Bridezillas
The Chair
Chappelle's Show
Childrens Hospital
The Closer
The Colbert Report
Cold Case
Commander in Chief
Community
Criminal Minds
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Over with John Edward
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Da Ali G Show
Damages
Dancing with the Stars
Dark Angel
Deadwood
Deal or No Deal
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Extreme Makeover
Fear Factor
Friday Night Lights
Fuel TV (Network)
George Lopez
Geraldo at Large
Gilmore Girls
The Good Wife
Grey's Anatomy
Growing Up Gotti
Hannah Montana
Hell's Kitchen
Heroes
Hope & Faith
House
How I Met Your Mother
The Insider
Jackass
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Las Vegas
Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Comic Standing
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Lost
Mad Men
Malcolm in the Middle
The Mentalist
Modern Family
Monk
My Name Is Earl
Nashville Star
NCIS
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Nip/Tuck
The O.C. (The Heights)
The Office
1 vs. 100
The Osbournes
Oxygen (Network)
Parks and Recreation
Prison Break
Project Runway
Punk'd
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
The Real Housewives of Orange County
Reba
Rescue Me
The Sarah Silverman Program
Scrubs
The Shield
The Simple Life
Six Feet Under
So You Think You Can Dance
Soapnet (Network)
Sons of Anarchy
Supernanny
The Surreal Life
Survivor
That '80s Show
30 Rock
24
The Ultimate Fighter
Wife Swap
The Wire

2010–Present
The Affair
American Crime
American Dream Builders
American Horror Story
The Americans
Behind the Candelabra
Believe
The Big C
Bitten
Black Sails
Blindspot
Boardwalk Empire
Bob's Burgers
Chicago P.D.
Downton Abbey
Enlightened
Game of Thrones
Girls
Glee
Growing Up Fisher
Hannibal
Hawaii Five-0
Homeland
House of Cards
Justified
Louie
The Man in the High Castle
New Girl
Orange Is the New Black
Portlandia
Rectify
Resurrection
Sherlock
Tremé
True Detective
Wahlburgers
The Walking Dead

Essays
Adult Cartoons Push the Envelope
Bam! How Celebrity Chefs Teach Us to Cook on Television
Beyond Traditional Comedy: New Forms and New Laughs
The Changing Portrayal of Women as Presented in Sex and the City, Orange Is the New Black, Girls, and New Girl
Digital TV: Watching Television on a Phone, the Internet, or Tablet
Evolution of the Medical Drama
The Family Unit Reimagined by Modern Family and the New Sitcom
A New Dramatic Narrative and Structural Paradigm Come to Television via Lost, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and 24
New Wave Game Shows: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, 1 vs. 100, The Chair, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, and Deal or No Deal
Rise of the Independent, Topic-Specific Cable Network
From a Blur to Crystal-Clear: Television Competes with the Movie Theater
And the Winner Is . . . : The Evolution of the Television Talent Show
Zombies and Vampires Invade Television in the 21st Century

Glossary
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