MEDIA
M*A*S*H Was a S*M*A*S*H
The Reality of An American Family
https://www.thewrap.com/an-american-family-loud-reality-tv-divorce/
A Small Step That Was a Giant Leap for the Gay Community
https://www.thewrap.com/tv-first-out-gay-character-corner-bar-vincent-schiavelli/
A Song For the Ages / Remembering a TV Classic
A Film Classic Changes the Cop Genre
All in the Family: 50 Years On
The Poseidon Adventure: A Cruise Into History
A Look Back at a What Became an Urban Myth
A 21st Century (Dis)Advantage
https://whyy.org/articles/lamenting-the-lonely-modern-tv-viewing-experience/
When the Counterculture Gave the Industry a Counterpunch
TV and Society at a Crossroads
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/01/31/smothers-brothers-comedy-hour-cbs/97107004/
The Sitcom That Finally Brought Adult Humor Out of the Closet
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/08/31/soap-abc-billy-crystal-40-years-ago/618464001/
The Marital Tale that Struck a Nerve Decades Before Marriage Story
What a Feeling (It Still Is)
Then and Still: What the New York Times Called "The Funniest Half Hour In Sitcom History"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/11/02/flashback-when-chuckles-clown-had-last-laugh/74592678/
The Wire, Breaking Bad, and the Rest: How One Drama Paved the Way
Tied Up In Knots All Over Again
The Most Important Year of Prime-Time's Most Important Decade
Holy Sh*t! It's Been 40 F***ing Years!
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/holy-sh-t-its-been-40-f-ing-years-d344cf8e471f
A Nothing Day Ends for a TV Legend Who Made It All Seem Worthwhile
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/after-all-2871e43d404f
The Holiday Special That Darn Near Took Down the Whole Force
The Love Is Still Deep
When Death Took a Holiday
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/death-takes-a-holiday-d56adcd1cad2
Then, Now, Forever -- The Greatest Line-Up In TV History
https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2008/08/guest-commentary-recalling-tvs/
It Was All In One Decade
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/it-was-all-in-one-decade-fdd16c4b3657
A Race Reckoning in the Most Unusual of Places
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/12/20/bewitched-broke-ground-45-years-ago/77115192/
Comedy For One, Please
https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2007/12/guest-commentary-single-camera/
That Time a TV Shower Scene Scrubbed Prime-Time Clean
http://www.thewrap.com/how-a-shower-scene-changed-television-history-guest-blog/
FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE
That Time in 2019 When Boredom Met Curiosity and a Newly Discovered
Family Insurance Policy from 1933 Led to an $8.14 Payout
Tom Cruise: You've Said Enough
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-07-06-cruise-edit_x.htm
Ten Years of Improvement in the Battle for Mental Health Acceptance
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/30/voices-war--words-depression/30750245/
Death, Grief, and a Son
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-18/news/vw-2272_1_mother-s-death
When Sorrow Is Shared
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/good-grief-145ff6817d82
The Year I Didn't Turn 50
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/getting-over-down-under-9a13623bd308
Was Dan Quayle (Gasp!) Right?!
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-05-18-column18_ST_N.htm
James at 16
https://medium.com/@mckairnes/james-at-16-b75d177a59d3