POPC 2900: TV as Popular Culture Research Essay 1

Below is a list of television icons that are approved for the first research essay in POPC 2900 for the Fall 2017 semester. If you are interested in choosing a television icon who is not listed, please contact the Instructor for approval.

1. Philo Farnsworth

2. David Sarnoff

3. John L. Baird

4. William Paley

5. Rod Serling

6. Milton Berle

7. Desi Arnaz

8. Lucille Ball

9. Aaron Spelling

10. Andy Griffith

11. Gene Roddenberry

12. Mary Tyler Moore

13. Norman Lear

14. Andy Griffith

15. Sid Caesar

16. Jackie Gleason

17. Barbara Walters

18. Betty White

19. Edward R. Murrow

20. Walter Cronkite

21. Irna Phillips

22. Phil Donahue

23. Oprah Winfrey

24. Johnny Carson

25. David Letterman

26. Jay Leno

27. Carroll O’Connor

28. Mark Goodson

29. Bob Barker

30. Bill Cosby

31. Mike Wallace

32. Ed Bradley

33. Don Hewitt

34. Agnes Nixon

35. Lorne Michaels

36. Diahann Carroll

37. Susan Harris

38. Bea Arthur

39. Charles Van Doren

40. Farrah Fawcett

41. Katie Couric

42. Nat “King” Cole

43. Gertrude Berg

44. Merv Griffin

45. Paul Henning

46. Sherwood Schwartz

47. Tim Russert

48. Ed Sullivan

49. Flip Wilson

50. Larry King

51. Freddie Prinze

52. Susan Lucci

53. Ozzie Nelson

54. Alan Alda

55. W. Hanna & J. Barbera

56. Jay Ward

57. Garry Marshall

58. Larry Hagman

59. Roone Arledge

60. Jim McKay

61. Stephen Bochco

62. Jerry Seinfeld

63. Michael J. Fox

64. David Chase

65. Jack Paar

66. Steve Allen

67. Matt Groening

68. T. Parker & M. Stone

69. Seth McFarlane

70. Stephen J. Cannell