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ENTERTAINMENT Movies in the 1970s included two major blockbusters: Jaws and Star Wars. Jaws was the first movie to earn the distinction as “blockbuster” for its unsurpassed success and popularity. Check out these original movie trailers on You Tube: Jaws Trailer (1975) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM Star Wars Trailer (1977) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gvqpFbRKtQ Soap Operas continued to gain popularity during the 1970s as a staple of daytime television. Dallas was a nighttime soap opera debuting in 1978. Take a look at the opening credits and theme song from the popular soap opera: Dallas 1979 Opener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN7v0gbEvzs Comedy in the 1970s included television and the birth of a new type of stand- up comedy. Television shows such as Saturday Night Live and the Cone Heads were popular during this time. Comedians such as Richard Pryor and George Carlin became stand-up icons in comedy clubs with their controversial humor. The 1970s marked the beginning of many game shows that still remain popular today such as the Price is Right, Jeopardy, Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune. Check out clips from the original shows: The Price is Right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwsM-ZJGylo Wheel of Fortune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kS089FAUX0&feature=related Children’s Programming included educational shows intended to entertain young audiences during the morning and afternoon. Popular shows included Sesame Street, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, The Electric Company and Romper Room. Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYR5lwzomE Nightly News Evening news shows became very competitive in the 1970s, NBC (David Brinkley), CBS (Walter Cronkite) and ABC (Peter Jennings). In 1976, Marlene Sanders became the first female national network vice-president at ABC. She is credited with giving the first prime-time newscast by a woman—it lasted fifteen minutes. 1950’s Nostalgia The 1950s became a popular nostalgia decade during the 1970s. Fifties-themed entertainment such as the movies American Graffiti and Grease, along with the TV series Happy Days, were popular. Fifties nostalgia came from people who thought of the 1950s as a calmer, peaceful, and more innocent time. .

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matter of fact, the censorship has been fast Four years later, Mr. Edwards was back in view of ratings and critics' notices -but and reasonably intelligent .... at the conventions, this time to co- anchor when CBS remained second to NBC with "You get accustomed to these long -dis- some of the sessions with Walter the new team, Mr. Cronkite was brought tance conversations after a few years, but Cronkite. By then the capability of going back as "national editor" on the 1964 that first two -way with the beachhead pro- to the floor was developed and, as Mr. Ed- election night. duced a pleasant thrill. I gave [Bill] Downs wards says, "Television was less the tail From 1951, CBS did have its the go- ahead. Twenty seconds later, the being wagged by the dog; it may have been "showpiece," as Mr. Mickelson calls it- bottom fell out of the circuit and he the power." See It Now with Edward R. Murrow as became unintelligible. That's the way it Mr. Cronkite, who had been brought in host and coproducer with Fred Friendly goes. from wTOPTv Washington by Mr. (who later rose to the CBS News presiden- "Over the far shore the boys stumble Mickelson, anchored every convention cy). The program represented a move out through the dark to reach their and election night coverage from that time of the "newsreel" era. Among the show's camouflaged transmitters. They speak with the exception of 1964 when Robert innovations for television: it was the first their stories. Sometimes they get through Trout (who'd handled conventions pre- to shoot its own film and use a sound track and sometimes they don't." viously for CBS Radio) and Roger Mudd without dubbing, as well as the first to After the war, Mr.
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