Television shows

Although the Emergence of constant new Technology shook the nation, from the development of transistors that would completely change gadget making for the entire world by making everything smaller, to the production of Personal Computers that could be bought retail stores. The world was consistently changing, everyday more and more people came up with new ideas, new inventions and ways to make our lives easier. All of these inventions/gadgets pale in comparison to one machine that changed the entire world, The Television.  The television is a staple to the modern culture we have now, most of the current worlds humor, news, knowledge, and exposure comes directly from our televisions. We reference the things we see on TV everyday, it has become ingrained in our society. most/ all of us grew up watching television, our parents too, and maybe some of our grandparents too.
The shows we watched as children impacted us greatly, whether we watched Spongebob which aired in 1999, or whether our parents watched the Flintstones which aired in 1960, The Jetsons in 1962, The Pink Panther which aired in 1969 ... ETC. These shows helped shape our society into what it is today. 
one certain Channel that mad been made to entertain the public, PBS, had set out of educate children. PBS is kid friendly and also a government issued broadcasting channel.

Some of the shows that came out during the 80's where:
The Golden girls  (1985)
The Cosby show (1984)

Full house (1987)

The Simpsons (1989)

Miami vice (1984)
Star trek (1987)

It is nearly impossible for anyone in the nation to have never been exposed to anyone of these shows.
These shows are incredibly prevalent in the modern culture, we reference things we've seen in the television as we've grown up all the time. We have all encountered 'The twilight Zone' at one time in our lives, this shows the impact that televisions not only have on what we like, but what morals we have, that these televisions are an important part of what we are today, most of the basics to human behavior we learn at home, televisions allow for us to learn these valuable morals in the form of a cartoon or TV show. Not only is the television one of the greatest inventions in humanity, but it is one of our greatest teachers. Everything that comes out of a television came out of people, and who better to learn than from other people.
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