"The Twilight Zone," "Bewitched" & "All in the Family"

Twitch your nose to join this course, which explores how classic television used entertainment to engage social issues. Focusing on "The Twilight Zone," "Bewitched" and "All in the Family," we'll examine how allegory, fantasy and realism each offered ways to address gender roles, politics, race and cultural change in the mid-century. Through guided discussion and close viewing, we'll consider how these shows helped audiences make sense of their world and why their social commentary still resonates today.

Instructor Bio: Taylor Cole Miller is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and co-editor of the academic collection, "The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai." He also makes TikToks about TV history under the handle @tvdoc.

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