Absorbing, entertaining and keenly perceptive, Talking Trash illuminates the complex viewer response to daytime television talk shows and examines the cultural politics surrounding this wildly controversial popular phenomenon.
Provides an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of global television, combining previously published essays by pioneers of the study of television with new work by cutting-edge television scholars who refine and extend intellectual debates in the field.
Provides an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of global television, combining previously published essays by pioneers of the study of television with new work by cutting-edge television scholars who refine and extend intellectual debates in the field.
In the history of American TV only four sitcoms have been true hits - All in the Family, The Beverley Hillbillies, Laverne and Shirley and The Cosby Show. This book seeks to account for the appeal of these sitcoms, detailing the factors that go into the construction of mass audiences.
In the history of American TV only four sitcoms have been true hits - All in the Family, The Beverley Hillbillies, Laverne and Shirley and The Cosby Show. This book seeks to account for the appeal of these sitcoms, detailing the factors that go into the construction of mass audiences.
Steve Allen created the "Tonight" show, America's longest running entertainment show and most successful late-night TV show. This book presents the history of the first "Tonight" show, complete with photos from the show and insights from over 30 entertainment legends who knew and worked with Steve Allen.
''Michele Hilmes has produced an excellent introduction to a most important subject. This is an invaluable work for both scholars and students that places film, radio, and television within the context of the national culture experience.''--- American Historical Review''Hilmes is one of the few historians of broadcasting to move beyond a political ......
A journal of fond memories, life experiences, lessons learned, and tragedies overcome. It presents the story of the family that gave the world actress Jennifer Aniston.
The man who invented the television talk show surpassed even himself when he created "Meeting of Minds", the award-winning series that captured America's imagination. These title offers the original scripts from the series, including material edited from the broadcast versions that ran from 1977 to 1981 on PBS stations nation-wide.