I'm disappointed no one has mentioned HOMEFRONT.  For my money the best series
on the box--and, of course, on the verge of cancellation.  The show is
equisitely produced--visually beautiful.  It's also the most politically left
programme I've seen on network TV in a very long time.  Deals with a close-knit
small town in Ohio right after World War II.  The show's writers are remarkably
well-informed about the historical period.  The show's dealt with the forceably
removal of women from industry jobs.  It's dealt very sympathetically with union
organizing, sit-down strikes and the evils of capitalism and capitalists.  A
current plot point examines the viciousness of the Red Scare in union circles.
Perhaps the show's unambivalent leftist and feminist politics are tempered by
displacing the issues into the past.  Nevertheless, it works.
 
I'd love to hear from others who share my enthusiasm for the show--and hope to
turn other Screen-Lers onto the show while it's still around.  ABC, Tuesdays,
9:00 pm midwest time.
 
Aniko Bodroghkozy
Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison
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