Week 2: Star Trek (1966, NBC)

Week 2: Star Trek (1966, NBC) 
Dates: Wed 1.28 
Class: Syllabus review; Lecture—“A Brief History of Television, Pt. 1” 

Upcoming:

Week 3: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967, CBS) 
Dates: Wed 2.4 
Class: Introductions; Lecture—“A Brief History of Television, Pt. 2” 

Week 4: All in the Family (1971, CBS) 
Read: eR—"Why Rewatching Your Favorite TV Show is Good for You” (Time) 
Dates: Wed 2.11 
Class: Lecture—“Crafting the Essay: Writing as a Process” 
Due: DIAGNOSTIC

Week 5: M*A*S*H (1972, CBS) 
Dates: Wed 2.18 
Class: Presentation topic assignments; Lecture—“Building a Better Multimedia Presentation: An Annotated Look”

Week 6: Good Times (1974, CBS) 
Dates: Wed 2.25 
Read: eR—“Working Class Heroes: Why Don’t We See Poor People on TV Anymore?” (TV Fanatic), “Ten Poorest TV Families, Ranked” (Collider), “‘Maid’ is a Rare, Unflinching Depiction of Poverty from Hollywood” (The Ringer), “The American Dream is More Attainable for TV Characters Than Americans” (UCLA), “Why Won’t TV Show People Who Aren’t Rich?” (Politico) 
Class: Lecture—“You’re in College Now: The New Rules of University Writing;” “The Art of the Op-Ed” 
Due: REFLECTION 1

Week 7: Cheers (1982, NBC) 
Dates: Wed 3.4 
Class: Lecture—“AI + College Writing: What to Know,” “Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics” 
Due: OP-ED

Week 8: The Cosby Show (1984, NBC) 
Read: STREET—Ch. 1-3, 5; eReader—US/UK TV Pack 
Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“Reading for College: Seven Tips,” “Ten Common Writing Mistakes—And How to Fix Them,” ‘Comparative Analysis 101”

Week 9: The Golden Girls (1985, NBC) 
Read: STREET—Ch. 7,9,11-12 
Dates: Wed 3.18 
Class: Reading discussion; Slide presentations; Lecture—”AI + College Writing: Best Practices,” “On Wordiness: Exercises” 
Due: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Week 10: Will & Grace (1998; 2017, NBC) 
Dates: Wed 3.25 
Read: STREET—Ch. 14, 16, 18 
Class: Reading discussion; Slide presentations 
Due: REFLECTION 2

Week 11: The Sopranos (1999, HBO) [Spring break] 
Dates: Wed 4.1 

Week 12: Ugly Betty (2006, ABC) 
Dates: Wed 4.8 
Class: Reading discussion; Slide presentations; Library research session 
Due: CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Week 13: Mad Men (2007, AMC) 
Dates: Wed 4.15 
Class: Slide presentations; Writers workshop 
Due: RESEARCH PROJECT (DRAFT 1—UP TO PAGE 2)

Week 14: Modern Family (2009, ABC) 
Dates: Wed 4.22 
Class: Slide presentations 
Due: REFLECTION 3; RESEARCH PROJECT (DRAFT 1—UP TO PAGE 4)

Week 15: Stranger Things (2016, Netflix) 
Dates: Wed 4.29 
Class: Slide presentations; Writers workshop 
Due: RESEARCH PROJECT (DRAFT 2—UP TO PAGE 6) 

Week 16: Fleabag (2016, BBC) 
Dates: Wed 5.6 
Class: Slide presentations; Lecture—"The Reflective ePortfolio: A How-To” 
Due: RESEARCH PROJECT (FINAL DRAFT)

*Last regular class meeting of the semester

Week 17: Ted Lasso (2020, Apple TV) [No class meetings] 
Dates: Wed 5.13 
Due: ENGLISH DEPT. REFLECTIVE ePORTFOLIO (SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY MIDNIGHT)

Final Exam Period: 
Week 18: Andor (2022, Disney+) 
Date: Wed 5.20, 10:45 AM-12:45 PM 
Zoom: See Canvas for login