The 1990’s:The Small Screen Settling in a comfy couch, in front of a brightly lit screen, remote in hand flipping through an assortment of channels, trying to decide what to spend the night binge watching, from girls trying wedding dresses to guys passing around a soccer ball-and everything in between. What if all these channels vanished in thin air and all that was left were a few news channels? For the most part, it was like this before the 90’s. 90’s television sparked many ideas, from the latest fashion fad to a serious discussion about sexuality or maybe the latest cool kid slang.Many of these shows were the pioneers for the mainstream TV shows of today. Pop culture was heavily influenced by the small screen, and would
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Ellen was a sitcom about single girl’s life in the city. For the beginning of the sitcom nothing about her sexuality was questioned, but during the fourth season of the show the theme song was accompanied by a clip of her coming out of the closet, literally. She was also featured on the cover of Time Magazine with the caption “I’m Gay. After coming out on television many people were aggravated and views dropped increasingly fast. Advertisers were no longer wanting to support this tv show, and the show was canceled. Today Ellen is an icon with a talk show with millions of views. Though the show was unsuccessful, this sitcom paved the way for lesbians/gays to be a part of television.
Though television in the 90’s brought up very debatable topics, it also brought fashion trends based off of the most popular tv shows. The very popular sitcom, Friends, inspired a layered haircut also known as the “Rachel” haircut. This haircut was the most requested celebrity haircut of the 90’s. Many girls sported spider comb headbands and had an assortment of colors, inspired by the tv show Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Though these are a few of TV inspired
Ellen was a sitcom about single girl’s life in the city. For the beginning of the sitcom nothing about her sexuality was questioned, but during the fourth season of the show the theme song was accompanied by a clip of her coming out of the closet, literally. She was also featured on the cover of Time Magazine with the caption “I’m Gay. After coming out on television many people were aggravated and views dropped increasingly fast. Advertisers were no longer wanting to support this tv show, and the show was canceled. Today Ellen is an icon with a talk show with millions of views. Though the show was unsuccessful, this sitcom paved the way for lesbians/gays to be a part of television.
Though television in the 90’s brought up very debatable topics, it also brought fashion trends based off of the most popular tv shows. The very popular sitcom, Friends, inspired a layered haircut also known as the “Rachel” haircut. This haircut was the most requested celebrity haircut of the 90’s. Many girls sported spider comb headbands and had an assortment of colors, inspired by the tv show Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Though these are a few of TV inspired