Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law America's Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Them (Television and Popular Culture)
By David Marc.
Description
From dominant performers such as Jackie Gleason and Carol Burnett to powerhouse producers such as Norman Lear and Steven Bocho, "Prime Time, Prime Movers" reviews the stories and styles of the most important architects of the airwaves. Television is the most maligned of the modern media. Critics and even reviewers casually call it the "boob tube" or "idiot box". In the hands of certain individuals, however, it can become a creative canvas, a dramatic art that opens a distinctive window on our culture. There is a growing argument - an amateur theory - that despi...
ISBN(s)
0815603118, 9780815603115
