If you wanted to find the Vietnam War in American television shows, you mostly had to wait until it was long over.

A shot of a young Scott Camil, a Vietnam vet from Florida. He talks about joining the Marines and being sent directly to ...

If you wanted to find the Vietnam War in American television shows, you mostly had to wait until it was long over The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the ...

(The Robert Altman film the show stemmed from deliberately minimized references to Korea to maximize its unspoken commentary on Vietnam.) FILE – Cast members of the television series “M*A*S*H ...

And suddenly, there were two Vietnam series on TV. ABC's "China Beach" was part-"M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H," part-"Grey's Anatomy," part-"Mad Men." Set in a wartime evacuation hospital ...

Prime-time shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring uncontroversial content to the broadest possible audience. But the war simmered below the surface as subtext, and when enough ...

The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war. Prime-time shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring ...