Our research team had five people and we had to divide up the tasks between each of us. Our first task was to figure out what television show and issue we wanted to use. We went down the list for television shows and chose the most obvious issues in each and then found another show that contained the same issue. We came to the conclusion to watch “The Nanny” and “The Cosby Show” and relate them to issues of family and social class. Next we assigned different tasks. I do not have a television therefore my group decided that I should not be one of the people watching the television shows. So I was assigned the job of finding the television data from

www.tvtome.com, finding the historical data, and collating the observation notes. The rest of the group assigned television shows based on whether they would be free to watch them. Deartra watches “The Nanny” everyday after school, so she agreed to watch two episodes and Nelson said that he was free to watch the two episodes also. So that basically left Nicole and Rachel to watch “The Cosby Show”. The basic way we chose the episodes was by choosing whatever was on that night; we did not choose any specific episode. We then took down everyone’s email addresses and telephone numbers so we could all stay in contact while doing the assignment. We decided that everyone would just email me a copy of his or her notes because I was the one who would put it all together. Within the next two weeks I received almost all of the notes, but in discussion we all found out that they were all in the wrong format. Bonnie Jean did not want paragraph form, which was the format that everyone chose to do it in so everyone had to go back and revise his or her notes. Also we had another problem with two of the episodes. “The Cosby Show” episodes that were watched did not really show much about the Cosby family, so some of the group members were a little concerned about whether we could in fact write a paper regarding it. Rachel was not in discussion that day so we let Nicole know about our concerns and she told us that she would speak to Rachel and if she was willing they would watch another episode. Then later on during the week, both Rachel and Nicole assured us that the episode would be efficient enough to write our paper on and we did not argue much. We all decided as a group that since both Rachel and Nicole had seen the episodes and they both agreed that it would be possible to complete the assignment with those episodes, we would accept them. Nobody in the group slacked off. We all finished our portion well before the due date and had plenty of time to write our papers.

Both “The Nanny” and “The Cosby Show” have a lot to do with the issue of family. In both shows there is a problem that is overcome by the help of the family. In “The Nanny”, Fran is a shopaholic due to the fact that she is depressed by her the news of her ex boyfriend’s engagement. Gracie recognizes the problem and goes to her father for help. Mr. Sheffield then helps Fran realize that she has a problem and helps her through it. If it was not for Fran’s family she could probably never get through this difficult time. Also in the next episode, “The Party’s Over”, Fran is thrown in prison and has to go to court. It is actually Mr. Sheffield who gets her out of paying the fine, but announcing to the judge that it was his house. Even if he did not do it intentionally, he still considers Fran family, so he would probably want to do anything to get her out of trouble. Also when Mr. Sheffield says that he is going to fire Fran, Maggie comes out and lies and says that she was the one who threw the party. She did not care that Mr. Sheffield would be angry and punish her, she considered Fran family, and did not want to see her leave. In the episodes of “The Cosby Show”, family is seen many different times. First when Theo goes to his father for advice on the kids at the community center. He knows that he can always count on his father and in return his father gave his strong advice that encouraged Theo to go back. Without Cliff’s guidance, Theo may not have felt that he could be there for the kids. Also family is shown when Rahim tells Theo that he has to leave in order to provide for his family. The kid is only about 14 years old, yet he has to become the financial provider and he does not seem to mind that much. He knows that his family needs him and that he should do everything to help them. In both shows, it is evident that all the characters realize that when family needs you, you have to be there for t

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