Did these issues affect the television show in any way?

For this portfolio assignment, you are required to research and analyze a TV program that ran between 1955 and 1965.

To successfully complete this essay, you will need to answer the following questions:

  • What is the background of this show? Explain what years it was on  TV, describe the channel it aired on, the main characters, setting,  etc..
  • What social issues and historical events were taking place at the time the show was being broadcast?
  • Did these issues affect the television show in any way?
  • Did the television show make an impact on popular culture?

Your thesis for the essay should attempt to answer this question:

  • Explain the cultural relevance of the show, given the information  gathered from the show’s background, and cultural history. How can  television act as a reflection of the social, political, and cultural  current events?

This essay should be 2-3 pages, in APA style

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Criteria

Weight

  • What  is the background of this show? Explain what years it was on TV,  describe the channel it aired on, the main characters, setting, etc..
  • What social issues and historical events were taking place at the time the show was being broadcast?

50

  • Did these issues affect the television show in any way?

25

  • Did the television show make an impact on popular culture?

25