TV Binge Watch (Part 3)

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TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage

  1. I Love Lucy Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing.
  2. Modern Family Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian.
  3. Night Court - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese
  4. The Flash - Barry’s white and Iris is black.
  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Miles O’Brien is Irish and Keiko is Japanese.
  6. MASH* - Maxwell Klinger, Lebanese-American, marries Soon-Lee Klinger, Korean, in the final episode.
  7. Happy Endings - Brad Williams and Jane Kerkovich - Black and white
182

TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage

  1. I Love Lucy Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing.
  2. Modern Family Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian.
  3. Night Court - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese
  4. The Flash - Barry’s white and Iris is black.
  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Miles O’Brien is Irish and Keiko is Japanese.
  6. MASH* - Maxwell Klinger, Lebanese-American, marries Soon-Lee Klinger, Korean, in the final episode.
  7. Happy Endings - Brad Williams and Jane Kerkovich - Black and white
  8. Beverly Hills 90210 - Jewish Andrea Zuckerman marries Hispanic Catholic Jesse Vasquez
183

TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage

  1. I Love Lucy Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing.
  2. Modern Family Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian.
  3. Night Court - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese
  4. The Flash - Barry’s white and Iris is black.
  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Miles O’Brien is Irish and Keiko is Japanese.
  6. MASH* - Maxwell Klinger, Lebanese-American, marries Soon-Lee Klinger, Korean, in the final episode.
  7. Happy Endings - Brad Williams and Jane Kerkovich - Black and white
  8. Beverly Hills 90210 - Jewish Andrea Zuckerman marries Hispanic Catholic Jesse Vasquez
  9. The Jeffersons - Helen Willis, who is Louise’s best friend, is black, and her husband Tom is white.
184

TV shows that feature a bi-racial or cross-cultural marriage

  1. I Love Lucy Lucy is a white-bread woman of Scottish descent from Upstate New York, Ricky is so Cuban that the room fills with cigar smoke and Latin Jazz as soon as he enters it, even if he’s neither smoking nor playing.
  2. Modern Family Jay and Gloria Pritchett; Jay is white, Gloria is Colombian.
  3. Night Court - Mac and Quon Le Robinson - Black, Vietnamese
  4. The Flash - Barry’s white and Iris is black.
  5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Miles O’Brien is Irish and Keiko is Japanese.
  6. MASH - Maxwell Klinger, Lebanese-American, marries Soon-Lee Klinger, Korean, in the final episode.
  7. Happy Endings - Brad Williams and Jane Kerkovich - Black and white
  8. Beverly Hills 90210 - Jewish Andrea Zuckerman marries Hispanic Catholic Jesse Vasquez
  9. The Jeffersons - Helen Willis, who is Louise’s best friend, is black, and her husband Tom is white.
  10. Scrubs - Dr. Turk is black; his wife Nurse Carla is Latina

Pass.

185

American shows which feature scene in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
186

American shows which feature scene in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
187

American shows which feature scene in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)

  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.

  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.

188

American shows which feature scenes in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
189

American shows which feature scenes in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
  5. Star Wars Rebels: Chopper, an Astromech droid, communicated in Binary.
190

American shows which feature scenes in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
  5. Star Wars Rebels: Chopper, an Astromech droid, communicated in Binary.
  6. Fresh Off the Boat: Asian-American grandmother’s words are mostly subtitled.
191

American shows which feature scenes in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
  5. Star Wars Rebels: Chopper, an Astromech droid, communicated in Binary.
  6. Fresh Off the Boat: Asian-American grandmother’s words are mostly subtitled.
  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation: the Bynars communicated in a computerized language
192

American shows which feature scenes in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
  5. Star Wars Rebels: Chopper, an Astromech droid, communicated in Binary.
  6. Fresh Off the Boat: Asian-American grandmother’s words are mostly subtitled.
  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation: the Bynars communicated in a computerized language
  8. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in its later seasons - fairly frequent conversations in Spanish
193

American shows which feature scenes in other languages (whether subtitled or not) doesn’t have to be every episode, but more than 1-off

  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
  5. Star Wars Rebels: Chopper, an Astromech droid, communicated in Binary.
  6. Fresh Off the Boat: Asian-American grandmother’s words are mostly subtitled.
  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation: the Bynars communicated in a computerized language
  8. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in its later seasons - fairly frequent conversations in Spanish
  9. Dora the Explorer - Dora speaks in both Spanish and English to the audience.
194
  1. Switched at Birth: ASL (subtitled)
  2. The West Wing has had scenes in Spanish, and a very memorable one in Latin in a cathedral.
  3. Modern Family: Gloria oft rants in Spanish when she’s too frustrated or overwhelmed to express herself in English.
  4. The Americans: Used Russian dialogue for Soviet characters when speaking among themselves.
  5. Star Wars Rebels: Chopper, an Astromech droid, communicated in Binary.
  6. Fresh Off the Boat: Asian-American grandmother’s words are mostly subtitled.
  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation: the Bynars communicated in a computerized language
  8. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in its later seasons - fairly frequent conversations in Spanish
  9. Dora the Explorer - Dora speaks in both Spanish and English to the audience.
  10. Cafe Americain: French in every episode, and a smattering of many other languages.

