The Occasionalists Podcast

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TV in 73: Serious Television
Episode 387
Friday, 17 April, 2026

Boob Tube April rolls on! Our next episode of TV in 73 explores how the shift from escapist, light-hearted entertainment changed drastically over a few years. It was perhaps best exemplified by the massive popularity of the Watergate Hearings, where the American people watched in droves and in real time as all goodwill between them and the institutions they had come to trust evaporated over 47 days. Plus, bonus coverage of one of the greatest docuseries of all time (The World At War) that digs into the atrocities of WWII and how easily an entire country was turned over to a madman and his desires for power and vengeance. Serious Television, indeed!