The 70's
The Decade That Changed Television


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"The '70s: The Decade That Changed Television" pays tribute to the decade that gave us groundbreakers such as "All in the Family," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "M*A*S*H," "Saturday Night Live," "The Rockford Files", "The Jeffersons," "Starsky & Hutch," "Columbo," "Maude", "Baretta", "Kojak," "The Love Boat," "Mannix," "Family," "The Carol Burnette Show," "Charlie's Angels," "Three's Company," "The Waltons, " "Happy Days," "The Little House On The Prairie," not to mention "Wonder Woman" and all the female-lead shows like "The Bionic Woman". The documentary was produced by the Museum of Radio and Television and Lynda Carter is featured in a short interview about the Wonder Woman series. Regarding her TV character Lynda Carter concluded: “It was definitively a feminist point of view, you know it’s all girl power, and that I can be anything I wanna be”.Broadcast Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000.
Broadcast Network: ABC.

Running Time: 120 min.
Time slot: 7:00 P.M.

Host: Mike Farrell.
Co-Hosts: The Smothers Brothers, Peter Falk, Betty White, John Ritter, Melissa Gilbert, Hugh Downs.
Featuring: Rob Reiner, Norman Lear, Edward James Olmos, Larry Gelbart, Alan Alda, George Slatter, Bob Mackie, Carol Burnett, Lorne Michaels, Paul Michael Glaser, Stephen J. Cannell, Tom Fontana, Aaron Spelling, Bea Arthur, Gloria Steinem, Mary Tyler Moore, Lynda Carter, Kate Jackson, Howard Rosenberg, Suzanne Sommers, Richard Thomas, Garry Marshall, Bob Woodward, Phil Donahue, Mike Wallace, George Schlatter, Bob Costas, George Plimpton,

Director: Stacy Peralta.
Editors: Paul Crowder, Noelle De Bruhl, Arosh Ayrom, Carlos Millan, Jeffrey Schwartz.
Producers: Christine Triano, Izabela Muchinski.
Senior Segment Producer: Stephen Pocok.
Music: Taylor M. Uhler.
Segment Producer: Stuart De Ocampo.
Line Producers: Chris  Longman, Elizabeth Hummer.
Clearance Supervisor: Catherine Feinberg.
Talent Executive: Mary Downey.
Assistant Editors: Annette Aryanpor, Chris Kirkpatrick.
Post-Production Supervisor: Ted Garvey.
Post-Production Coordinator: Shandra L. McDonals.
Graphic Design: Clyde Smith.
Interview Photography: Rick Pendleton, Kevin Roberts.
Production Company: Rocket Science Laboratories.
© 2000 by The Museum Of Radio and Television and ABC-TV.