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Robert J. Thompson
Born August 3, 1959 (66 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | TV We Love (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Dark Side of the 2000s (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Dark Side of the 90's (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | The Story of Late Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Real Bedford Falls: It's a Wonderful Life · as Self - Professor, Syracuse University |
| 2019 | Notorious (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Mr. Soul! · as Self |
| 2017 | Traveling in the 70's (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Real Mad Men of Advertising (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | At This Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | CNN This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | All In with Chris Hayes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Rundown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg · as Self |
| 2009 | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV Series) · as Self - Cultural Historian |
| 2007 | BBC World News America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | American Greed (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | American Eats (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Glenn Beck (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | American Cannibal · as Self - Bob Thompson |
| 2005 | ESPN Outside the Lines (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Tucker (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Showbiz Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Geraldo Rivera Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Cold Pizza (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | VH1 News Presents (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Dr. Phil (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | TV Tales (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Brilliant But Cancelled · as Self |
| 2001 | NewsNight with Aaron Brown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox and Friends (USA) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Special Report with Bret Baier (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Bravo Profiles (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Fox Report with Jon Scott (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Your World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | No Spin News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Hannity & Colmes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | MS NOW Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Unexplained (TV Series) · as Self - Bob Thompson |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | ABC World News Now (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Dateline NBC (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of Bleier Center For Television & Popular Culture At Syracuse University |
| 1992 | Reliable Sources (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | CNN Newsroom (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Primetime Wednesday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | MTV News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | 48 Hours (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Fox Business Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | CNN Special Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Center For The Study Of Popular Television, Syracuse University |
| 1979 | SportsCenter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Nightly Business Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of Bleier Center For Television & Popular Culture At Syracuse University |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of Bleier Center For Television & Popular Culture At Syracuse University |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Canada A.M. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of Bleier Center For Television & Popular Culture At Syracuse University |
| 1966 | W5 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | The National (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1941 | CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1941 | CBS Evening News (TV Series) · as Self |