Television category: 3830 books
Kendra Wilkinson
In Her Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Kendra Wilkinson is an American television personality. Kendra starred in the E! reality series The Girls Next Door with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison, and Bridget Marquardt. She went on to headline in a spin-off called Kendra after The Girls Next Door ended. Kendra follows the life of Wilkinson,...
Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait
From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Marvel's The Avengers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
For millions of fans around the world, Joss Whedon is known as the cult creator of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Angel', and 'Firefly', television designed to be, as he says, “an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved". Whedon's works, the 'Whedonverses',...
What a Life!
The Autobiography of Jim Whelan
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Many people may not have heard of actor Jim Whelan but he has appeared in some of the most iconic programmes on British television over the past four decades, from Crown Court and Last of the Summer Wine to The Royle Family and Heartbeat. What a Life is the story of one man’s passion for acting and...
Fifty Years of 60 Minutes
The Inside Story of Television's Most Influential News Broadcast
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“An illuminating TV show biography” (Kirkus Reviews), the ultimate inside story of 60 Minutes—the program that has tracked and shaped the biggest moments in post-war American history.
From its almost accidental birth in 1968, 60 Minutes has set the standard for broadcast journalism. The...
by Kathleen Fearn-Banks
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters to Chappelle's Show, this volume covers it all with entries on all different genres_animation, documentaries, sitcoms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows_and performers such as Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Oprah Winfrey. Additionally,...
True Blood
The Untold History of Television
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture.
Based on Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire series, True Blood brings to life a rich fantasy world in which vampires, telepathic...
The Soap Quiz Book
1,000 Questions Covering all Television Soaps
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Can you remember Hilda Ogden, Annie Sugden and Dirty Den or are you more familiar with the current soap stars who keep us hooked with the ever changing dramatic events that shape their onscreen lives? All your favourite characters from yesteryear can be found in this quiz book alongside those more contemporary...
Breaking Bad
The Untold History of Television
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture.
Critically acclaimed for its writing, acting, and cinematography, Breaking Bad follows Walter White, an everyday chemistry teacher...
The Walking Dead
The Untold History of Television
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture.
Based on the wildly popular comic by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead is a riveting drama about experiencing a zombie apocalypse—and...
Inside Gilligan's Island: From Creation to Syndication
From Creation to Syndication
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan's Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan's Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun...
Watching Jim Crow
The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2004
In the early 1960s, whenever the Today Show discussed integration, wlbt-tv, the nbc affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi, cut away to local news after announcing that the Today Show content was “network news . . . represent[ing] the views of the northern press.” This was only one part of a larger...
Downton Abbey
The Untold History of Television
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The Untold History of Television provides an exciting glimpse behind the scenes of the groundbreaking series that have defined the landscape of popular culture.
Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey brings to life the trials and tribulations of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants...
by Thomas Leitch
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
An exploration of the enduring popularity of the television series Perry Mason and its universal reputation as the most formulaic program in the history of broadcast television.
by Nick Place,Michael Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
An exploration of TV year-by-year from 1956, reporting in time-capsule mode on celebrities and shows as they happened, from Happy Hammond and Skippy to the live telecast of the terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre.