The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific
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| Management number | 231645633 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $6.96 | Model Number | 231645633 | ||
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Television today is better than ever. From The Sopranos to Breaking Bad, Sex and the City to Girls, and Modern Family to Louie, never has so much quality programming dominated our screens. Exploring how we got here, acclaimed TV critic David Bianculli traces the evolution of the classic TV genres, among them the sitcom, the crime show, the miniseries, the soap opera, the Western, the animated series, the medical drama, and the variety show. In each genre he selects five key examples of the form to illustrate its continuities and its dramatic departures. Drawing on exclusive and in-depth interviews with many of the most famed auteurs in television history, Bianculli shows how the medium has evolved into the premier form of visual narrative art. Includes interviews with: MEL BROOKS, MATT GROENING, DAVID CHASE, KEVIN SPACEY, AMY SCHUMER, VINCE GILLIGAN, AARON SORKIN, MATTHEW WEINER, JUDD APATOW, LOUIS C.K., DAVID MILCH, DAVID E. KELLEY, JAMES L. BROOKS, LARRY DAVID, KEN BURNS, LARRY WILMORE, AND MANY, MANY MORE Read more
| ISBN10 | 1101911328 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1101911327 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Anchor |
| Dimensions | 6 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.65 pounds |
| Print length | 592 pages |
| Publication date | September 5, 2017 |
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