Prime-Time Television : A Concise History
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Book Description
Television is a unique medium in that both its dramas and its comedies have the ability to tell their stories over real time, with characters developing over years rather than just the two hours allowed in a movie or the few hundred pages of a book. Despite this, very few authors have attempted to look at television from this vantage point. Prime-Time Television provides an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of television. The focus here is on programming: the shows, the producers, the genres, the trends, and the influences. Everyone interested in the questions of why the programs look the way they do, why they're scheduled as they are, why some shows air while others are cancelled, and what has shaped and influenced the shows we see, will want this book.
About the Author
BARBARA MOORE is Professor in the College of Communiacations, University of Tennessee. She co-authored the textbook Radio, TV, and Cable Programming (Iowa State University Press, 1994) MARVIN R. BENSMAN is Professor at the University of Memphis, a member of the board of the Broadcast Education Association, and the author of The Beginning of Broadcast Regulation in the 20th Century (MacFarland, 2000). JIM VAN DYKE teaches at Marian College in Milwaukee, and has published television criticism in various journals.
Prime-Time Television : A Concise History,Barbara Moore,Marvin R. Bensman,Jim Van Dyke,Praeger Publishers,0275981428,Censorship,Communication,History,Language,Language Arts & Disciplines,Media Studies,Sociology,Television broadcasting,United States,Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication
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