Primetime Propaganda

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by Ben Shapiro


  Silverman, Mary, 59

  Silverman, Sarah, 304

  Silvers, Phil, 23–24

  Simon, Bert, 347

  Simon, Neil, 23, 91

  Simpsons, The, ix, x, xi, 8, 12, 47, 57, 61, 87, 134, 135–38, 143, 151, 316

  Singer, Abby, 58

  single motherhood, 49, 53, 131, 139–41

  Skelton, Red, 227

  Smith, Anna Deavere, 55–56

  Smith, Buffalo Bob, 315, 316

  Smothers Brothers, 34, 37, 42, 43, 97–99, 106, 245, 286

  Soap, 39–40, 78, 83, 118–21, 251, 265–66, 274, 277, 279

  soap operas, 39, 44, 52, 119, 162, 163, 180, 181–83, 197, 205–6

  social messaging, x, xi, 2, 3, 6, 14, 23–24, 25, 30, 32–38, 45–47, 53, 61, 83, 97, 111–14, 164–81, 198–201, 226; ABC and, 39, 61, 118–21, 225; ABC Family and, 83; cable TV and, 41–43, 296–300; CBS and, 28–29, 36, 37, 49, 97–99; children’s TV and, 313–33; entertainment vs., 225, 226, 253; NBC and, 36–37, 45–47, 49, 60, 271; TV as transformative and, 78–81; TV comedy and, 86–160; TV drama and, 161–223. See also specific issues; specific producers; specific shows

  social realism, 8–9, 78, 81–85, 95, 173, 191, 192, 328, 334

  Something About Amelia, 178–79, 192

  Sopranos, The, 61, 304

  Sorenson, Theodore, 284

  Sorkin, Aaron, 208, 209–12, 213, 225

  Southland, 58, 229

  South Park, 252, 350–51, 352

  Spears, Jamie Lynn, 326

  Special Bulletin, 46

  Spelling, Aaron, xvi, 32, 33, 39, 57, 154, 163–65, 172–74, 178–81, 197

  Spielberg, Steven, 126, 304

  Spike TV, 11, 246, 248, 325

  Spin City, 80, 124, 128–29, 149, 225, 303

  SpongeBob, 331, 332

  Stanley, Jerome, 187, 267

  Stanton, Frank, 22, 28, 29, 261

  Star, Darren, 57, 152, 180

  Starsky & Hutch, xvi, 39, 178

  Star Trek, 168–72

  Star Trek: Next Generation, 171–72

  Stein, Ben, 115, 193

  Steinem, Gloria, 31

  Steinfeld, Jesse L., 273

  St. Elsewhere, 45, 46, 57, 64, 70, 71, 84, 108, 162, 189–92, 207, 225, 250, 251

  Step By Step, 41

  Stern, Leonard, 32, 37, 80, 91–93, 96–97, 109, 242, 262

  Stevens, Ted, 291

  Stewart, Jon, 43, 61, 64, 307–8, 309, 310

  Stewart, Michael, 91

  Stoddard, Brandon, 45, 49, 133, 193–95, 196, 225, 251, 253

  Stone, Jon, 318

  Stone, Matt, 252, 253, 350

  Strauss, Carolyn, 61

  Strickland, Ted, 300

  Stringer, Howard, 50

  Sullivan, Larry, 39

  Summers, Larry, 319–20

  Super Bowl, 232, 291, 338

  Surnow, Joe, 76, 355

  Survivor, 52, 255, 335

  Susskind, David, 29

  S.W.A.T., 178

  Sweeney, Anne, 82, 296, 327–28, 329

  Sweeney, Mike, 306

  Tankersley, William, 253

  Tartikoff, Brandon, 15, 46, 49, 82, 130, 131, 141–42, 186, 202, 250, 251–52

  Tassler, Nina, 267

  Taylor, Arthur, 276

  TBS, 42, 247, 296, 332, 337

  Teletubbies, 330, 332

  television, 2, 10–12; as addictive, 2, 255; apolitical programming on, 6, 52, 255; children’s television, 7, 313–33; comedy, 7, 52, 57, 86–160, 161, 162; commentators as left-wing, 4–5; as corporate, business, 228–30, 247–49; death of networks, 51–53; diversity lacking, 231–32, 245–49, 256; drama, 161–223; as entertainment vs. education, 5–6;

  television (continued)

  government and, 12, 13, 257–63, 335, 343; growth, 24–25; history, xv, 17–54; how to fix, 334–48; industry (see Hollywood); major genres, 198; market argument, 9–13, 223, 224–56; metamorphosis faced by, 335–38; as oligopoly, 248–49, 282; political orientation, xv–xix, 1–16 (see also specific issues); spectaculars, 21; three reasons for liberal bias, 8–13; top ten shows, 1960–1961, 263; transformative power, 1–2, 81–85, 86, 130–31, 151, 192–95, 257. See also specific persons; specific shows

