Television category: 3830 books
Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek
The Original Cast Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
When it premiered on NBC in September 1966, Star Trek was described by its creator, Gene Roddenberry, as “Wagon Train to the stars.” Featuring a racially diverse cast, trips to exotic planets, and encounters with an array of alien beings who could be either friendly or hostile, the program opened...
Treknology
The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
**Be amazed by 25 iconic pieces of tech from the *****Star Trek *****canon and the science behind how they function with **Treknology. You will not believe how close we are to achieving some of them today.
The name Star Trek conjures images of faster-than-light spacecraft, holographic...
Writing the TV Drama Series2nd edition: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Some of todays top television writers and producers share their insight and explain the unique craft of writing a drama series for television and how the industry really works.
Inside the Room
Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
What does it take to go from being a fan to professional television writer? For the first time outside of the UCLA Extension Writers' Programme classrooms, TV writers whose many produced credits include The Simpsons, House M.D., and Pretty Little Liars take aspiring writers through the process of...
Now and Then We Time Travel
Visiting Pasts and Futures in Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
More than 400 films and 150 television series have featured time travel—stories of rewriting history, lovers separated by centuries, journeys to the past or the (often dystopian) future. This book examines some of the roles time travel plays on screen in science fiction and fantasy. Plot synopses...
by Alan H. Zatkow
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
If you are trying to pitch your original television show or web series to entertainment industry professionals - from producers and show runners to agents and directors, and especially to network executives -- you need a Show Bible.This book covers:All of the chapters you need to craft...
The Doctors Are In
The Essential and Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who's Greatest Time Lord
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
**Get to know the eccentric alien known as the Doctor in this “**out-of-this-world read for both Classic and New Who fans” (Library Journal).
From his beginnings as a crotchety, anti-heroic scientist in 1963 to his current place in pop culture as the mad and dangerous monster-fighting savior...
Fringe Science
Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Scientific experts explore the ideas behind the hit TV show.
Fringe Science delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of Fringe with a collection of essays on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show’s...
The Survival of Soap Opera
Transformations for a New Media Era
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers' attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps'...
The Man Who Invented the Daleks
The Strange Worlds of Terry Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The Daleks are one of the most iconic and fearsome creations in television history. Since their first appearance in 1963, they have simultaneously fascinated and terrified generations of British children, their instant success ensuring, and sometimes eclipsing, that of Doctor Who.
They sprang from...
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon’s most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones by a shadowy corporation...
Screens of Blood
A Critical Approach to Film and Television Violence
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Civilization seems to move ever more toward the power of words over weapons. But many people, especially Americans, still believe wrongs in life can be righted with a fist or a gun or a bomb. Cultural mythology lags reality and continues to send the message of regeneration through violence. But the...
Women in STEM on Television
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
Women remain woefully underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Negative stereotypes about women in these fields are pervasive, rooted in the debunked claim that women have less aptitude than men in science and math. While some TV series present portrayals that challenge...
The Spectacle of the Real
From Hollywood to ‘Reality’ TV and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Hollywood special effects offer spectacular creations or re-creations that make claims to our attention on the grounds of their ‘incredible-seeming reality’. They can appear both ‘incredible’ and ‘real’, their appeal based on their ability to ‘convince’—to appear real in terms such...