BBC - United States of Television: America in Primetime (2013) Part 1 Man of the House

Alan Yentob presents a series documenting the history of primetime television in America, from the age of mass television in the 1950s to the present.

Part 1: Man of the House
This opening episode traces the trajectory of the archetypal American dad from the breadwinning patriarch of the 1950s to the angst-ridden multitasker of the 21st century. From the cast iron certainties and benign omniscience of Jim X and Andy Griffith, to the crippling anxieties and bad choices Tony Soprano and Homer Simpson, the programme takes an in-depth view of American masculinity over six decades. Featuring interviews with creators, stars, writers and producers including Ron Howard, David Lynch, Rob Reiner, David Chase, John Hamm and James L. Brooks among others.

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