Pioneers of Television: Season 3

Four more genres are covered with LOTS of ne2w cast member interviews
In this, the third 4-episode season of the PBS series - the "genres" covered are "Funny Ladies", "Prime Time Soaps", "Superheroes" and "Miniseries" Of course, as the seasons continue they need to find new "genres" to cover. It's been a while since I watched the first two seasons but it seemed to me that, this time they concentrated each episode on less shows - most often, only two or three. They did get a lot of celebrities to be interviewed (and some crossed genres, like Joan Collins in both "Primetime Soaps" ("Dynasty") and "Superheroes" (Batman).

Each episode runs 55 minutes.
Funny Ladies concentrated on Mary Tyler Moore and her appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show as well as her own series. Carol Burnett is shown on the Gary More Show and then her own Variety Show. Betty White - the one with the longest career is shown on her MANY shows. And then there are the standup comediennes Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller (in her last recorded interview).
Prime Time...

Outstanding Addition to This Series
I have all of the seasons of the fine PBS program. Each season is well worth getting and this one is not exception. Recommended!

Excellent, many interviews with folks who were there, brings back memories of my childhood, excellent series
Excellent, many interviews with folks who were there, brings back memories of my childhood, awesome series!!! I am very glad I found this.

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