Tonight, television takes a look at itself. Whats on the idiot box . Its only an idiot box if someone is looking at it. Ill tell you about the golden age of sligs. This period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. Our obligation is to entertainment. If weve left something to think about, so much the better. Television should not be just entertainment. Charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. Congress has no right to interfere in the media. Excuse me we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. The years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a Bad Reputation that is not entirely justified. Some things got worse, obviously. But tv and other News Coverage is better, not worse. We simply developed more demanding standards. When i think of tv, i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed that hadnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television
The years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a Bad Reputation that is not entirely justified. Some things got worse, obviously. But tv and other News Coverage is better, not worse. We simply developed more demanding standards. When i think of tv, i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed that hadnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. I want to watch an allblack show for a change. Oh, where are you going to find one . Heres one the Los Angeles Lakers against the milwaukee bucks. Young people were interested in relevant things. And so Television Began to reflect that. This is cbs. Really it was very simple. You had three channels plus pbs. When the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. Hee haw the beverly hillbillies. Cbs had the beverly hillbillies. Green acres. Petticoat junction. And these rural fantasies of mayberry
The years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a Bad Reputation that is not entirely justified. Some things got worse, obviously. But tv and other News Coverage is better, not worse. We simply developed more demanding standards. When i think of tv, i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed that hadnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. I want to watch an allblack show for a change. Oh, where are you going to find one . Heres one the Los Angeles Lakers against the milwaukee bucks. Young people were interested in relevant things. And so Television Began to reflect that. This is cbs. Really it was very simple. You had three channels plus pbs. When the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. Hee haw the beverly hillbillies. Cbs had the beverly hillbillies. Green acres. Petticoat junction. And these rural fantasies of mayberry
The years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a Bad Reputation that is not entirely justified. Some things got worse, obviously. But tv and other News Coverage is better, not worse. We simply developed more demanding standards. When i think of tv, i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed that hadnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. I want to watch an allblack show for a change. Oh, where are you going to find one . Heres one the Los Angeles Lakers against the milwaukee bucks. Young people were interested in relevant things. And so Television Began to reflect that. This is cbs. Really it was very simple. You had three channels plus pbs. When the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. Hee haw the beverly hillbillies. Cbs had the beverly hillbillies. Green acres. Petticoat junction. And these rural fantasies of mayberry
The years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a Bad Reputation that is not entirely justified. Some things got worse, obviously. But tv and other News Coverage is better, not worse. We simply developed more demanding standards. When i think of tv, i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed that hadnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. I want to watch an allblack show for a change. Oh, where are you going to find one . Heres one the Los Angeles Lakers against the milwaukee bucks. Young people were interested in relevant things. And so Television Began to reflect that. This is cbs. Really it was very simple. You had three channels plus pbs. When the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. Hee haw the beverly hillbillies. Cbs had the beverly hillbillies. Green acres. Petticoat junction. And these rural fantasies of mayberry