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# ''The Office'': mockery of liberal [[political correctness]] and corporate [[socialism]] in an office setting. The character of Ryan in particular is a lampoon of [[liberal arrogance]] and immorality. | # ''The Office'': mockery of liberal [[political correctness]] and corporate [[socialism]] in an office setting. The character of Ryan in particular is a lampoon of [[liberal arrogance]] and immorality. | ||
# ''The Apprentice'': liberals stopped watching when they realized that [[Donald Trump]] might be conservative. | # ''The Apprentice'': liberals stopped watching when they realized that [[Donald Trump]] might be conservative. | ||
| − | # The ''Six Million Dollar Man'': | + | # The ''Six Million Dollar Man'': capitalism at its finest - a government program improving health with technological advances. |
# ''The Cosby Show'': promoting good family values | # ''The Cosby Show'': promoting good family values | ||
# ''American Idol'': allowing the [[best of the public]] to come to the fore, musically. | # ''American Idol'': allowing the [[best of the public]] to come to the fore, musically. | ||
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# ''The Twilight Zone'': a recurring theme is that the selfish and the self-centered eventually lose what they sought to gain. | # ''The Twilight Zone'': a recurring theme is that the selfish and the self-centered eventually lose what they sought to gain. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 01:42, May 26, 2011
Here are some of the greatest conservative television shows:
- Family Ties: a conservative teenager (played by Michael J. Fox) tries to enlighten his liberal, ex-hippie, underachieving[1] parents
- The Office: mockery of liberal political correctness and corporate socialism in an office setting. The character of Ryan in particular is a lampoon of liberal arrogance and immorality.
- The Apprentice: liberals stopped watching when they realized that Donald Trump might be conservative.
- The Six Million Dollar Man: capitalism at its finest - a government program improving health with technological advances.
- The Cosby Show: promoting good family values
- American Idol: allowing the best of the public to come to the fore, musically.
- 24: Jack Bauer shows us how to beat Islamic terrorists.
- Star Trek: emphasized morality, honor, abiding by a strict code of conduct, and problem solving in a science fiction setting that inspired real world innovations.
- The Waltons: a family struggles in rural America but promotes Christian morality and charity to strangers, and honors military service.
- The Lawrence Welk Show: a clean, family oriented variety show that appealed to Midwestern values.
- Chuck: emphasizes family values, honor, and a respect for our nation's servicemen.
- Little House on the Prairie: A show that celebrates family values and the courage of the pioneers who made our country what it is today.
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Debatable Whether Conservative
- The Twilight Zone: a recurring theme is that the selfish and the self-centered eventually lose what they sought to gain.
- The Beverly Hillbillies: though silly, the show is powerful in illustrating how material possessions are not what define a person.
See also
References
- ↑ The father would be criticized by the son for working for less money at a public television station, rather than in free enterprise.