''NBC Experiment in Television'' is an American
experimental
An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a ...
television show
[ broadcast on ]NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
from 1967 to 1971. The format of the show was an anthology series and it usually aired on Sunday afternoons. Many of the episodes were either dramatic pieces or documentaries. The program was nominated for an Emmy in 1968 for editing.Harry Dolan
Harry Dolan (November 5, 1927 – September 7, 1981) was a writer for and the director of the Watts Writers Workshop created by Budd Schulberg. He started off as a janitor and became one of the most serious African American writers of his ti ...
about African-American life in an urban ghetto. In March, philosopher Marshall McLuhan explained his theory that "the medium is the message". In the season 4 premiere, "Music", the show documented the Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
' recording of " Hey Jude".Jim Henson
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets and '' Fraggle Rock'' (1983–1987) and ...
and written by Henson and Jerry Juhl
Jerome Ravn Juhl (July 27, 1938 – September 27, 2005) was an American television and film writer, best known for his work with The Muppets.
Biography
Juhl was born in St. Paul, Minnesota; his family moved to Menlo Park, California, when ...
entitled '' The Cube'' and starring Richard Schaal. Henson also produced a documentary episode "Youth '68" the previous year.
Episodes
Season 1
* 1: Losers Weepers ... 19 February 1967
* 2: A Coney Island of the Mind ... 26 February 1967
* 3: Good Day ... 5 March 1967
* 4: This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is the Massage ... 19 March 1967
* 5: We Interrupt This Season ... 26 March 1967
* 6: Theater of the Deaf ... 2 April 1967
* 7: The Questions ... 9 April 1967
* 8: A Young American in Paris ... 23 April 1967
* 9: Movies in the Now Generation ... 30 April 1967
Season 2
* 1: Four Days to Omaha ... 18 February 1968
* 2: The Hamster of Happiness ... 25 February 1968
* 3: Passport to Prague ... 3 March 1968
* 4: New Voices of Watts ... 17 March 1968
* 5: To Wally Pantoni We Leave a Credenza ... 31 March 1968
* 6: What Color Is the Wind ... 14 April 1968
* 7: Youth '68: Everything's Changing... or Maybe It Isn't ... 19 April 1968
* 8: Africa and I ... 28 April 1968
Season 3
* 1: This Is Sholom Aleichem ... 7 February 1969
* 2: Color Me German ... 16 February 1969
* 3: The Cube ... 23 February 1969
* 4: The New Communicators ... 16 March 1969
* 5: Pinter People ... 6 April 1969
* 6: Fellini: A Director's Notebook ... 15 March 1969
* 7: Bye Bye Butterfly ... 13 April 1969
* 8: Big Sur ... 20 April 1969
Season 4
* 1: Music! ... 22 February 1970
* 2: This Is Al Capp ... 1 March 1970
* 3: The Engagement ... 8 March 1970
* 4: A Bad Case of Shakespeare ... 22 March 1970
* 5: Moby Tick ... 12 April 1970
Season 5
* 1: Buckminster Fuller on Spaceship Earth ... 7 February 1971
References
External links
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1967 American television series debuts
1971 American television series endings
1970s American anthology television series
1960s American anthology television series
English-language television shows
NBC original programming