TV Revolution

Episode 01

Out of the Closet

May 23, 2004 · 60 min

The portrayal of homosexuality on television, from the less than flattering depiction of gays in the 1950s, through Billy Crystal's gay character on ""Soap"" to the present-day phenomenon of ""Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.""

Episode 02

Maids, Babes & Mothers

May 23, 2004 · 60 min

How women have been portrayed on TV, from the 50's housewife in pearls on ""Leave It to Beaver"", through the depicion of an independent woman in ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" and the ""jiggle TV"" of ""Three's Company"" and ""Charlie's Angels"", to the complex schemers of ""Dynasty"" and ""All My Children.""

Episode 03

Sex in the Box

May 24, 2004 · 60 min

A history of sex on American TV includes the sexless 50's, when TV husbands and wives slept in separate beds, through the sexual revolution in the 1960s and the magically powerful women of ""Bewitched"" and ""I Dream of Jeannie"", the ribald comedy of ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"", the development of ""T&A TV"" in the 70s, and finally the impact of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.

Episode 04

Black & White & Living Color

May 25, 2004 · 60 min

The depiction of minorities on American TV, and how it changed with the development of the civil-rights movement, up to the present with ""The Bernie Mac Show."" And Julia was the first show that had a African American lead.

Episode 05

Body Count

May 26, 2004 · 60 min

How violence has been depicted on TV over the years and how it may affect viewers, from the gritty crime dramas of the 50s like ""The Untouchables"" to the gritty crime dramas of today like ""The Sopranos"" and ""The Shield"", including the westerns of the 50s and news coverage of the Vietnam War.