Robert J. Thompson

Actor · born 3 August 1959 · Chicago, Illinois, U.S

Robert James Thompson is an American media scholar. He's been a professor at Syracuse University since 1990 and is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. He has written multiple books and has been interviewed on many documentaries, radio and television shows for his expansive knowledge in television history.

Where to start: What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show (2020).

As actor 6

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show (2020) poster

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show

2020 · 10.0/10

Mr. SOUL! (2018) poster

Mr. SOUL!

2018 · 7.0/10

Four Falls of Buffalo (2015) poster

Four Falls of Buffalo

2015 · 7.7/10

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009) poster

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009 · 10.0/10

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) poster

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

2009 · 4.2/10

American Cannibal (2006) poster

American Cannibal

2006 · 4.7/10

TV shows 9

TV We Love (2025) poster

TV We Love

TV · 2025

Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains (2024) poster

Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains

TV · 2024 · 9.0/10

Dark Side of the 2000s (2023) poster

Dark Side of the 2000s

TV · 2023 · 6.1/10

Dark Side of the 90's (2021) poster

Dark Side of the 90's

TV · 2021 · 7.1/10

The Story of Late Night (2021) poster

The Story of Late Night

TV · 2021 · 5.7/10

Notorious (2019) poster

Notorious

TV · 2019 · 10.0/10

The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017) poster

The Real Mad Men of Advertising

TV · 2017 · 5.2/10

Generation Boom

2006

Generation Boom

TV · 2006

American Experience (1988) poster

American Experience

TV · 1988 · 6.5/10