At the beginning of the week we watched an episode called Pioneers of Television: Funny Ladies. Women such as Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White, Carol Burnett, Joann Rivers and many more have paved the way for women working in comedy. Some of these ladies had their own TV shows or starred on other shows. Now women that want to work in the film or television industry can because of these women. They have really changed the way some woman get to work and how they get to do the things they want.

We also watched an episode from the Eighties. In this episode it brought up the show Dallas. The show Dallas was very big and people did not think it was going to become very big. The people ended up loving the show. The biggest episode to air from the show Dallas was the episode on who shot JR. Many people were very interested and could not wait to find out, even when it was pushed off due to characters on the show protesting. They also then talked about MASH. MASH’s finale was the most watched episode to air in history on television. 123 million people watched the episode from their homes or even at watch parties at things like restaurants. The last part we watched was about the show Hillstreet Blues. Hillstreet Blues was made so it wouldn’t be like every other cop show. The directors didn’t focus on things like catching the bad guy right away and it became big because of its plots.   

The last thing we watched Wednesday was an episode of the ER called Exodus. The opening scene was a building that had collapsed and someone was stuck under the building. The building had collapsed due to an explosion and many people got injured or covered in the waste.  Many other people were in and out of the hospital too such as a little girl who was dealing with E. coli. Eventually they had to move the whole unit to outside as the ER got contaminated with benzene. This episode really made me think about everything and how much producers put work into the things they love. They really thought of so many ways to show how an ER operates.