Television Books

Are You a Beautiful Woman?Great...Are You a Handsome Man?Great...You an Everyday Looking Person?Even Better!Not only BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, 5'11" plus get work modeling and acting! REAL PEOPLE get work too! Think about it. Monitor your TV for 12 hours. What...

Write to Shoot teaches budding screenwriters and screenwriting filmmakers how to write a short script with production in mind. Beker instructs them how to showcase their strengths, tailor projects to shoestring budgets, resources, and practical...

The Screenwriter's Path takes a comprehensive approach to learning how to write a screenplay-allowing the writer to use it as both a reference and a guide in constructing a script. A tenured professor of screenwriting at Emerson College in Boston, author...

The analysis of scenic design in film and television is often neglected, with visual design elements relegated to part of the mise-en-scène in cinema or simply as "wallpaper" in television. Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design positions itself...

Television News is a comprehensive resource for newswriting, reporting, shooting and editing video, and producing a newscast. This book provides instruction in the basic steps of telling video stories, and is perfectly suited for preparing young...

Television presenters are key to the sociability of the medium, speaking directly to viewers as intermediaries between audiences and those who are interviewed, perform or compete on screen. As targets of both great affection and derision from viewers and...

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the expanding field of Audio Description, the practice of rendering the visual elements of a multimodal product. This is the essential guide and companion for advanced students, researchers and Audio...

London as Screen Gateway explores how London features within screen narratives and as a location of screen industry activity.

Russia, one of the most ethno-culturally diverse countries in the world, provides a rich case study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing the radical rethinking of approaches to, inter-ethnic cohesion. The...

If the made-for-television movie has long been regarded as a poor stepchild of the film industry, then telefilm horror has been the most uncelebrated offspring of all. Considered unworthy of critical attention, scary movies made for television have...

From 1955 to 1964, American television was awash in adult Westerns, as much as one quarter of all prime-time programming. During its six seasons (1957-1963), Have Gun-Will Travel was recognized as one of the best shows on television--politically the...

Inspired by the real life post-divorce experiences of television comedy writer Danny Simon, The Odd Couple has touched multiple generations of fans. Playwright Neil Simon embellished his brother Danny's pseudo-sitcom situation and created an...

Television's Community follows the shenanigans of a diverse group of traditional and nontraditional community college students: Jeff Winger, a former lawyer; Britta Perry, a feminist; Abed Nadir, a pop culture enthusiast; Shirley Bennett, a mother;...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have attracted much interest in recent years from popular audiences as well as scholars in various disciplines. Both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been named on Time magazine's list of the...

When media coverage of courtroom trials came under intense fire in the aftermath of the infamous New Jersey v. Hauptmann lawsuit (a.k.a. the Lindbergh kidnapping case,) a new wave of fictionalized courtroom programming arose to satiate the public's...

This essay collection explores the phenomenon of "teen TV" in the United States, analyzing the meanings and manifestations of this category of programming from a variety of perspectives. Part One views teen television through an industrial...

A dozen essays by a range of established scholars and performing artists address issues in post-1969 American gay and lesbian theatre and drama, the period after the raid at the Stonewall Inn helped spawn a "gay revolution." The collection covers...

This work examines the unique and ever-changing relationship between politics and comedy through an analysis of several popular American television programs. Focusing on close readings of the work of Ernie Kovacs, Soupy Sales, and Andy Kaufman, as...

Born Joan Boniface Winnifrith on January 2, 1913, Anna Lee is best known for her portrayal of General Hospital's Lila Quartermaine, a character who she brought to life for over two decades. From her early years in England to her final days in...

His resume of roles includes Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Ebenezer Scrooge and Oedipus Rex. His career has encompassed theatre and television in England, Canada and the United States. With a gift for developing offbeat characters, Barry Morse has had...

Theodor Seuss Geisel--known worldwide as the beloved children's author Dr. Seuss--produced a body of work that spans more than 70 years. Though most often associated with children's books, he frequently contributed cartoons and humorous essays to...

From the early days of the movies, "cavemen" have been a popular subject for filmmakers--not surprisingly, since the birth of cinema occurred only a few decades after the earliest scientific studies of prehistoric man. Filmmakers, however, were not...

The essays in this anthology study Israeli television, its different forms of representation, audiences and production processes, past and present, examining Israeli television in both its local, cultural dynamics, and global interfaces.The book looks at...

