Requiem for the Boob Tube

Remembering the days of communal TV watching

GT Ito
GT Ito
Nov 3 · 3 min read
The cast of M*A*S*H. Via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

I grew up on a steady diet of sitcoms, westerns, and police dramas, with a dash of science fiction for good measure. After-school indulgences included half-hour reruns like Gilligan’s Island, The Munsters, The Rifleman, and The Brady Bunch. Star Trek came on each weekday at 5.

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