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(c)1996-2006
Jim O'Kane

It seems this site has become a real educational resource, because every semester I get dozens of e-mails from students writing papers about single dads on TV.

If you're within a 100-mile radius of Providence, Rhode Island, I can bring a fascinating presentation about Single Dads on TV right to your classroom. These lectures are from 30 minutes to 2 hours long and include the following topics:

• The history of Single Dads on TV
• The "rules" for being a TV Single Dad
• Archetypes of the TV Single Dad genre
• Narrative strategies employed by over 150 Single Dad TV shows.

Historical timelines, societal changes, and viewer demographics are some of the areas highlighted in the lectures. Relevant video clips from current series will be shown during the lecture to illustrate various aspects of the TV Single Dad tradition.

Classroom Requirements:

• a computer with screen projection, capable of displaying Powerpoint presentations
• a VHS VCR

Scheduling:

You may e-mail me at jim@tvdads.com to arrange a lecture time. Please contact me at least two weeks in advance - and note that my schedule fills up rapidly as the semester progresses.

About the Author:

Jim O'Kane is the author of the TV Single Dads Hall of Fame (www.tvdads.com), a website covering the 50-year history of single fathers on television. The site was named by ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY as one of the "Thirty Most-Entertaining Sites on the Web." Numerous publications (The Wall Street Journal, TV Guide, The Washington Post) have published frequent articles about the site. Jim O'Kane has lectured at Shenandoah University, George Mason University, and the University of Pennsylvania on the topics of television, web technologies, and TV Dads. A real-life single dad, Jim lives in the suburbs of Providence, Rhode Island.

A Note on Citations:

I get mail from many students asking about the appropriate manner to cite quotes from this website. According to the MLA (www.mla.org), the correct manner is as follows:

O'Kane, Jim, The TV Single Dads Interview: Christopher Titus, 12 October 2008 <http://www.dads.com/tvdtitus.shtml>.

where "12 October 2008" is today's date, and the webpage and title for the webpage are correct.