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The Fourth of July! Independence Day! It's about more than

just fireworks, backyard barbecues and trips to the beach.
It's also about ... television! So we wonder: What TV shows
would the American colonists have watched if there'd been
TV during the Revolution? Perhaps the lineup would've
included...

Constables
Fox reality series: Ride along with actual Deputies of the
King on their rounds of bawdy houses, illegal grog dealers
and suspicious "chop shops" in the stables next to the
butcher's.

That l77os Show

Teenage friends neck, drink beer and plot sedition in their
parents' basement.

Ye Practice
Boston attorneys take on cases both tough and whimsical.
Tonight: A disgruntled taxpayer subpoenas King George -
who responds by ordering everybody at the law firm hanged!

Bunker Hill, 9O210

Wealthy, well-dressed young colonists face scholastic and
romantic entanglements near a strategically important
military site.

Suddenly Hessian
Single young colu.mnist Susan tries hard to fit in when she's
hired by German mercenaries.

Walker, Tory Ranger

The keeper of a colonial royal forest high-kicks butt when
rumrunners and slave traders invade his turf.

Sabrina the Condemned Witch

Ironic comedy ensues when an actual teenage sorceress
secretly uses her powers each week to avoid execution -
with hilarious results!
Hey, Benedict Arnold!
Animated series about the young traitor-to-be and his
friends as they deal with school, parents and peer pressure.

Dharma & George

It's love at first "site" for a free-spirited young woman and a
staid young Virginia surveyor with political ambitions.

Boston Commoners
Class distinctions are no match for romance in this sitcom of
merchant-class burghers and their laborer/servant friends.
Tonight: A tea party gets out of hand.

Just Shoot Men

Chivalry and comedy in a military recruitment office.

The Real World: Yorktown

Attractive young twentysomethings share a house in Virginia
under the ever-watchful eye of the audience, the producers
and British intelligence.

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

 High-stakes game show hosted by Patrick Henry philbin.

Two Minutemen and a Girl

Young professionals venture into the world of first jobs,
serious relationships and the overthrow of the tyranny of the
king. Tonight: Betsy gets a commission from a flag
manufacturer.

The British Bunch

A widower with three sons and a single mom with three girls
marry and move to the colonies, where they find teenage
antics are the same all over.

Buffy the Redcqat Slayer

A teenage girl is the Chosen One to battle the forces of
England.

Everybody Loves Franklin

The lusty rnisadventures and "mistress adventures" of the
randy Founding Father - who's beloved in more ways than
one!
Dharma photo courtesy of ABC

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