The Voice Coach's Toolkit identifies the primary professional vocal coaching opportunities and the avenues by which a student or early career coach can navigate the vocation.For purposes of this book, the Voice Coach is defined as someone who coaches the...

Everybody knows Hannibal Lecter. The jumpsuit, the mask, the stare, the drawl, the hiss. From the moment he appeared behind the glass of a cell in The Silence of the Lambs, he was an icon.But Dr Lecter's story doesn't begin or end there. From his...

OCTOBER 2, 2024 is the 65th Anniversary of the debut of the greatest television show of all time: the science fiction, horror, and fantasy anthology series The Twilight Zone, created by one of the greatest American television writers (and...

Do you remember seeing an episode of Bewitched that guest starred comedian Red Skelton, or The Honeymooner's story where Ralph and Alice adopt a puppy, or the Life with Lucy Christmas episode? If you answered "no" to these questions, you are correct...

Shares a heartfelt story inspired by her own journey as a young mother. Through vibrant illustrations and gentle prose, Selena teaches children the importance of safety and boundaries. This book tenderly explores the balance between nurturing affection...

A man gets out of prison and with his last $250 he buys a 1972 Datsun 510 station wagon. But people keep getting dead wherever the man and his little car go. "Written as a love letter to the real $250 '72 Datsun 510 station wagon I had in college" says...

Delve deep into the intricate world of Westeros with this comprehensive fact book about the hit series. From the noble houses and their sigils to the blood-soaked battles and historical allusions, this book covers everything fans need to know about the...

There's nothing like learning from someone who has already been in the trenches working at top celebrity magazines such as US Weekly Magazine, Inside Edition, E! Entertainment, and so on.So, you want to become an entertainment celebrity reporter that...

THE GIANT EARTHSIP ARK, DRIFTING THROUGH DEEP SPACE OVER EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS INTO THE FAR FUTURE, ITS PASSENGERS DESCENDANTS OF THE LAST SURVIVORS OF THE DEAD PLANET EARTH, LOCKED IN SEPARATE WORLDS HEADING FOR DESTRUCTION... The Starlost (1973). The...

The final volume of the Pirate Histories of Doctor Who, this chronicle brings us up to the modern era with explorations of Doctor Who animation from short fan films of the 1970s, to the modern BBC re-animations of classic series. We'll also explore the...

KỊCH BẢN ĐIỆN ẢNH của TIÊU DAO BẢO CỰTƯ TƯỞNGTruyện viết về nỗi đau sau chiến tranh, cụ thể là cuộc chiến ở Việt Nam 1954 -1975, có sự tham dự của người Mỹ. Câu chuyện bắt đầu với “vụ hiếp dâm” của một...

Cammina con i mostri spaventosi e inquietanti in un mondo terrificante dove i tuoi incubi più agghiaccianti prendono vita! Attraverso 41 illustrazioni scioccanti, questo terrificante libro da colorare vi farà vivere un'avventura inquietante, da...

"Bring It On was years ahead of its time in portraying the insidious nature of cultural appropriation and class conflict, and the way white privilege binds so many to the world around them... a millennial classic." - REFINERY 29From the creator of Bring...

Do you want to find out which family served as inspiration for the acclaimed TV show The Sopranos?Within these pages is a riveting and in-depth exploration of the shadowy history of the DeCavalcante family, from their origins to their ultimate downfall...

Bury yourself alive with the first published play of Oliver Bestul!First performed on April 27th of 2019.                      

The Seagull is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the...

"'The stories don't work, you know.'"That's all it took to set me off. Someone I knew - not a friend - an acquaintance had the nerve, the temerity, the-the-the audacity to tell me that the stories told in each episode of my beloved Doctor Who since the...

The book puts together for the first time, valuable updated information, that looks at children's television from its early days up to current digital age, with its digital media offerings and availability. It offers new insights about a central...

Utilizing a cast of top American scholars with deep roots in asking stereotype-based questions, this book is essential reading for those wishing to understand what we know about past and present media representations as well as those wishing to take the...

New York and London, 1901. An American painter arrives in London, befriended by a British gentleman who dreams of becoming a respected art dealer. The dealer-friend has a list of wealthy clients but the American painter has an eye for the ladies,...