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December 19th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

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The competition between American television networks is fierce and every network is fighting for an audience share. Many Fox TV shows have become some of the most popular and the Fox Company is one of the big players. It is known for taking chances and having a particular interest in the youth market. The first prime time shows were broadcast in 1987 with the comedy hit, Married…With Children and the sketch show, The Tracey Ullman Show. The network would benefit from The Tracey Ullman Show in more ways than one. That show launched The Simpsons, which went on to have its own slot and became an international success.

Cult TV is difficult to produce and doesn’t come along every week. Fox TV shows however, have a habit of cultivating a cult following, especially when it comes to soap dramas and programs with unusual plots and characters. The 1990s introduced Beverly Hills 90210, a high school drama that made stars out of its leading actors. Melrose Place was another hit and Party of Five, the story of a family coping with their parent’s death, was a star maker too. It starred Neve Campbell and Matthew Fox, who would go on to stardom in Lost. The Nielsen ratings chart is the all important chart for networks to get their shows in a high position. The X-Files was the first Fox series that reached the top 25. This was cult TV on a huge scale and is an example of Fox TV shows that took a chance. Some other networks might not have risked a show about hunting aliens and with a relatively unknown cast. In the 21st century, reality TV is king and Fox have produced some successes, namely with Temptation Island, Married By America and Joe Millionaire. However, fictional drama is never far away and the network scored a hit again with 24 and House. Another youth show put posters on teenage, bedroom walls with The OC. In addition to teenage and adult drama, the network has successful divisions in sport, news and children’s programs. Two of the most popular Fox TV shows on the Fox Kids channel are Batman: the Animated Series and Power Rangers. The Fox network is part of News Corporation, owned by media mogul, Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch even appeared in an episode of The Simpsons, playing himself and taking the jokes made against him by Homer and the gang.

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Top TV Shows

July 19th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Whether it’s a comedy or a drama, we remember our favorite shows with affection. The top TV shows that we grew up with are never forgotten. The same classic programs tend to pop up on every viewers poll. They also tend to be innovative shows that produce many imitations. For the ones that are long gone, we can re-live the memories on DVD and repeats.

One of the earliest hits was the I Love Lucy show that ran from 1951 - 1961. Lucille Ball was the screwball girl next door that everyone loved. She starred in the show with her then husband Desi Arnaz as the Ricardo’s.  The story revolved around the antics of Lucille who wanted to be more than a housewife and would plot to join the band, led by her Cuban bandleader husband. The show was syndicated across the world and still plays every day in one country or another. Lucille Ball has been cited as the inspiration for subsequent generations of female comics and top TV shows followed its sitcom format.

A program about a medical unit in the Korean War doesn’t promise a lot of laughs but MASH provided them from 1972 - 1983. The series was based on the movie and the characters became household names. Alan Alda starred as Hawkeye, the wisecracking surgeon who copes with the wounded soldiers that he has to patch up by using humor. It was one of the first shows to combine tragedy and comedy.

In the world of science fiction, no franchise has been more successful than Star Trek. The original series was broadcast from 1966 and lasted three seasons. The later spin offs that followed are also some of the top TV shows and the series still has a cult following today. The first series introduced us to the iconic figures of Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner and Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy. It was broadcast before the first moon landing and audiences were hungry for intelligent science fiction stories.

An earlier science fiction and fantasy show had paved the way for Star Trek and others. The Twilight Zone ran from 1959 - 1965, enthralling viewers with off the wall plots and surprise twists. The reason that it is one of the top TV shows is the high standard of the scripts, written by many respected writers of the day. The show was revived in 1985 and again, in 2002. Director Steven Spielberg was also a fan, considering it to be one of the top TV shows from his youth, and he produced a movie version starring Dan Aykroyd and Vic Morrow.

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