Prime time, prime movers : from I love Lucy to L.A. law--America's greatest tv shows and the people who created them / David Marc and Robert J. Thompson.
Television is the most maligned of the modern media. Critics and even viewers casually call it the "boob tube" or the "idiot box" or even "bubble gum for the eyes." But in the hands of certain individuals it can become a creative canvas, a dramatic art that opens a dist...
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g pt. 1. Comedy -- |t 1. From Performer Authorship to Producer's Genre -- |t 2. Paul Henning: Corn King -- |t 3. Sherwood Schwartz: An Empire of His Own -- |t 4. Norman Lear: A Post-McCarthy Sitcom -- |t 5. James L. Brooks: An American Comedy of Manners -- |t 6. Garry Marshall: Back to the Future -- |t 7. Susan Harris: Seriously Funny -- |t 8. Diane English: The Superwoman as Comic Hero -- |t 9. Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner: The Family Moderne -- |t 10. Comedy: Honorable Mention -- |g pt. 2. Drama -- |t 11. The Golden Age of Television Drama: The Writer as Auteur -- |t 12. Jack Webb: The Struggle Against Evil -- |t 13. Roy Huggins: Let Cooler Heads Prevail -- |t 14. Quinn Martin: Republican Supersleuths -- |t 15. Aaron Spelling: Crime, Punishment, and Affirmative Action -- |t 16. Glen Larson: Hacking Away -- |t 17. Richard Levinson and William Link: The Rotating Umbrella -- |t 18. Lee Rich: Blood, Soap, and Dirty Laundry -- |t 19. Stephen J. Cannell: Action/Adventure Mogul -- |t 20. Steven Bochco: Yuppie Catharsis -- |t 21. Michael Mann: Knowing the Score -- |t 22. Drama: Honorable Mention -- |g pt. 3. Other Genres -- |t 23. The Edges of Prime Time: Gamesters, Soapsters, Documentarians -- |t 24. Mark Goodson: The Gameshow King -- |t 25. Chuck Barris: Life's a Dirty Game -- |t 26. Irna Phillips: Queen of the Soaps -- |t 27. Agnes Nixon: Soap Opera Goes Post-Victorian -- |t 28. David Wolper: From Documentary to Docudrama -- |t 29. Ken Burns: The Art of the Artifact. |
| 520 | |a Television is the most maligned of the modern media. Critics and even viewers casually call it the "boob tube" or the "idiot box" or even "bubble gum for the eyes." But in the hands of certain individuals it can become a creative canvas, a dramatic art that opens a distinctive window on our culture. There is a growing argument--an auteur theory--that despite all the commercial constraints, the television producer is capable of using TV as a medium of personal expression. | ||
| 520 | |a Prime Time, Prime Movers is an entertaining and informative guide to the major creators of televisual art who have emerged over the past forty-five years. From dominant performers such as Jackie Gleason and Carol Burnett to powerhouse producers such as Norman Lear and Steven Bochco, it reviews the stories and styles of the most important architects of the airwaves. Milton Berle brought a "hellzapoppin'" vaudeville aesthetic to TV. Gleason used it as an autobiographical. | ||
| 520 | |a Medium. Red Skelton was the classic clown from the heartland. Paul Henning, who created, wrote, and produced The Beverly Hillbillies, was himself a kid from Missouri who grew up to become a millionaire in Los Angeles. Norman Lear modeled Archie Bunker after his own cantankerous father. Steven Bochco productions, such as Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law, made TV watching respectable for yuppies. Authors David Marc and Robert J. Thompson are the most outspoken proponents of. | ||
| 520 | |a The auteur argument. Covering a broad spectrum of TV programming formats, from old-time variety shows to sitcoms, from action/adventure shows to documentaries, from gameshows to soap operas, they challenge the tastes and interests of television viewers--a group roughly equivalent to the American population at large. | ||
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