NOVA · Season 9 · Episode 6

“The Television Explosion”

Aired Monday 15 February 1982

NOVA explores the past, present, and future of American television including the potential of cable, the Columbus, Ohio, two-way TV experiment, the array of new techniques and their potential social impact. Will the new video technology let people see what they really want, rather than what the networks want?

S9 E6 discussion