“AMERIKA”: The Story Behind the American Television Series that Once Divided a Nation
Journal: Zeszyty Prasoznawcze
Year: 2021

This paper will examine the history of the television series “Amerika”. Upon its airing in 1987, the television project was regarded as one of the most controversial projects in American television history. Made in response to the television spectacular “The Day After” the series “Amerika” portrayed a fictional American town living under a Soviet occupation a decade after a nuclear war forced the American government to sue for peace. The emotional plotline follows the drama of a small Nebraska f