My category, so
Pass

195

Taboo-breaking episodes

  • “Captain Jack”, an early episode of Leave It to Beaver shoes a toilet for the first time on TV (only the tank, the censors wouldn’t allow the whole toilet to be shown and the ensuing delay in approving it resulted in the episode missing being the pilot)
196

Taboo-breaking episodes

  • “Captain Jack”, an early episode of Leave It to Beaver shoes a toilet for the first time on TV (only the tank, the censors wouldn’t allow the whole toilet to be shown and the ensuing delay in approving it resulted in the episode missing being the pilot)
  • “The Boys in the Bar”, S1:E6 of Cheers: barflies Norm and Cliff become agitated at the thought of gays patronizing the bar, warning Sam of it becoming “a fern bar.” The two embark on a gay hunt, ferreting out suspicious customers until two men surprise them with a kiss.
197

Taboo-breaking episodes

  1. “Captain Jack”, an early episode of Leave It to Beaver shoes a toilet for the first time on TV (only the tank, the censors wouldn’t allow the whole toilet to be shown and the ensuing delay in approving it resulted in the episode missing being the pilot)
  2. “The Boys in the Bar”, S1:E6 of Cheers: barflies Norm and Cliff become agitated at the thought of gays patronizing the bar, warning Sam of it becoming “a fern bar.” The two embark on a gay hunt, ferreting out suspicious customers until two men surprise them with a kiss.
  3. “Homeward Bound,” S6:E7 of Roseanne: DJ has been spending quite a bit of time in the bathroom, and he’s “that age,” so the family pieces together what he’s been doing. It wasn’t the first show to openly discuss masturbation – that would have been an episode of Seinfeld three years earlier – but this episode actually used The M-Word and didn’t dance around it, like Seinfeld did.
198

Taboo-breaking episodes

  1. “Captain Jack”, an early episode of Leave It to Beaver shoes a toilet for the first time on TV (only the tank, the censors wouldn’t allow the whole toilet to be shown and the ensuing delay in approving it resulted in the episode missing being the pilot)
  2. “The Boys in the Bar”, S1:E6 of Cheers: barflies Norm and Cliff become agitated at the thought of gays patronizing the bar, warning Sam of it becoming “a fern bar.” The two embark on a gay hunt, ferreting out suspicious customers until two men surprise them with a kiss.
  3. “Homeward Bound,” S6:E7 of Roseanne: DJ has been spending quite a bit of time in the bathroom, and he’s “that age,” so the family pieces together what he’s been doing. It wasn’t the first show to openly discuss masturbation – that would have been an episode of Seinfeld three years earlier – but this episode actually used The M-Word and didn’t dance around it, like Seinfeld did.
  4. Mary Kay and Johnny - The DuMont Network show from 1947 was the first to have a married couple share a bed and the first to show a woman’s pregnancy.
199

Taboo-breaking episodes

  1. “Captain Jack”, an early episode of Leave It to Beaver shoes a toilet for the first time on TV (only the tank, the censors wouldn’t allow the whole toilet to be shown and the ensuing delay in approving it resulted in the episode missing being the pilot)
  2. “The Boys in the Bar”, S1:E6 of Cheers: barflies Norm and Cliff become agitated at the thought of gays patronizing the bar, warning Sam of it becoming “a fern bar.” The two embark on a gay hunt, ferreting out suspicious customers until two men surprise them with a kiss.
  3. “Homeward Bound,” S6:E7 of Roseanne: DJ has been spending quite a bit of time in the bathroom, and he’s “that age,” so the family pieces together what he’s been doing. It wasn’t the first show to openly discuss masturbation – that would have been an episode of Seinfeld three years earlier – but this episode actually used The M-Word and didn’t dance around it, like Seinfeld did.
  4. Mary Kay and Johnny - The DuMont Network show from 1947 was the first to have a married couple share a bed and the first to show a woman’s pregnancy.
  5. The Nat “King” Cole Show - First television appearance of a Black person (Cole), who also hosted the show (1956).
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  1. “Captain Jack”, an early episode of Leave It to Beaver shoes a toilet for the first time on TV (only the tank, the censors wouldn’t allow the whole toilet to be shown and the ensuing delay in approving it resulted in the episode missing being the pilot)
  2. “The Boys in the Bar”, S1:E6 of Cheers: barflies Norm and Cliff become agitated at the thought of gays patronizing the bar, warning Sam of it becoming “a fern bar.” The two embark on a gay hunt, ferreting out suspicious customers until two men surprise them with a kiss.
  3. “Homeward Bound,” S6:E7 of Roseanne: DJ has been spending quite a bit of time in the bathroom, and he’s “that age,” so the family pieces together what he’s been doing. It wasn’t the first show to openly discuss masturbation – that would have been an episode of Seinfeld three years earlier – but this episode actually used The M-Word and didn’t dance around it, like Seinfeld did.
  4. Mary Kay and Johnny - The DuMont Network show from 1947 was the first to have a married couple share a bed and the first to show a woman’s pregnancy.
  5. The Nat “King” Cole Show - First television appearance of a Black person (Cole), who also hosted the show (1956).
  6. Linda Bove began appearing on Sesame Street in 1971, and was first credited in January, 1972. Before then, no one ever thought it was important to use Deaf or disabled actors in roles as such. It was also the first time someone was shown using ASL correctly.