  Television Code, 261, 262

  Tellem, Nancy, 296

  That Certain Summer, 34, 121, 192

  That ’70’s Show, 39, 84, 135

  That Was the Week That Was (TW3), 5, 31, 32, 43, 112

  3rd Rock from the Sun, 39, 49, 135

  30 Rock, 157–58, 159, 255, 271

  thirtysomething, 49, 123, 125, 143, 196, 196–98, 212–13, 279

  Thomas, Clarence, 139

  Thompson, Fred, 202, 203

  Thoren, Terry, 325

  Three’s Company, 44, 117–18, 125, 278

  Time Warner, 247, 249, 289, 296

  Tinker, Grant, 31, 45–47, 50, 57, 95, 108, 109, 110, 121, 184, 186, 190, 191, 229, 250, 251, 278

  Tinker, John, 251

  Tinker, Mark, 57, 251

  Tisch, Lawrence, 49, 50

  TiVo, 53, 234, 335

  TNT, 246, 247, 336, 337

  Tolkin, Mel, 90

  Tomlinson, Kenneth, 314–15

  Tour of Duty, 244

  Treyz, Ollie, 23, 27, 237, 265

  True Blood, 53, 58

  Truman, Harry, 283–84

  Turner, Ted, 42, 43, 61, 247, 332

  TV Nation, 49–50

  TV Watch, 292

  24, 12, 52, 76, 169, 255, 268–69, 272, 354–55

  Twilight Zone, The, 166–68

  Two and a Half Men, 57, 155–56, 255

  Unnatural Causes, 46

  Unsolved Mysteries, 251–52

  Untouchables, 27, 265, 273

  V, 255

  Vallow, Kara, 61

  vanguardism, 2–3, 4–5, 79–80, 95, 136, 189, 261

  Viacom, 53, 248, 249, 296, 327

  Vietnam War, 31, 32, 34, 38, 44, 46, 68, 96, 98–99, 100, 105, 114, 115–16, 168, 286

  Vonnegut, Kurt, 124

  WAFF, 323

  Wagon Train, 263

  Walker, Texas Ranger, 350

  Waller, Judith, 259

  Wal-Mart, 347

  Walters, Barbara, 21

  Waltons, The, 12, 41, 174–78, 226, 255, 279, 303, 337, 352

  Wanted: Dead or Alive, 263

  Ward, Jay, 108

  Warner Brothers, ix, xv, 50, 144, 207, 213, 241, 247, 293

  Warren, Michael, 115

  Wasserman, Lew, 288, 289, 304

  Waterston, Sam, 203, 311

  Waxman, Henry, 296

  Weaver, Pat, 21, 236

  Weeds, 53

  Welch, Jack, 290

  Wells, John, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212

  Werner, Tom, 46, 129, 155, 324

  Westerns, 236, 274–75, 352–53

  West Wing, The, 179, 208, 209–12

  White, Betty, 110

  White Shadow, The, 190–91

  Wildmon, Donald, xii, xiii, 44, 278, 279, 280, 291

  Will & Grace, xi, 12, 56, 57, 84, 150–51, 152, 341

  Williams, Clarence, III, 173

  Winfrey, Oprah, 305, 324

  Wire, The, 162

  Witt, Paul Junger, 265–66

  Wolf, Dick, 69–70, 201–3

  Wood, Robert, 10, 34–35, 36, 40, 229, 243, 251

  Workout, 53

  Writers Guild of America, xvi, 59, 69, 117, 124, 277, 336

  Wyman, Thomas, 279

  Young, Elaine, 55–56

  Young Lawyers, The, 34

  Your Show of Shows, 32, 89–91, 95, 104, 159

  Zarghami, Cyra, 326
, 327

  Zlotoff, Lee David, 195

  Zucker, Jeff, 1, 53, 61, 248, 249, 271, 290, 296

  Zuiker, Anthony, 204

  Zwick, Ed, 196–97

  About the Author

  BEN SHAPIRO is a graduate of UCLA (which he entered at the age of sixteen) and Harvard Law School. At seventeen, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. Shapiro is the author of the national bestsellers Brainwashed, Porn Generation, and Project President, and hosts The Ben Shapiro Show in Orlando, Florida. He is married and lives in Los Angeles.

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  Copyright

  PRIMETIME PROPAGANDA. Copyright © 2011 by Ben Shapiro. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub Edition June 2011 ISBN: 9780062092106

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  Shapiro, Ben.

  Primetime propaganda : the true Hollywood story of how the left took over your TV / by Ben Shapiro.

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  Includes index.

  Summary: “The story of how the most powerful medium of mass communication in human history became a propaganda tool for one side of the political spectrum: the left side”-- Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-0-06-193477-3 (hardback)

  1. Television programs—United States—History—20th century. 2. Mass media and propaganda—United States—History—20th century. 3. Popular culture—United States—History—20th century. 4. Liberalism—United States—History—20th century. I. Title.

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