Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.

Top Cast

Stanley Aranowitz

Self

Ed Asner

Narrator

Roseanne Barr

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Bill Cosby

Self (archive footage)