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‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Broke the Rules of Typical American Sitcoms

‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Broke the Rules of Typical American Sitcoms

Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show centered around seemingly-taboo issues like divorce, popping pills, equality, neighborhood crime, and the changing gender roles in America.

Love, American Style and Sex, Conservative Style

Love, American Style and Sex, Conservative Style

Like most media reactions to reality, Love, American Style filtered its so-called freedoms through a lucid looking glass of priority, conservatism, and station standards and practices.

Male Bashing on TV

Male Bashing on TV

Welcome to the new comic image of men on TV: incompetence at its worst.