Todd Gitlin

Inside Prime Time

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Prime time: those precious few hours every night when the three major television networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions of Americans tune in. Inside Prime Time is a classic study of the workings of the Hollywood television industry, newly available with an updated introduction. Inside Prime Time takes us behind the scenes to reveal how prime-time shows get on the air, stay on the air, and are shaped by the political and cultural climate of their times. It provides an ethnography of the world of American commercial television, an analysis of that world's unwritten rules, and the most extensive study of the industry ever made.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415085007
• ISBN-10: 0415085004
• Artikelnr.: 26681069

Autorenporträt

Todd Gitlin

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Part 1 Nothing Succeeds Like Success
Chapter 1 The Problem of Knowing
Chapter 2 Predicting the Unpredictable
Chapter 3 By the Numbers
Chapter 4 Making Schedules
Chapter 5 The Triumph of the Synthetic
Chapter 6 "Another American Dream Gone Astray"
Part 2 The Television-Industrial Complex
Chapter 7 Inside Tracks in a Small World
Chapter 8 The Deal Is the Art Form
Chapter 9 Movies of the Week
Part 3 The Politics of Prime Time
Chapter 10 The Turn Toward "Relevance"
Chapter 11 Shifting Right
Chapter 12 The "Far Righteous" Shake the Temple of Commerce
Chapter 13 The Temple Stands
Chapter 14 Hill Street Blues