num_pages: 242
description: No generation eludes definition as much as Generation X. Rob Owens opens with a history of network and cable television since the birth of Generation X, but goes on to explore the symbiotic relationship between television and this largely misunderstood age group. From the first megahit The Brady Bunch to today's Friends, Owen unflinchingly describes the boob tube as the ubiquitous babysitter for millions of young people. Television, Owen maintains, consumes innocence as viewers encounter countless episodes of society's woes, from political strife and environmental decimation to everyday violence and crime.
language: English
title: Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place
titlecomplete: Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place (Television and Popular Culture)
ratings_count: 14
series: Television and Popular Culture
publisher: Syracuse University Press