Up the Tube: Prime-time TV and the Silverman Years

Up the Tube: Prime-time TV and the Silverman Years
ISBN-10
0670513857
ISBN-13
9780670513857
Category
Biography & Autobiography / General
Pages
313
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Viking Press
Author
Sally Bedell Smith

Description

An inside look at the television industry discusses the networks, the corporate executives, the high-stakes battles for profits and prestige, the ratings war, and the meteoric career of Fred Silverman

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