Robert J. Thompson

Biography

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.

Known For

American Experience

American Greed

The Story of Late Night

Dark Side of the 90's

Dark Side of the 2000s

The Unexplained

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Mr. SOUL!

All Movies (7)

• What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show2020 · as Self
• Mr. SOUL!2018 · as Self
• Four Falls of Buffalo2015 · as Self
• Driving America2015 · as Self
• Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009 · as Self
• Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg2009 · as Self
• American Cannibal2006 · as Self - Bob Thompson

All TV Shows (11)

• TV We Love2025 · as Self
• Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains2024 · as Self
• Dark Side of the 2000s2023 · as Self
• Dark Side of the 90's2021 · as Self
• The Story of Late Night2021 · as Self
• Notorious2019 · as Self
• The Real Mad Men of Advertising2017 · as Self
• American Greed2007 · as Self
• Generation Boom2006 · as Self
• The Unexplained1996 · as Self - Bob Thompson
• American Experience1988 · as Self