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• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 42,5 Mb
• Release Date : 20 May 1992

A complete, first-hand account of the TV quiz-rigging affair from the author's point of view as an investigator and prosecutor.

• Publisher : JHU Press
• File Size : 54,9 Mb
• Release Date : 26 March 2007

Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice Magazine Ever wonder how American television came to be the much-derided, advertising-heavy home to reality programming, formulaic situation comedies, hapless men, and buxom, scantily clad

• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• File Size : 29,6 Mb
• Release Date : 02 September 2016

This is the first book to examine the life and career of Dr. Joyce Brothers, a nearly ubiquitous figure who appeared on television from the mid-1950s (as a contestant

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 34,6 Mb
• Release Date : 21 November 1996

In recent years, the media has been awash in exuberant tales of the arrival of the information superhighway, when television will explode with exciting possibilities, offering some 500 channels as well

• Publisher : Algora Publishing
• File Size : 51,5 Mb
• Release Date : 01 May 2019

America was certainly the big winner of World War II, being the last major country intact. Euphoria, hubris, and a naive self-confidence became hallmarks of the people. This hubris was

• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• File Size : 25,9 Mb
• Release Date : 02 March 2006

In this lively and provocative synthesis, historian Glen Jeansonne explores the people events that shaped America in the twentieth century. Comprehensive in scope, A Time of Paradox analyzes the political,

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• File Size : 41,9 Mb
• Release Date : 16 August 2015

Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings together leading international scholars to provide

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 20,8 Mb
• Release Date : 09 March 2016

Presenting case studies of well-known shows including Will and Grace, Birds of a Feather, Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous, as well as 'reality' television, this book examines the

• Publisher : SUNY Press
• File Size : 32,6 Mb
• Release Date : 30 June 2006

From The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One to Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, quiz shows have permeated American culture ever since their beginnings in early radio. In Rules of

• Publisher : McFarland
• File Size : 51,9 Mb
• Release Date : 14 June 2015

This unique work profiles the private lives and careers of 32 American game show hosts, including the originals (e.g., Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall), the classics (e.g., Bob Barker), and