5 Influential TV Shows

5 Influential TV Shows That Changed Peoples Beliefs

MELROSE PLACEThe Show That Placed Art on Prime Time TV

The show seemed like a very bland, though pleasant, view of an ordinary LA apartment complex and its inhabitants. But on closer look, the show actually had some depth that is glossed over by the ordinariness of the whole set-up and environment. Art was so integral into the set of the show that every time viewers turn on their set, they are unconsciously bombarded with art and culture. The Melrose Place set was dressed up in avant-garde works from different up and coming artists of varying media. The show has become a highly visible billboard for artists. The concept was well embraced by people that in 1997, the Melrose Place pieces were displayed in their own show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

THE SIMPSONSThe Show That Revolutionized the Way People Talk

The Simpson talk has reached far beyond the TV screens, just chat with anyone, particularly the younger ones and you will likely hear some utterances compliments of the show. The impact on the community is so apparent that in 2005, a linguistics professor from the University of Pennsylvania, Mark Liberman wrote, The Simpsons has apparently taken over from Shakespeare and the Bible as our cultures greatest source of idioms, catchphrases, and sundry other textual allusions.You might not believe Libermans assertion but on the other hand, look up some Simpson catchphrases and youll see them at the latest Oxford English Dictionary.It is pure and simple linguistic acceptance on the play. Doh!

AMERICAS MOST WANTEDThe Show That Help Secure Americas Streets

With the airing of America's Most Wanted on its debut in 1988, it was reported that the show has helped capture over 1,100 fugitives.

GLEE The Show That Boosted the Record Industry

After just 2 years of airing, the musical series Glee the cast had sold more than 11 million albums and another 36 million single tracks. Meanwhile, the casts 2011 concert tour grossed more than $40 million.

DE GROTE DONORSHOWThe Show That Caught Organ Donors Attention

This 2007 reality show actually was inundated with criticism before it was even aired. What can be more twisted than ask very sick people to compete for the organs they need? What can be more perverse than asking a terminally ill woman to pick the winner who will receive her organs? Topping the vicious premise is using input from viewer text messages to make such a harrowing decision?