Robert Thompson
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Salahi party crashers a 'Real' boost to Bravo franchise...a significant way, now this is just going to make it go further," says Syracuse University professor and pop culture expert Robert Thompson. "It is one of the pillars of [Bravo's] well-documented rise to success," says Tim Brooks, co-author... In this article: Bravo, Real Housewives, Robert Thompson, White House, Orange County, Calif., Syracuse University, and The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows |
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Wall Street Journal: Politics and Policy | 1 day ago
Party Crashers Cause a Hangover
"The media business is the new Ellis Island: Give me your talentless, give me your hoaxes and I will put anything on my air," said Robert Thompson, professor of television at Syracuse University. Half Yard Productions filmed...
In this article: White House, Barack Obama, Washington, Bravo, and NBC Universal
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Centre Daily Times | 5 days ago
Oprah's goodbye is also a hello
...in the next 20 months ... and beyond." Cable TV presents many tantalizing options. She could do a daily or weekly show. As Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, puts it:...
In this article: Oprah Winfrey, Revenue, Tom Cruise, Jane Hamilton, US Airways Flight 1549, and Chesley Sullenberger
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AP Online | November 20, 2009
Winfrey says prayer, thought influenced exit
In this article: Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago, CBS Corp, Los Angeles, Russell Simmons, James Frey, and Michael Jackson
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End of an era: Winfrey ending show after 25 years
...worldwide and watched by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the U.S. alone. "Oprah Winfrey is in a category of her own," said Robert Thompson, professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University. "This is a great...
In this article: Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago, CBS Corp, Los Angeles, Russell Simmons, James Frey, and Michael Jackson
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San Diego Union-Tribune | November 20, 2009
Oprah to leave network TV in 2 years
...to see how she uses (the time) from now until 2011 to make sure that her fan base follows her to a new channel," said Robert J. Thompson of Syracuse University. "There is a big difference between being on a broadcast network five days a...
In this article: Robert J. Thompson, Self-help, Joint venture, KFMB, Syracuse University, MapQuest, Discovery Communications, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and San Diego
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
With Playboy sale, an icon bows to changing times
In this article: Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, Syracuse University, Playboy Enterprises Inc, Holly Madison, and E!
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Robert J. Thompson was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, in August, 1959. He grew up in Westmont, which is about twenty miles west of Chicago. He lived there until he left to study at the University of Chicago.
Thompson is the Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. Considered an expert in Television History, Popular Culture, Media Criticism, and TV Programming, Thompson is sought out by all manner of media professionals, authors, and journalists for fresh insight in quotable soundbites which Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press dubbed "Thompson-isms".
He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and Ph.D. in radio, television and film from Northwestern University. His academic and scholarly achievements include a one-time presidency of the national Popular Culture Association, and reception of two Stephen H. Coltrin Awards for Excellence in Communication Theory from the International Radio and Television Society.
He was a key participant and moderator at the Televisuality Symposium at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on April 11, 2008.
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