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Essay:Greatest Conservative TV Shows (view source)
Revision as of 01:18, April 23, 2018
, 01:18, April 23, 2018I added another show that I believe stresses conservative values, called "Heartland".
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|Even in what might be expected to be a lazy, hazy paradise, the law is still the law. Jack Lord starred as Steve McGarrett, the head of a Hawaiian state police force tasked with solving high-profile cases, assisted by detectives Dan Williams (played by James MacArthur), Kono Kalakaua (Zulu), Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong), Ben Kokua (Al Harrington), Duke Lukela (Herman Wedemeyer), James Carew (William Smith), Lori Wilson (Sharon Farrell) and Truck Kealoha (Moe Keale) as they take on Communist spies (including recurring McGarret nemesis Wo Fat, a Chinese Communist agent), gangsters and other criminals. As with many other police shows made during this period, many episodes from the early seasons of the series (from its 1968 debut to about 1973-74) showed the contemptuous and disrespectful behavior and attitudes displayed by the then-current young generation toward the police and traditional values due to the influence of the counterculture, along with the consequences paid by those of the counterculture who choose to flout the law and societal norms. A reboot of the series was launched in 2010.
|Even in what might be expected to be a lazy, hazy paradise, the law is still the law. Jack Lord starred as Steve McGarrett, the head of a Hawaiian state police force tasked with solving high-profile cases, assisted by detectives Dan Williams (played by James MacArthur), Kono Kalakaua (Zulu), Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong), Ben Kokua (Al Harrington), Duke Lukela (Herman Wedemeyer), James Carew (William Smith), Lori Wilson (Sharon Farrell) and Truck Kealoha (Moe Keale) as they take on Communist spies (including recurring McGarret nemesis Wo Fat, a Chinese Communist agent), gangsters and other criminals. As with many other police shows made during this period, many episodes from the early seasons of the series (from its 1968 debut to about 1973-74) showed the contemptuous and disrespectful behavior and attitudes displayed by the then-current young generation toward the police and traditional values due to the influence of the counterculture, along with the consequences paid by those of the counterculture who choose to flout the law and societal norms. A reboot of the series was launched in 2010.
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|''Heartland''
|2007-present
|CBC (Canada)
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|Based on the series of books by Linda Chapman and Beth Chambers (both under the pen name of Lauren Brooke), this Canadian drama centers around two sisters named Amy (Amber Marshall) and Lou (Michelle Morgan) Fleming, who run their family’s horse ranch, Heartland, with their grandfather Jack Bartlett (Shaun Johnston) and ranch hand Ty Borden (Graham Wardle) after their mother dies rescuing a horse abused by its owner. Every episode stresses the importance of devotion to family and succeeding with hard work and never giving up, as well as forgiveness, as when Amy and Lou welcome their estranged father Tim (Chris Potter) back into their lives, and how Ty, a parolee when the show begins, eventually earns Jack's trust as a ranch hand. The show also demonstrates how the Flemings show respect for animals while training them to respect humans. See Australia's ''McLeod's Daughters'' below.
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|''Highway To Heaven''
|''Highway To Heaven''