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The Great Divide: Norman Lear, Archie Bunker, and the Rise of the Bad Fan 4 Emily Nussbaum

Us and Them 5 David Sedaris

Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television 6 George Carlin

The Amiable Madness of Green Acres 7 Noel Murray

Brad Carrigan, American 8 George Saunders

Empires of the New World (selection) 9 Pamela Douglas, interview with Ted Sarandos

“Time to Go”: Dreaming of a Televised Future (selection) 10 Dade Hayes

Hasta Siempre 11 Jean Burnet

From “Lessons from Television” 12 Susan Stewart

Pursuit of the Public Interest in the Vast Wasteland 13 Walter J. Podrazik

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