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| Author | : Bob Leszczak |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2018-09-14 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476631980 |
During the "Must See TV" 1990s, Americans enjoyed such immensely popular sitcoms as Friends, Seinfeld, Home Improvement and The Drew Carey Show. Shows that did not make the ratings cut numbered in the hundreds--the emergence of new networks and cable channels airing original programming resulted in a vast increase in short-lived sitcoms over the previous decade. Some of these "flops" were actually quite good and deserved a better fate. The author revisits them--along with the "dramedies" of the day--with detailed entries providing production and broadcast information, along with critical analyses, and recollections by cast and crew members. A subsection highlights sitcoms that returned for an abbreviated second season. Dozens of cast and crew photographs are included.
| Author | : Bob Leszczak |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2016-05-16 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476623848 |
As the cable TV industry exploded in the 1980s, offering viewers dozens of channels, an unprecedented number of series were produced. For every successful sitcom--The Golden Girls, Family Ties, Newhart--there were flops such as Take Five with George Segal, Annie McGuire with Mary Tyler Moore, One Big Family with Danny Thomas and Life with Lucy starring Lucille Ball, proving that a big name does not a hit show make. Other short-lived series were springboards for future stars, like Day by Day (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), The Duck Factory (Jim Carrey), Raising Miranda (Bryan Cranston) and Square Pegs (Sarah Jessica Parker). This book unearths many single-season sitcoms of the '80s, providing behind-the-scenes stories from cast members, guest stars, writers, producers and directors.
| Author | : Juneal M. Chenoweth |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2019-06-24 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1440869146 |
Read professional, fair reviews by practicing academic, public, and school librarians and subject-area specialists that will enable you to make the best choices from among the latest reference resources. This newest edition of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides librarians with insightful, critical reviews of print and electronic reference resources released or updated in 2017-2018, as well as some from 2019 that were received in time for review in the publication. By using this invaluable guide to consider both the positive and negative aspects of each resource, librarians can make informed decisions about which new reference resources are most appropriate for their collections and their patrons' needs. Collection development librarians who are working with limited budgets—as is the case in practically every library today—will be able to maximize the benefit from their monetary resources by selecting what they need most for their collection, while bypassing materials that bring limited value to their specific environment.
| Author | : Bob Leszczak |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2012-11-08 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786493054 |
This book finally casts a spotlight on some short-lived and almost forgotten sitcoms--those which aired for only one single season. Many books have already been written about situation comedies that enjoyed long and storied runs on television but this volume focuses upon the others. Overflowing with fresh facts, interviews, photographs, and stories, nearly 300 short-lived sitcoms over a 32 year span are presented A-to-Z, whether network or syndicated, prime time or Saturday morning.
| Author | : James Anthony Brown |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages |
| Total Pages | : 584 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
This text explores the essential elements of broadcast management and looks at all levels of management in each of the major components of the broadcasting cable industry including, personnel, audiences, programming, sales, finance, law and engineering. Third revised edition.
| Author | : Jennifer Keishin Armstrong |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2017-06-06 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1476756112 |
"An uproarious behind-the-scenes account of the creation of the hit television series describes how comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld dreamed up the idea for an unconventional sitcom over coffee and how, despite network skepticism and minimal plotlines, achieved mainstream success, "--NoveList.
| Author | : Bob Leszczak |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2020-12-25 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9781629336671 |
All about one of the best tv series of the 1990s, Wings.
| Author | : Alfred L. Martin |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2021-04-06 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0253054621 |
Even after a rise in gay and Black representation and production on TV in the 1990s, the sitcom became a "generic closet," restricting Black gay characters with narrative tropes. Drawing from 20 interviews with credited episode writers, key show-runners, and Black gay men, The Generic Closet situates Black-cast sitcoms as a unique genre that uses Black gay characters in service of the series' heterosexual main cast. Alfred L. Martin, Jr., argues that the Black community is considered to be antigay due to misrepresentation by shows that aired during the family viewing hour and that were written for the imagined, "traditional" Black family. Martin considers audience reception, industrial production practices, and authorship to unpack the claim that Black gay characters are written into Black-cast sitcoms such as Moesha, Good News, and Let's Stay Together in order to closet Black gayness. By exploring how systems of power produce ideologies about Black gayness, The Generic Closet deconstructs the concept of a monolithic Black audience and investigates whether this generic closet still exists.
| Author | : Brett Martin |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2014-07-29 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0143125699 |
The 10th anniversary edition, now with a new preface by the author "A wonderfully smart, lively, and culturally astute survey." - The New York Times Book Review "Grand entertainment...fascinating for anyone curious about the perplexing miracles of how great television comes to be." - The Wall Street Journal "I love this book...It's the kind of thing I wish I'd been able to read in film school, back before such books existed." - Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and co-creator of Better Call Saul In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the landscape of television began an unprecedented transformation. While the networks continued to chase the lowest common denominator, a wave of new shows on cable channels dramatically stretched television’s narrative inventiveness, emotional resonance, and creative ambition. Combining deep reportage with critical analysis and historical context, Brett Martin recounts the rise and inner workings of this artistic watershed - a golden age of TV that continues to transform America's cultural landscape. Difficult Men features extensive interviews with all the major players - including David Chase (The Sopranos), David Simon and Ed Burns (The Wire), David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood), Alan Ball (Six Feet Under), and Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) - and reveals how television became a truly significant and influential part of our culture.
| Author | : Kristal Brent Zook |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0195106121 |
Locating a persistent black nationalist desire - yearning for home and community - in the shows produced in the 1980s and 1990s, Zook shows how the Fox hip-hop sitcom both reinforced and rebelled against earlier black sitcoms from the 1960s and 1970s.
