Television

This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition, but adds numerous programs not previously covered, including beauty pageants, parades, awards programs, Broadway and opera adaptations, musicals produced especially for television, holiday specials (e.

Film and Video Editing Theory offers an accessible, introductory guide to the practices used to create meaning through editing.

Alan Bennett is the acknowledged master of the television play.

Despite the fact that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended over twenty-five years ago, there has yet to be a stand-alone assessment of the series.

The Duffer Brothers' award-winning Stranger Things exploded onto the pop culture scene in 2016.

In einer Welt, in der künstliche Intelligenz jeden Bereich unseres Lebens verändert, bleibt auch die Unterhaltung nicht unberührt.

'Full of pace and style, just like its subject .

Christopher Bigsby explores the potential of television drama to offer a radical critique of American politics, myths and values.

The Works of Shonda Rhimes, the first book in Bloomsbury's Screen Storytellers series, brings together a collection of essays that look critically at the works of this award-winning writer, producer, and CEO of the global media company, Shondaland.

When media coverage of courtroom trials came under intense fire in the aftermath of the infamous New Jersey v.

When the first season of Star Trek opened to American television viewers in 1966, the thematically insightful sci-fi story line presented audiences with the exciting vision of a bold voyage into the final frontiers of space and strange, new galactic worlds.

Most histories of Soviet cinema portray the 1970s as a period of stagnation with the gradual decline of the film industry.

This book is a collection of celebrity vignettes and anecdotes from the peak years of the Tonight Show, and includes behind-the-scenes looks at more than two dozen celebrities, including Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Tony Randall, Don Rickles, Stevie Wonder, Martin Short, Liza Minnelli, Ed McMahon, and Johnny Carson himself.

Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets.

Classics in the Modern World brings together a collection of distinguished international contributors to discuss the features and implications of a 'democratic turn' in modern perceptions of ancient Greece and Rome.

After dropping out of school at just sixteen, James Caan started his business life in a broom cupboard with no qualifications and two pieces of fatherly wisdom: 'observe the masses and do the opposite' and 'always look for opportunities where both parties benefit'.

The Encyclopaedia of Braodcasting, Television and Radio deals mainly with subject areas related to radio and television broadcasting in India and abroad.

Social media has irrevocably changed how people consume the news.

When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal moves from the big city to a small town, where she finds the love of her life and the true meaning of Christmas.

Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most inventive American films of the 1980s.

This book explores adaptation in its various forms in contemporary television drama.

TV Museum takes as its subject the complex and shifting relationship between television and contemporary art.

Documenting the evolution of teens and media from the 1950s through 2010, this book examines the films, books, television shows, and musical artists that impacted American culture and shaped the "e;coming of age"e; experience for each generation.

Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator turned rebel leader, endures as a near-mythic hero who fought for the oppressed against a Roman oligarchy built on the backs of slave labor.

The Sunday Times Bestseller.

Fans and the billion-dollar franchises in which they participate have together become powerful agents within popular culture.

This two-volume encyclopedia explores representations of people of color in American television.

The End of the CBC?

This lively and ground-breaking collection brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two.

Through the rise and fall of the Hollywood studio system, David O.

Fans across the globe are familiar with Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander series and the Starz television series that adapts it.

This "e;warm and generous"e; memoir is "e;brisk .

Acting has traditionally been considered a form of pretending or falsehood, compared with the so-called reality or truth of everyday life.

With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniques and special effects in what has become an industry "e;bible.

With the release of the hit feature Star Trek: Nemesis this is the perfect opportunity to update this book with all of the Star movies featuring The Next Generation cast!

In this sixth edition of Television Sports Production, regional Emmy Award-winning producer Jim Owens walks readers through the planning, setup, directing, announcing, shooting, and editing involved in covering a sports event.

Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades and have given rise to a collective mythology familiar in popular culture worldwide.

Pippa O'Connor's easy style and approachability have won her a huge and loyal following.

Close to the Enemy is a seven-part television series, mostly set in a bomb-damaged London hotel in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Los Angeles Times bestseller: A memoir by the M*A*S*H actor revealing his hardscrabble childhood, his life in Hollywood, and his passion for human rights.

Novelist, television personality, political candidate, and maverick social commentator, Gore Vidal is one of the most innovative, influential, and enduring American intellectuals of the past fifty years.

An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology.

During the "e;Must See TV"e; 1990s, Americans enjoyed such immensely popular sitcoms as Friends, Seinfeld, Home Improvement and The Drew Carey Show.

Ever since the premiere of the small-screen incarnation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997, the television worlds of Joss Whedon--which have grown to include Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse--have acquired a cult following of dedicated fans and inspired curious scholars.

Manifesting the zeitgeist of our post-pandemic world, Apple TV's Severance probes the margins of work-life balance, the medicalization of normal human emotions, and the turbulence of disinformation, resistance, and reclamation.

In this book, Charles Merzbacher offers a concise, definitive guide to the essential skills, techniques and logistics of producing short films, focusing on the practical knowledge needed for line producing and overseeing smaller-scale productions.

Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Pingwings, Pogles Wood, Clangers, and Bagpuss - the iconic animations produced by the Canterbury-based Smallfilms studio between 1958 and 1984 - constitute a significant thread of British cultural history.

Many parents, politicians, and activists agree that there's too much violence and not enough education on children's television.