Student Projects: Television

The Transition from Radio to Television

• Burns and Allen        Michael Childers
• Amos and Andy        Lexi Shepard

Development of the Variety Show

• Ed Sullivan                Jessica Lehmann
• Milton Berle              Kevin McGeogh
• Steve Allen                Joel Justus

Early Situation Comedies

• Honey Mooners        Mary Holt Fickes
• I Love Lucy               Lindsey Campbell
• Father Knows Best    Sarah Molle

The Talk Show

• Today Show              Chelsea Cope
• Johnny Carson            Liz Burlington

Detectives

• Dragnet                        Forrest Richardson
• Rockford Files              Ben Jones
• Magnum P.I.                 Leah Fitzpatrick

Satire

• Laugh-in                        Amy Burch
• Smothers Brothers         Brandy Barber
• Saturday Night Live        Terra Tackett

Ensemble Series

• Mary Tyler Moore        Natalie Decleve
• Mash                            Courtney O'Dell
• Hill Street Blues            Grigg Sheffield

Changing Portraits of Blacks

• Roots                            Lisa Clemmons
• Sanford and Son            Jennifer Skipper
• Jeffersons                       Kristin Shaeffer

Soaps

• Dallas                             Elizabeth Carswell
• Guiding Light                  Lisa Dudek
• All My Children               Karly Woodle

Television News

• Edward R. Murrow        Rachel Hodges
• 60 Minutes                     Linsay Walker
• CNN                              Christin Ingold

Sports

• Super Bowl                    Ashley Pleger
• Wide World of Sports     Paul Chokota
• Olympics                          Sarah Briney   

Ensemble Series