Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television
- ISBN-10
- 0815632207
- ISBN-13
- 9780815632207
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 508
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Authors
- Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik
Description
Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television takes you back to your favorite era in television---no matter when that was. Updated and expanded, Watching TV tells the story of television season by season, from the medium's inception to twenty-first-century programming, combining an engaging narrative text, key dates, annual fall prime time schedules, and more than one hundred photographs. Publishers Weekly:"Castleman and Podrazik have put together a well-researched, tightly written documentary on the development of the television industry and the individuals involved." Library Journal:"The authors have meticulously documented an in-depth survey of the entire world of TV trends and Programming from the industry's beginnings, presenting along the way some very judicious critical analyses." David Bianculli (TV critic, NPR's Fresh Air):"The best one-stop-shopping detailed overview of TV, season by season, ever published." Entertainment Tonight: "Sharpeyed and eclectic." Horace Newcomb (director of the George Foster Peabody Awards): "A rare type of work that makes a difference for many types of readers. As a succinct, but truly sound history of television, it never condescends to its subject. Detailed information and clarity of presentation are matched by unsentimental affection for the medium."
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