Oscar Winberg
@oscarwinberg.bsky.social
historian, politics & media, book coming soon: Archie Bunker for President with @uncpress.bsky.social
"For Fox to turn a man as partisan, bullying and unlikeable as Lalas into American soccer’s figurehead is the media equivalent of getting John Wayne Gacy to perform at a children’s birthday party." 🔥🔥🔥
Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 2mo agoThis is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A master of television, you could write a history of the sitcom from the 1970 to today through the career of James Burrows: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and so much more...
Melanie McFarland@mctelevision.bsky.social · 2mo agoRIP James Burrows, the sitcom maestro who contributed his vision to more than 1K episodes of TV and co-created "Cheers." www.salon.com/2026/06/19/j...
Norman Lear remained convinced until the end that All in the Family could be be made today (whether that today was the 1990s or the 2020s). The problem, Lear recognized, was not "bias in the media" or "liberal policies," but executives afraid of risks and underestimating the audience.
Entertainment Weekly@ew.com · 2mo agoRainn Wilson is calling out a 'bias in the media' toward 'liberal policies' for his belief that 'The Office' could not be made today, saying it would be 'too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was.'
The American Political History Conference (APHC) is the best and it's a thrill to have a roundtable on my book as part of the program!
Mike Koncewicz@mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe American Political History Conference (APHC) begins tomorrow in DC. On Friday morning, I will be on a roundtable to discuss Archie Bunker for President with @oscarwinberg.bsky.social , @kevinmkruse.bsky.social, Sage Goodwin, and Kathryn McGarr.
I'm not in Philadelphia right now (because of the implications...), but at least Archie Bunker for President is representing me at the @uncpress.bsky.social booth. If you're attending OAH this weekend, check it out!
tucker is criticizing trump to further his own far-right politics. not only do you not have to hand it to him, but when you do hand it to him, you're lending him legitimacy to do other bad things.
Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou guys don't need to hand it to Tucker Carlson for any reason, ever. just fyi
The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.
Okay, @uncpress.bsky.social is running a American History Sale - 30% off with code 01UNCP30 so let's do a five book mini-thread 🧵
UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 4mo agoTreat yourself to a book 🙂↕️ use code 01UNCP30 to save 30% right now during our American History Sale
This conversation with @ceaubin.com about how Archie Bunker paved the way for Donald Trump was so much fun!! Listen to @thisguysucked.com wherever you get your podcast!
Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · 4mo agoToday on @thisguysucked.com: I’m joined by the wonderful @oscarwinberg.bsky.social to ask what happens when you give the nuclear codes to Archie Bunker, the television character everybody was DEFINITELY NOT supposed to be emulating.
I don't know why you're laughing.
a woman speaking into a microphone with a sign that says attorney box
Alt: Attorney General Pam Bondi angrily declaring in a congressional hearing "the Dow, the Dow right now, the Dow is over 50,000."
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Status@status.news · 4mo agoSix months into Bari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News, new ratings data obtained by Status shows its flagship programs are shedding viewers at an alarming rate, collapsing to historic lows and accelerating the network’s decline. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-r...
Such an honor to receive this recognition for my book! Archie Bunker for President was my dream project and I enjoyed every step of the process. I'm particularly glad to see the award committee describe it as an "insightful and thoroughly entertaining book."
SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 6mo agoJoin us in offering congratulations to @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 CPH Book Prize(!) for his book *Archie Bunker for President* @uncpress.bsky.social We look forward to welcoming Dr. Winberg to SMU next academic year to share his work with our campus and Dallas community!
Honored that Archie Bunker for President is among the finalists for the SMU Center for Presidential History Book Prize!! Television entertainment is often dismissed as trivial, so this recognition of my book as political/presidential history means a lot.
One of the reasons I'm on social media is the regular reminders when the books I have been looking forward to are out in the world!
Brent Cebul@brentcebul.bsky.social · 6mo agoWell hello there @dygottlieb.bsky.social! So excited to jump into this! Congratulations!
This month marks 55 years since the premiere of All in the Family. Historian @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, author of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics (2025) explains the show's transformative impact on American television. 🗃️
Before Norman and After Norman: The Impact of All in the Family on American Television
Fifty-five years ago this month, All in the Family debuted, launching a transformation of the American sitcom.
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This is valid. It's also an argument for the political value of something like Fox News in driving issue salience. There's an infrastructure on the right that is missing on the left.
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young@dannagal.bsky.social · 7mo agoI do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.
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If you need a break from the news (and you do), listen to the latest episode of Unsung History with @oscarwinberg.bsky.social and learn who Archie Bunker endorsed in the 1972 presidential election.
All in the Family
All in the Family page for UNSUNG HISTORY
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I can't believe Bari Weiss is making me post Aaron fuckin' Sorkin content but this seemed kind of obvious. youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?...
The Newsroom - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore...(Restricted language)
YouTube video by tpratt441
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Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 7mo agoIncredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor. One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Heartwarming look at Rob Reiner's remarkable career @sepinwall.bsky.social My only note: the famous "a sock and a sock or a sock and a short"-scene was the result not of the excellent writers but of Reiner and O'Connor playing around with the characters.
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 8mo agoWrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.
I have been sitting with the heartbreaking news about Rob and Michele Reiner for a while now, struggling to find the right words. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Rob Reiner, wife dead in homicide at Brentwood home; police interview family member
Longtime Hollywood star Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their Brentwood home Sunday in what police are describing as an apparent homicide.
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Did you or anyone you know dance on Soul Train in the 1970s? Looking for folks to interview for some book research Thanks! #BlackSky
Today is publication day!! #ArchieBunkerforPresident is now officially out in the world with @uncpress.bsky.social and you can find a copy wherever you find books (and if they don't have one, ask them to order a copy for you!)!! uncpress.org/978146969090...
Archie Bunker for President
Delving into the intersection of television entertainment and American politics during the 1970s, focusing on the sitcom All in the Family, this book explore...
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Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way. by Ezra Klein
This is a smart @davekarpf.bsky.social write-up for all who, like me, have been looping these bars all day long: "Don't let them lead you astray, This congress does not speak for me, They're playing a dangerous game."
Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 9mo agoI scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Happening tomorrow!! Interested in TV, comedy, political activism and/or democracy? Join us online for a conversation with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social & Kim Phillips-Fein!
Oscar Winberg@oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 9mo agoFriends, the Center for Political History, Media, and Technology at Purdue is hosting an online book launch for #ArchieBunkerforPresident. Please, join me next week (Nov 5) for a conversation w/ @emilynussbaum.bsky.social, Kim Phillips-Fein & Sage Goodwin. Register here: tinyurl.com/ArchieBunker...
