Television category: 3830 books
Breaking Bad
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
As one of the most critically acclaimed shows of all time, Breaking Bad explored the life and crimes of a high school chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin of the American Southwest. As Walter White and his former student Jesse Pinkman become deeply entwined in the drug world, their narrative leaves...
by Gary C. Dreibelbis
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Even more than the animated features of Walt Disney and certainly more than The Simpsons, Sesame Street has had a deep and enduring role in shaping young minds about faith and morality--well beyond Patti Labelles stirring gospel version of the alphabet. Gary Dreibelbis thoughful analysis of the Sesame...
Empire
The Unauthorized Untold Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
An unofficial guide to EMPIRE, the runaway hit of the 2014-15 television season.
Empire is the breakout, network television hit of 2015—from its opening night, viewers were riveted by the story of record company magnate Lucious Lyon and his family, and the struggle for control over Empire...
by Debbie Horsfield
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Cornwall, 1790. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he is to stand trial at the Bodmin Assizes. Despite their stormy married life, Demelza has tried to rally support for her husband. But there are plenty of enemies who would be happy to see Ross convicted,...
George Orwell on Screen
Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018
British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels: the anti–Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. A few years after his death in 1950, the CIA bankrolled screen adaptations of both novels as Cold War propaganda. Orwell’s...
by Melanie Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Before the first gold record, before the first concert tour, before the Monkees racked up four number-one albums in a single year and outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, THE MONKEES was a half-hour TV show, airing Monday nights on NBC. Join a nostalgic viewer as she rediscovers the magical...
Screening Stephen King
Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Since the 1970s, the name Stephen King has been synonymous with horror. His vast number of books has spawned a similar number of feature films and TV shows, and together they offer a rich opportunity to consider how one writer’s work has been adapted over a long period within a single genre and...
Bell, Book and Camera
A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
The witch as a cultural archetype has existed in some form since the beginning of recorded history. Her nature has changed through technological developments and sociocultural shifts—a transformation most evident in her depictions on screen. This book traces the figure of the witch through American...
The Paranormal and the Paranoid
Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990s—that of conspiratorial science fiction. These shows blended traditional science fiction, fantasy, and horror tropes with a strand of cultural thought which became prominent in the 1990s and into the twenty-first...
Australian TV News
New Forms, Functions, and Futures
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Australian TV News explores the important role of entertainment in Australian television news over the past decade. Through the use of textual analysis, industry interviews, and audience research, it argues that “infotainment” and satire are increasingly becoming significant methods of informing...
Go To Script
Screenwriting Tips From A Pro
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
"Go To Script" is a humorous follow up to Sterling Anderson's "Beyond Screenwriting". This book gives you insight to the behind scenes success and failure's of an award winning film and television writer. It covers both feature film and hour-long television structure. Sterling's take on the scene, dialogue, pitching and what he calls the small story are memorable, practical and unique.
Immersive Gameplay
Essays on Participatory Media and Role-Playing
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This collection of all-new essays approaches the topic of immersion as a product of social and media relations. Examining the premises and aesthetics of live-action and tabletop role-playing games, reality television, social media apps and first-person shooters, the essays take both game rules and...
by Christopher Pullen
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
This book presents an examination of the television series Nurse Jackie, making connections between the representational processes and the audience consumption of the series. A key point of reference is the political and performative potential of Nurse Jackie with regards to its progressive representation...
Orphan Black Classified Clone Reports
The Secret Files of Dr. Delphine Cormier
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
From the secret files of Dr. Delphine Cormier, comes this ultimate guide to all of the characters, conspiracies, and shadowy organizations in the smart, innovative BBC America television thriller Orphan Black.
Designed to resemble the classified files and notes of Dr. Delphine Cormier, this...