Socially Significant Television

We all know the place in pop culture history occupied by shows like That Girl, Mary Tyler Moore, and All in the Family. Which shows from the 1980s to today do you consider socially significant, and why?

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Permalink Reply by lalaloo on May 1, 2008 at 9:51pm: word; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pihk on May 2, 2008 at 4:19pm: bingo; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Headcheese on May 1, 2008 at 3:49pm: My Name is Earl, heck of a look into trailer park life. (I'm kidding guys); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 1, 2008 at 4:03pm: Fox News. It takes infotainment to an entirely new pinnacle. I don't think any of them are unbiased, they just are so blatantly out there with it that I think it finally woke people up that there is no more free press or "news".; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by NetflixJunkie on May 1, 2008 at 5:34pm: This is the reason I like Fox News; they don't hide it.

CNN anchors pretend to be unbiased when it so easily obvious who they work for... or want to work for.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Whatchawatchin on May 1, 2008 at 6:06pm: Meh, I'm not so sure. CNN tends to be the "Equal Opportunities for Idiots" network. Look at their line up. Extremist nutbags from both extremes and not a brain among them. Network has come to fruition. At least with them I can watch both ends of the labotomized spectrum and try to guess at the truth that runs down the middle like the Grand Canyon.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mort in Detroit on May 1, 2008 at 9:05pm: I'm with you--though I haven't watched either since the 2004 election returns. NPR and The New York Times are all you need. Add the BBC and you're tip top. :) When I don't have someone to lunch with, my favorite thing is to go to Starbucks, buy a coffee, a cookie and the NY Times and sit in the parking lot at work listening to the radio.

For the record I'm not a Yuppie or Guppie. I traded in my Saab for a Volkswagen. Does anyone use those terms anymore?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by unhinged parent on December 24, 2008 at 9:37am: Actually, I'm in the same boat. We pulled the plug on TV 10+ years ago. Radio, newspapers, movies. 80's television was great. 90's just seemed to be sliding downhill. (Except for a few jems already mentioned in the thread, but I can watch them on DVD...); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cat G on May 2, 2008 at 3:32am: Glen Beck and Nancy Grace are the pits! How any body can even listen to her voice it beyond me! I've never heard such moralistic, preachy, arrogant, supercilious, patronizing, full of yourself bull$hit as comes outta their mouths.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by JB on May 2, 2008 at 9:19am: It's clear from his show that Beck desperately wants to be accepted as a public intellectual (he isn't), and Grace is a pinch-faced screech monkey for a shallow, accusative media.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pihk on May 2, 2008 at 4:22pm: EXCELLENT! Just add that both should be sodomized with a broomstick and its perfect.; ▶ Reply to This