From 1960 to 1980, the "classic network system" of ABC, CBS, and NBC, dominated television. From 1980 to the present the "classic network system" began to lose their oligopoly on the television viewers of America with the popularization of cable and the uprising of three new networks. In this paper I plan to give a background on the conditions that led to the uprising of the three new networks, the differences between the networks, and an opinion as to which network will survive.
For twenty years ABC, NBC, and CBS, dominated the television industry. …
