Television - History & Criticism
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The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy
$18.00 Read moreBill Carter, executive producer of CNN’s docuseries The Story of Late Night and host of the Behind the Desk: Story of Late Night podcast, details the chaotic transition of The Tonight Show from host J… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0452297494
- Language: English
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You Are My Happy Ending: Schitt’s Creek and the Legacy of Queer Television
$39.00 Add to cartFrom its modest beginnings to its massive Emmy sweep, You Are My Happy Ending tells the story of how Schitt’s Creek became the surprise hit that changed the way we think about LGBTQ relationships.
Aut… [more below]
- Author: Garside, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: January 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1493067974
- Language: English
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Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen And the Original Tonight Show
$29.99 Add to cart“If you have ever turned on the TV after the 11 o’clock news and laughed, you owe Steve Allen a debt of gratitude.” That’s how Entertainment Weekly described Steve Allen’s enormous contribution to Ame… [more below]
- Author: Alba, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1591023424
- Language: English
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The Dark Shadows Daybook Unbound: Eagle Hill Edition
$39.00 Add to cartFollowing up 2021’s bestseller, THE DARK SHADOWS DAYBOOK, this volume, expanded for the fall of 2023, offers over 100 irreverent insightful reviews and the past, present, and future of the landmark, s
- Author: McCray, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1088209122
- Language: English
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Seinfeldia: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything
$18.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld–“A wildly entertaining must-read not only for Seinfeld fans but for anyone who wants a better understandin… [more below]
- Author: Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1476756112
- Language: English
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Remotely: Travels in the Binge of TV
$28.00 Add to cartA leading film critic on the evolving world of streaming media and its impact on society
The city at night under lockdown, a time of plague and anxiety. It is an exciting new age of television, the l- Author: Thomson, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300261004
- Language: English
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Goodnight, John Boy: A Celebration of an American Family and the Values That Have Sustained Us Through Good Times and Bad
$17.99 Add to cartA wonderful history and celebration of The Waltons TV show.
Goodnight John-Boy encapsulates the warmth, humor, and timeless wisdom of the iconic television series. It contains a treasure trove of behin
- Author: Hamner, Earl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1581822987
- Language: English
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Cleveland TV Tales, Volume 2: More Stories from the Golden Age of Local Television
$15.95 Read moreMore behind-the-screen stories from the golden age of local television
Let’s warm up the old family TV set, step through the screen, and see what was going on behind the scenes with some of our favori
- Author: Olszewski, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 189
- Publish Date: November 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1938441753
- Language: English
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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
$19.99 Add to cartExplore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer… [more below]
- Author: Ross Katz, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0306826690
- Language: English
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A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove
$55.00 Add to cartWidely acclaimed as the greatest Western ever made, Lonesome Dove has become a true American epic. Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was a New York Times best seller, with more than 2.5 mi
- Series: Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series, the Wittliff Coll
- Author: Spong, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0292735847
- Language: English
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Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
$19.99 Add to cartA lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this “humorous, informative, and poignant book” celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America’s most iconic telev… [more below]
- Author: de Visé, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 1476747741
- Language: English
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Supes Ain’t Always Heroes: Inside the Complex Characters and Twisted Psychology of the Boys
$19.95 Read moreGo deeper inside the hit TV show The Boys and its characters with psychologists, media experts, filmmakers, and more–including the original comic series’ co-creator and the actors behind Soldier Boy
- Author: Zubernis, Lynn S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1637744161
- Language: English
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Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV
$16.99 Add to cart“Vitally important, devastatingly thorough, and shockingly revealing…. After reading Primetime Propaganda, you’ll never watch TV the same way again.”
–Mark LevinMovie critic Michael Medved calls Ben
- Author: Shapiro, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 26 2012
- ISBN10: 006193478X
- Language: English
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From Captain Penny to Superhost: Tales from the Golden Age of Cleveland Children’s Television, 1950s-1970s
$15.95 Add to cartIt was the golden age of children’s television in Cleveland. Let’s go behind the plywood sets, costumes, and greasepaint for a close-up look at some remarkable personalities …
Children’s TV once spra
- Author: Olszewski, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 189
- Publish Date: November 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1598511122
- Language: English
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Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World
$28.00 Read moreAn Esquire Best Book of 2022!
Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its endur- Author: Britt, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0593185692
- Language: English
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Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai
$37.50 Add to cartNew York Times bestseller
The complete, first-ever Golden Girls retrospective, packed with hundreds of exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes and never-before-revealed stories, more than two hundred c
- Author: Colucci, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0062422901
- Language: English
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Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
$24.99 Add to cartJames Andrew Miller and Tom Shales’s definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as “incredible” (Vulture) and “required reading” (People).
When first published to celebrate the 30th anniv- Author: Shales, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 031629506X
- Language: English
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True Story: What Reality TV Says about Us
$20.00 Add to cartNamed a Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 by Esquire
A sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium–and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gen- Author: Lindemann, Danielle J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1250862949
- Language: English
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Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-Ish and Beyond
$35.00 Add to cartWith iconic imagery and engrossing text, Black TV is the first book of its kind to celebrate the groundbreaking, influential, and often under-appreciated shows centered on Black people and their exper… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Bethonie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 076248151X
- Language: English
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The Columbo Phile: A Casebook
$29.95 Add to cartWhen Columbo hit the airwaves in 1971, in quickly became the hottest TV detective series of the decade. Series creators Richard Levinson and William Link received an Emmy Award for their work; Peter F
- Author: Dawidziak, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 410
- Publish Date: 1-Nov-19
- ISBN10: 1948986124
- Language: English
