Tim Wise: To understand white denial about American history, consider two photos.

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18. Star Trek

As much of a Treker as I might be, it is hard to ignore that it was "only" three seasons long and limped into a third season at that. There are so many shows that were vastly more popular with the back side of the baby boom than the early years. Many of them in reruns. The reality that many don't understand today is that there were only 2 - 3 "networks and that they only "broadcast" between 7 and 11:00. Johnny Carson was the ONLY show on at that time in the early days. I watched local stations "sign off" roughly between 11:00 and midnight with the national anthem and a test pattern. As much fun as some of those early shows were, All in the Family and others of much later had better competition and were of much better writing than one can understand on an absolute basis without ignoring the "ratings" of their day.