Television category: 3830 books
Carnivale and the American Grotesque
Critical Essays on the HBO Series
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
HBO’s Carnivàle was a critically-acclaimed, elaborate period narrative set in Depression era America that set the stage for the current explosion of cinematic storytelling on television. Despite an ambitious and unusual storyline, remarkable production design and stellar cast, the show was cancelled...
The Methods of Breaking Bad
Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad is a central work in the recent renaissance in television-making. The visionary scope and complexity of the series demand rigorous critical analysis. This collection of new essays focuses on a variety of themes. Walter White is discussed as father, psychopath and scientist...
Nip/Tuck
Television That Gets Under Your Skin
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Promoted as a 'disturbingly perfect' and 'deeply shallow' television drama and created by Ryan Murphy, who is also behind the teen musical show Glee, Nip/Tuck has been one of the most popular and controversial shows on cable TV. The misadventures and soap opera-esque entanglements of the lives of...
Quizzing America
Television Game Shows and Popular Culture in the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
The 1950s television game show was a cultural touchstone, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation. The author explores the iconography of the mid–20th century U.S. in the context of TV watching, game playing and prize winning. The scandals that marred the genre’s reputation are revisited, highlighting American’s propensity for both gullibility and winking cynicism.
Farscape Forever!
Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
“A fun, intelligent look at a fun, intelligent show” with essays by bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Martha Wells, P. N. Elrod, and more (Revolution Science Fiction).
Science fiction and fantasy authors analyze every aspect of the innovative, action-packed, and always surprising science...
TV on Strike
Why Hollywood Went To War Over the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
On November 9, 2007, the Avenue of the Stars, a six-lane concourse that runs through the most affluent business district in Los Angeles, was swelling with striking writers and their supporters. It was day five of the Writers Guild of America strike against film and television production entities,...
What Women Watched
Daytime Television in the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
In this pathfinding book, based on original archival research, Marsha F. Cassidy offers the first thorough analysis of daytime television's earliest and most significant women's genres, appraising from a feminist perspective what women watched before soap opera rose to prominence.After providing a comprehensive...
Starmaker Machinery
Everything You Need to Know for Self Promotion in Film, Television and Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Written by Celebrity Talent Management and Development Expert Meredith M. Day, Starmaker Machinery is an insider's guide for actors and musicians who want to learn the secrets of successful self promotion in the film, television and music industries. The book includes top secret “End Runs” and shortcuts for self promotion that are not available to the public.
Time on TV
Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
From early examples such as "Star Trek" and "Sapphire and Steel" to more contemporary shows including "Life on Mars" and "The Vampire Diaries," time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established...
Sitcom Writers Talk Shop
Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Behind every great television show is a group of professionals working at the top of their games—but no one is more important than the writers. And while writing comedy, especially good comedy, is serious business—fraught with actor egos, demanding producers, and sleepless nights—it also can...
Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation
Big Business Critiqued in the Films and Television Programs
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Screenwriter, director, producer and comic book author Joss Whedon is best known for his television series and films featuring villainous vampires, angry gods and even bloggers who wish to rule the world. Within these works is a prevalent yet commonly overlooked theme—the corporate antagonist. This...
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
A Visual History
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2019
A visual celebration of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, America’s most beloved children’s television show, including a foreword by Tom Hanks and a peek at the making of the feature film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, in theaters Thanksgiving weekend.
Go behind the scenes of Mister...
by Chelsie Keller
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
The adult Jenna Shale looks back on her life, explaining how life is no more than a series of television programs, as she recounts her childhood, the rise of her dance career, and the scandals that resulted from being a teenager in love with two brothers, both much older than herself, who are connected...
Der Televisionär
Wolfgang Menges transmediales Werk. Kritische und dokumentarische Perspektiven
Language: German
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Wolfgang Menge (1924-2012) war einer der wichtigsten Drehbuchautoren der bundesdeutschen Nachkriegszeit. Fernsehspiele wie »Die Dubrow-Krise«, »Das Millionenspiel« oder »Smog« schrieben TV-Geschichte, Serien wie »Stahlnetz«, »Ein Herz und eine Seele« oder »Motzki« begeisterten und provozierten...