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Robert J. Thompson

Acting · Born August 3, 1959 · 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.

Robert J. Thompson movies and shows

  • American Experience1988
  • The Unexplained1996
  • American Greed2007
  • Dark Side of the 90's2021
  • The Story of Late Night2021
  • Dark Side of the 2000s2023
  • Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains2024
  • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009
  • Four Falls of Buffalo2015
  • Mr. SOUL!2018
  • The Real Mad Men of Advertising2017
  • TV We Love2025
  • What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show2020
  • Notorious2019
  • Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg2009
  • American Cannibal2006
  • Driving America2015