Television - History & Criticism
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Zoinks!: The Spooky Folklore Behind Scooby Doo
$14.99 Add to cartThis is Zoinks!, the critically-acclaimed book all about Scooby-Doo by acclaimed folklorist and podcaster Mark Norman. Recognised internationally for his expertise in folklore and known by many for hi
- Author: Norman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: October 17 2024
- ISBN10: 072235195X
- Language: English
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A Place Both Wonderful and Strange: The Extraordinary Untold History of Twin Peaks
$30.00 Add to cartFor the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks–from the landmark, original cult series that changed the course of television to its 25-years-in-the-making sequel-… [more below]
- Author: Meslow, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894140391
- Language: English
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Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
$19.00 Add to cartThe rollicking saga of reality television, a “sweeping” (The Washington Post) cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yor… [more below]
- Author: Nussbaum, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0525509011
- Language: English
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Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
$28.43 Add to cartMuppets in Moscow is the incredible true story of the author’s odyssey to create Sesame Street in Russia. It reveals how–in between bombings and political chaos in 1990s Moscow–a team of Russian and
- Author: Rogoff, Natasha Lance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1538187531
- Language: English
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Be the Bombshell: What Love Island Teaches Us about Dating
$18.99 Add to cartDate better, raise your standards, and learn to be true to yourself with these heartfelt lessons from the Villa.
“Can I pull you for a chat?” “Where’s your head at?” “Maybe we should call it the ‘frie- Author: Jennings, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1668205645
- Language: English
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The Big Story: The Oral History of Philadelphia TV News
$35.00 Read more“He was much like the Walter Cronkite of Philadelphia.”—Ed Rendell, former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor, about Jim Gardner, the trusted voice of WPVI’s Action News for 47 years
“We we- Author: Grzybowski, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: November 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1439921822
- Language: English
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Family Don’t End with Blood: Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives
$18.95 Add to cartHow a Show, and the Support of Its Fandom, Changed–and Saved–Lives
Supernatural, a three-time People’s Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblr’s 2015 Most Reblogged “Live- Author: Zubernis, Lynn S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1944648356
- Language: English
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The X-Files the Truth Is Still Out There: Thirty Years of the X-Files
$24.99 Read moreIn September 1993, a TV show like no other appeared on our screens, asking us to consider the essence of truth and belief, to think about the nature and roles of science and humanity, and to question … [more below]
- Author: Jones, Bethan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1949024504
- Language: English
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It’s (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia: How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a
$29.99 Add to cartIn the bestselling traditions of Seinfeldia and Top of the Rock comes a fascinating deep dive into the longest-running live-action sitcom in television history, from its humble beginnings to its evolu… [more below]
- Author: Potts, Kimberly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1668008505
- Language: English
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Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
$21.99 Add to cartThe New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night
“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washin- Author: Hill, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1592115365
- Language: English
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Saul Goodman V. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul
$30.00 Read moreThe complete critical companion to AMC’s Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated series Better Call Saul from the author of Breaking Bad 101 and The Sopranos Sessions
“If you love Better Call Saul this book- Author: Sepinwall, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 141977719X
- Language: English
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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
$18.00 Read moreAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first century, told by its creators, writers, and actors When did you- Author: Greene, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1524744980
- Language: English
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Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
$32.99 Add to cartThe New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night
“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washin- Author: Hill, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1592115306
- Language: English
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The Sopranos Sessions
$22.00 Read moreIn The Sopranos Sessions, renowned television critics–and New York Times bestselling authors–Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest television ser
- Author: Seitz, Matt Zoller
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1419742833
- Language: English
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Apocalypse Television: How the Day After Helped End the Cold War
$36.95 Read moreOn November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie The Day After premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the events before, during, and after a Soviet nuclear a
- Author: Craig, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493079174
- Language: English
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The Rainbow Age of Television: An Opinionated History of Queer TV
$28.00 Read moreThe ultimate deep dive into the revolution of queer TV
With the last decade’s television boom across a multitude of platforms, producing hundreds of network and streaming series, American audiences ar
- Author: Warner, Shayna Maci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1419762575
- Language: English
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Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords
$27.99 Read moreTHE book the Time Lords (including the Doctor) read when studying at the Academy, the full-color in-world history that pieces together the true story of Gallifrey from the many and contradictory accou
- Author: Tribe, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 006266686X
- Language: English
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Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love
$18.99 Add to cartThe bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundb… [more below]
- Author: Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 150116483X
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Letterman
$29.99 Add to cartOn May 20, 2015, Dave said, “Thank you and goodnight.” The Foo Fighters sang “Everlong,” and Late Show with David Letterman ended its run. The final six weeks of the series had guests like Julia Rober
- Author: Ryan, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: November 06, 2018
- ISBN10: 1949024008
- Language: English
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Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic
$19.99 Add to cart“Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s deft weave of social history and sharp entertainment reporting explains how [The Mary Tyler Moore Show] made the world safe for Lena Dunham” (Peter Biskind, author of Eas
- Author: Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 29, 2013
- ISBN10: 1451659229
- Language: English
