Canada and U.S. Differences in Similar TV Story Content

<jats:p> The content of popular television shows reflect the cultural myths and values which support the popular culture of a country. Harold Schechter has shown how the ancient gods of Olympus appear nightly on United States television.<jats:sup>1</jats:sup> Horace Newcomb has pointed out that television is a "crucially important object of study not only because it is a new 'form,' a different 'medium,' but because it brings its massive audience into a direct relationship with particular sets of values and attitudes."<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> </jats:p>