For the TV business, the 1980s marked a ten-year span of paradigm shifts both in what we watched and how we watched it. FOX arrived as a direct broadcast competitor; USA, ESPN, and BET joined a growing list of basic-cable alternatives; movie outlets HBO and Showtime began offering original series programming; single-word phenom Oprah arrived to reinvent daytime television; local stations discovered first-run syndication; and CNN and MTV arrived a year apart to transform the medium as a whole into a 24/7 drop-in experience. This course offers a fun and video-heavy look of television in the 80s—how and why it changed; including the creative, financial, political and regulatory shifts behind those changes; and the beginning of the end of network television. We also look back on some of our favorite hits, including Dallas, Dynasty, Cheers, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls. This course will be recorded. Students will have access to videos for the duration of the course.
Plus members pay only $34 for this course. Visitors not permitted. Please download a free version of zoom at https://zoom.us/ to participate in this course.
You must be at least 50 years old and a current member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA to enroll in this course. If your membership has expired or if you wish to become a new member, please proceed with enrolling in courses and you will be automatically prompted to add a membership during checkout.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after October 03, 2024
Schedule
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Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Wed Sep 25, 2024
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Oct 2, 2024
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Oct 9, 2024
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Oct 16, 2024
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Oct 30, 2024
10:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
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