
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.

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show

Notorious

Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains

The Unexplained

American Greed

Dark Side of the 90's

Mr. SOUL!

American Experience

The Story of Late Night

Dark Side of the 2000s

The Real Mad Men of Advertising

American Cannibal

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Driving America

TV We Love