Robert J. Thompson

Robert J. Thompson

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.

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Filmography

2025

TV We Love
TV We Love
as Self
TV - Released: 10/13/2025

2024

Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains
Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains
as Self
TV - Released: 5/26/2024

2023

Dark Side of the 2000s
Dark Side of the 2000s
as Self
TV - Released: 7/18/2023

2021

The Story of Late Night
The Story of Late Night
as Self
TV - Released: 5/2/2021
Dark Side of the 90's
Dark Side of the 90's
as Self
TV - Released: 7/15/2021

2019

Notorious
Notorious
as Self
TV - Released: 3/16/2019

2018

Mr. SOUL!
Mr. SOUL!
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/27/2018

2017

The Real Mad Men of Advertising
The Real Mad Men of Advertising
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/2017

2015

Driving America
Driving America
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/25/2015

2009

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/10/2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/14/2009

2007

American Greed
American Greed
as Self
TV - Released: 6/21/2007

2006

American Cannibal
American Cannibal
as Self - Bob Thompson
Movie - Released: 1/3/2006
TV
Generation Boom
as Self
TV - Released: 9/26/2006

1996

The Unexplained
The Unexplained
as Self - Bob Thompson
TV - Released: 1/2/1996

1988

American Experience
American Experience
as Self
TV - Released: 10/4/1988