Television category: 3830 books
Space Patrol
Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Before Star Trek, there was Space Patrol. Science fiction television has its roots in this live, action-packed series that captured the imagination of Americans from 1950 to 1955, when space travel was just a dream. This book explores the freewheeling spirit of live TV, where anything could go wrong...
Men with stakes
Masculinity and the gothic in US television
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Men with stakes builds on recent discussions of television Gothic by examining the ways in which the Gothic mode is deployed specifically to call into question televisual realism and, with it, conventional depictions of masculinity. Released from the mandate of realism to describe the world as it...
The New Gay for Pay
The Sexual Politics of American Television Production
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
Television conveys powerful messages about sexual identities, and popular shows such as Will & Grace, Ellen, Glee, Modern Family, and The Fosters are often credited with building support for gay rights, including marriage equality. At the same time, however, many dismiss TV's portrayal of LGBT...
by Deborah Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Veteran television producer Deborah Mitchell works with your brand to find the heat, the meat and the angle of your story or message, then shares it socially, online and with the power of television. If you want to be on television or work in it, Deborah walks readers thru the behind-the scenes world...
Telemodernities
Television and Transforming Lives in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Yoga gurus on lifestyle cable channels targeting time-pressured Indian urbanites; Chinese dating shows promoting competitive individualism; Taiwanese domestic makeover formats combining feng shui with life planning advice: Asian TV screens are increasingly home to a wild proliferation of popular factual...
Digital Video Distribution in Broadband, Television, Mobile and Converged Networks
Trends, Challenges and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
A unique treatment of digital video distribution technology in a business context, Digital Video Distribution in Broadband, Television, Mobile and Converged Networks explores a range of diverse topics within the field through a combination of theory and practice to provide the best possible insight...
Genius on Television
Essays on Small Screen Depictions of Big Minds
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Whether it’s Sherlock Holmes solving crimes or Sheldon and Leonard geeking out over sci-fi, geniuses are central figures on many of television’s most popular series. They are often enigmatic, displaying superhuman intellect while struggling with mundane aspects of daily life. This collection of...
A Game of Two Halves
Football Fandom, Television and Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Professional football is one of the most popular television 'genres' worldwide, attracting the support of millions of fans, and the sponsorship of powerful companies. In A Game of Two Halves, Sandvoss considers football's relationship with television, its links with transnational capitalism, and the...
Renegade Hero or Faux Rogue
The Secret Traditionalism of Television Bad Boys
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
This book explores the presence of the anti-hero in mainstream dramatic serial television. It offers critical examinations of Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, Breaking Bad, and Boardwalk Empire. What purpose might such unusual protagonists serve in today’s culture and what do their tales tell...
Spartacus in the Television Arena
Essays on the Starz Series
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator turned rebel leader, endures as a near-mythic hero who fought for the oppressed against a Roman oligarchy built on the backs of slave labor. The image of Spartacus as a noble if doomed avenger is familiar and his story has been retold through history as a cautionary...
Inside the TV Writer's Room
Practical Advice For Succeeding in Television
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Aspiring writers often ask how they can break into the television writing business. Meyers believes that the answer can be found by asking why people become television writers and what makes them successful. Inside the TV Writer’s Room reveals these insights and much more. This volume, a collection...
The Non-User-Friendly Guide For Aspiring TV Writers
Experience and Advice From the Trenches
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Steven L. Sears has had a successful career in film and television encompassing over thirty years of involvement at all levels. From his beginnings as a staff writer on the hit NBC show THE A-TEAM, to Co-Executive Producer on the hit series XENA-WARRIOR PRINCESS for MCA/Universal, creator and...
Happy Holidays--Animated!
A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world—first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed...
Queer Horror Film and Television
Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
In recent years, the representation of alternative sexuality in the horror film and television has 'outed' itself from the shadows from which it once lurked via the embrace of an outrageously queer horror aesthetic where homosexuality is often unequivocally referenced. In this book, Darren Elliott-Smith...