Television category: 3830 books
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Created around the world and available only on the web, Internet “television” series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding, they are filmed with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and...
Whatever It Takes
Life Lessons from Degrassi and Elsewhere in the World of Music and Television
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2018
This book will change the way you think about success.
Producer of television’s iconic Degrassi franchise Stephen Stohn tells stories from behind the scenes and of making it in the music and television world in this star-studded, rock ’n’ roll trip through a Canadian show business explosion....
David Susskind
A Televised Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
A rich biography of one of the most important cultural figures of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s—maverick television producer and talk show host David Susskind
A flamboyant impresario who began his career as an agent, David Susskind helped define a fledgling television industry. He was a provocateur...
Arrow and Superhero Television
Essays on Themes and Characters of the Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network’s hit television series Arrow—based on DC Comic’s Green Arrow—and its spin-offs The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Comic book adaptations have been big business for film studios since Superman (1978) and in recent years...
Sex and the City and Us
How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune).
This is the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and...
by Jeff Silverman
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
For the last 25 years, Jeff Silverman has been the President of YukYuk's comedy club: one of the world's largest stand-up comedy chains. With a career spanning more than forty years, Jeff has helped launchthe careers of Jim Carey, Howie Mandel and Russell Peters, and started his business career with...
by Martin Gitlin
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Since the advent of network television, situation comedies have been a staple of prime-time programming. Classics of the genre have emerged in every decade, from The Honeymooners and Make Room for Daddy in the 1950sto 30 Rock, The Office, and Modern Family of the twenty-first century. Other shows...
Funny You Should Ask
Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This oral history of television sitcom writing offers the perspectives of 22 of the best and most prolific early comedy writers. How they broke into the business; how they wrote scripts (and where they got their ideas); what it was like to work on hits—and on flops; what the sitcom actors were like;...
The Twilight Zone FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Fifth Dimension and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The Twilight Zone is among the most beloved shows in American television history, a pioneering fantasy behemoth that bridged the cultural gap between the 1950s and 1960s with thought-provoking mystery, mind-boggling theorems, and occasionally outright horror.
The Twilight Zone FAQ takes the...
by Zoë Clapp
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Looking forward to 2024 this UKTV book of essays explores the development of programming and technology and predicts who will be the winners and losers of the next decade. This book contains the perspective of a broad range of thought leaders – from creative programme makers and on screen talent...
Being Fuzzy
A Quick Guide to being a Background Performer
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Ever wanted to be a part of the film and television industry but just weren't sure where to start? Being a background performer, traditionally called an Extra, is one of the best oppotunities to get involved. But once you are on set, even before that, what do you do? This is what Being Fuzzy covers...
Difficult Men
Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
A revealing look at the shows that helped TV emerge as the signature art form of the twenty-first century
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the landscape of television began an unprecedented transformation. While the networks continued to chase the lowest common denominator, a wave of new...
Top of the Morning
Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
CNN correspondent Brian Stelter reveals the dark side of morning television with exclusive material about current and past morning stars, from Matt Lauer to Katie Couric
When America wakes up with personable and charming hosts like Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos,...
Is This Live?
Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic: The Nation's Music Station
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
"A fascinating, moving recollection that celebrates one of the great achievements in Canadian television." Elaine Lui, author of Listen to the Squawking Chicken
"Ward celebrates...raw, forward-thinking, multicultural, multigender-produced content by finally freezing it in a...