American entertainment television, transmitted coast-to-coast, is the product of a fierce battle for profits between the big three networks. How do these pressures operate, and how do they affect the programmes - and the audience? With Mike Dann, Herminio Traviesas, Norman Lear, George Gerbner, Don Roberts, Bob Liebert and two American families
Narrated by MICHAEL DEAN
Film editor FRANCO ROSSO
Director PAUL kriwaczek
Producer JOHN radcliffe
(Next Friday: the Truth Game)