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Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law America's Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Them by Robert J. Thompson, David Marc (Paperback, 1995)

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From dominant performers such as Jackie Gleason and Carol Burnett to powerhouse producers such as Norman Lear and Steven Bocho, Prime Time, Prime Movers reviews the stories and styles of the most important architects of the airwaves. Television is the most maligned of the modern media. Critics and even reviewers casually call it the boob tube or idiot box . In the hands of certain individuals, however, it can become a creative canvas, a dramatic art that opens a distinctive window on our culture. There is a growing argument - an amateur theory - that despite all commercial constraints, the television producer is capable of using TV as a medium of personal expression. Covering a broad spectrum of TV programming formats, from old-time variety shows to sit-coms, from action/adventure shows to documentaries, from gameshows to soap operas, the authors challenge the tastes and interests of television viewers - a group roughly equivalent to the American population at large.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Syracuse University Press
ISBN-13
9780815603115
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96052995

Product Key Features

Book Title
Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law America's Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Them
Author
Robert J. Thompson, David Marc
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Number of Pages
348 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
454g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
David Marc, Robert J. Thompson
Series Title
Television and Popular Culture
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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