Fox scored big with The Simpsons, the animated brainchild of comic artist Matt Groening. Bart Simpson, the show's young troublemaking fourth-grader, immediately became an icon for underachievers of all ages, leading to a rapid proliferation of T-shirts bearing Bart's mantra: "Don't have a cow, Man".

Twin Peaks also touched a nerve with viewers, but was more of an acquired taste. Directed by David Lynch, the unsettling, dreamlike series revolved around the question of "Who killed Laura Palmer?". The plot became impossibly convoluted - and the ratings dropped severely - by the time detective Kyle MacLachlan got around to solving the mystery - it was her dad, who became a homicidal maniac when possessed by an evil spirit named Bob!

Far more wholesome was Beverly Hills 90210, an Aaron Spelling production that followed the lives of eight Beverly Hills high school students.

Many ordinary people were made famous by real-life docudramas, including Airport, Pet Rescue and The Cruise. The most sensational example of this was possibly the trial-by-television of American football star OJ Simpson.

 

 

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¤ Television in the 1950s
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¤ Television in the 1990s