Faculty Experts
Robert Thompson
Dubbed a “pop culture ambassador” by the Associated Press, Robert Thompson has contributed to hundreds of radio and TV programs and publications.
He is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture. He was a visiting professor for six summers at Cornell University and served for nine years as professor and director of the N.H.S.I. Television and Film Institute at Northwestern University.
Thompson is the author or editor of five books: “Television’s Second Golden Age” (Continuum, 1996); “Prime Time, Prime Movers” (Little, Brown, 1992); “Adventures on Prime Time” (Praeger, 1990); and “Television Studies” (Praeger 1989).
He has been interviewed by a wide range of media outlets, including CBS’s “60 Minutes,” “48 Hours,” “The Early Show” and “The Evening News with Dan Rather”; NBC’s “Dateline,” “Today” and “Later Today”; ABC’s “20/20,” “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America”; PBS’s “Newshour”; MSNBC’s “Headlines & Legends” and “Playback”; CNN’s “Newsstand”; CNBC’s “Upfront Tonight with Geraldo Rivera”; Fox News Channel’s “O’Reilly Factor”; NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” “Talk of the Nation,” “Fresh Air,” “On the Media” and “Anthem”; The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Newsweek Fortune, TV Guide and Variety.
Related Stories and Coverage
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Observer and Reporter
Professor Robert Thompson talks why cable users are “cutting the cord”
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Calgary Herald
Professor Robert Thompson on a playoff run and its morale boost for Calgary
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Fox News
Fox News Interviews Professor Robert Thompson for Reality Chefs Story
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CBC
Professor Robert Thompson on the Legacy of Chuck Barris
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Associated Press
Professor Robert Thompson on “Fox and Friends” Popularity
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NBC News
Robert Thompson Offers Thoughts on TV and President Trump
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Voice of America
Professor Robert Thompson on the Enduring Popularity of Elvis
Thursday, March 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe -
Associated Press
Professor Robert Thompson on the Fascination with the North Korean Poison Plot
Monday, February 20, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe -
Fox News
Bob Thompson Offers Thoughts on Late Night TV “Trump Bump”
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Fox News
Professor Robert Thompson Offers Perspective on Death of Carrie Fisher for Fox News
Tuesday, January 3, 2017, By Keith Kobland