Person

Robert J. Thompson

Acting · Born 1959-08-03 · Chicago, Illinois, U.S

Robert James Thompson is an American media scholar. He's been a professor at Syracuse University since 1990 and is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. He has written multiple books and has been interviewed on many documentaries, radio and television shows for his expansive knowledge in television history.

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  American Experience

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  American Greed

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  The Unexplained

  Self - Bob Thompson

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  Dark Side of the 90's

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  The Story of Late Night

  Self

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  Dark Side of the 2000s

  Self

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  Notorious

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  Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains

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• Generation Boom

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  Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

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• 2025TV We LoveSelf
• 2024Menendez Brothers: Victims or VillainsSelf
• 2023Dark Side of the 2000sSelf
• 2021Dark Side of the 90'sSelf
• 2021The Story of Late NightSelf
• 2020What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz ShowSelf
• 2019NotoriousSelf
• 2018Mr. SOUL!Self
• 2017The Real Mad Men of AdvertisingSelf
• 2015Four Falls of BuffaloSelf
• 2015Driving AmericaSelf
• 2009Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePantsSelf
• 2009Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. GoldbergSelf
• 2007American GreedSelf
• 2006Generation BoomSelf
• 2006American CannibalSelf - Bob Thompson
• 1996The UnexplainedSelf - Bob Thompson
• 1988American ExperienceSelf