Cut me open and crawl inside me

Mad Men may not return until 2012, but broadcast networks will try to fill its void this fall.

ABC greenlit a pilot for Pan Am, a soap about sexy pilots and flight attendants in the 1960s. Christina Ricci will play the lead, Maggie, a "fiery Bohemian stewardess."

Meanwhile, NBC greenlit a pilot for Playboy, a drama set in Chicago's famed Playboy Club in 1963.

NBC also greenlit a pilot for a western set during Reconstruction.


CHALLENGE
Select a television series to represent each decade of 20th century America.

1900s:
1910s:

The Progressive Era is by far the least interesting period of American history. What is available?

Wikipedia needs lists of television shows set in [insert decade].

1900s and 1910s: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Deal with it.

1920s: Boardwalk Empire
1930s: Carnivàle The Waltons Carnivàle
1940s: The Waltons The Pacific
1950s: Happy Days
1960s: The Wonder Years
1970s: The Brady Bunch
1980s: Miami Vice

1990s:

—in the beginning we had parker lewis, and in the end we had friends
—split the difference

1990s: Beverly Hills, 90210

4 Comments

  1. Cangrejero 22 Mar 11 at 07:55

    Good list, but I'd go with All in the Family for the 70s.

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  2. Adam 22 Mar 11 at 17:02

    1890's – The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

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  3. Adam 22 Mar 11 at 17:06

    Ok, more because I'm going further back in time.

    1870's – Deadwood
    1880's – Little House on the Prairie

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