Television Books

In what ways is comedy subversive? This vital new book critically considers the importance of comedy in challenging and redefining our relations to race and racism through the lens of political correctness.By viewing comedy as both a constitutive feature...

Originally published in 2005, To Be A Playwright is an insightful and detailed guide to the craft of playwriting. Part memoir and part how-to guide, this useful book outlines the tools and techniques necessary to the aspiring playwright. Comprised of a...

Mom, Dad, Me, and Classic TV is an insider's view into the world of Classic Television as seen through the eyes of the son of producer Harry Ackerman and actress Elinor Donahue. What was it like growing up in the days of Classic Television? In Mom,...

Mom, Dad, Me, and Classic TV is an insider's view into the world of Classic Television as seen through the eyes of the son of producer Harry Ackerman and actress Elinor Donahue. What was it like growing up in the days of Classic Television? In Mom,...

In der Sitcom The Big Bang Theory bekommt der Zuschauer einen Einblick in die Welt echter Nerds. Die Welt der vier Freunde - Leonard, Sheldon, Howard und Raj - wird total auf den Kopf gestellt, als in der Wohnung nebenan die attraktive Nachbarin Penny...

Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Psychology - Media Psychology, , language: English, abstract: The main purpose of this mixed method study; in titled Satisfaction and Status: Exploring Satellite Television Program in Ethiopia Five...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,0, Universität Hamburg (Institut für Medien und Kommunikation), Veranstaltung: Seminar "Bildmedien", Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Als man in den 1970ern,...

A hillside with an ocean view seems an ideal spot to spend a lonely Christmas Eve. When Jessica, a journalism major, and Beth, a high-profile politician, discover they both have the same idea, they exchange the sort of explosive little gifts that are...

After 25 years performing and teaching improv, and 40 plus years of devotion to Star Wars, Mary Carpenter has finally discovered a way to combine the two. Carpenter breaks down the “how-to,” and seeks out the “why” and “what...

This is the HARDBACK version. Honey West debuted in the fall of 1965, derived from the famous detective novels of the same name. Produced by Aaron Spelling, she was television's first liberated female, a crack private investigator and an expert in...

This is the HARDBACK version. When Dashiell Hammett's THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE made its debut over CBS in August of 1946, the series became an instant success. Howard Duff, a virtual unknown among Hollywood circles, found himself bombarded with movie...

The history of broadcasting in Las Vegas began with the first radio station, KGIX, to crackle the airwaves in the 1920s, started by J.M. Jack Heaton, who ran the Las Vegas railroad operation. By the 1940s, the railroad was no longer a major factor;...

When the final episode of BoJack Horseman aired on Netflix in 2020, it was to massive critical and popular acclaim. Across six seasons, viewers followed the exploits of a washed-up sitcom actor and his wacky collection of friends, set against the...

The Homer Simpson-esque stereotype has been a persistent trope in cartoons since programming aimed directly at children and adolescents began. Young viewers are exposed to the incapable and incompetent "hapless father" archetype on a regular basis,...

Much has been written about the aesthetics of the television series Hannibal and its devoted fans, and some have discussed its philosophical ideas and its Gothic characteristics, but until now there has been no in-depth reading of the show as a fairy...

Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s. Critics dismissed the cartoons as toy advertisements, and derided their embrace of femininity. The 2010 debut...

Explores how nostalgia operates in contemporary US film and television.

This volume explores how television has been a significant conduit for the public consumption of changing ideas about children, childhood, and national identity, via a critical examination of programs that prominently feature children and youth in...

Up the Doon is A hilarious and heart-warming new comedy written for television and set on Burns' "banks an' braes o' bonnie Doon". It features Alec Gourlay, a retired coal miner, who was abandoned on Smiler's mother's doorstep when he was four, clutching...

In this TV Milestone, author Joanne Morreale highlights the differences of The Outer Limits (ABC 1963-65) from typical programs on the air in the 1960s. Morreale argues that the show provides insight into changes in the television industry as writers...

Hawaii Five-O, created by Leonard Freeman in 1968, is an American police procedural drama series that was produced by CBS Productions and aired for twelve seasons. Author Brian Faucette discusses the show's importance by looking at how it framed...

Into the Newsroom provides a rigorous investigation into the everyday rituals that are performed in the television newsroom, and offers a unique suggestion that news is both a highly haphazard and yet technologically complicated process of...

This critical anthology sets out to explore the boom that horror cinema and TV productions have experienced in Spain in the past two decades. It uses a range of critical and theoretical perspectives to examine a broad variety of films and filmmakers,...

Is your brilliant screenplay gathering digital dust on your hard drive? It's time to give it new life as a novel!In How to Turn Your Screenplay Into a Novel, you'll discover the step-by-step process to adapt your script into a riveting book.From...

Die immer wieder spannende und unterhaltsame Auflösung der Kriminalfälle von Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, dargestellt von Mark Harmon mit seinem NCIS-Team begeistert seit mehr als 20 Jahren weltweit eine große Anzahl von Fernsehzuschauern und machte...

LOST (AND FOUND) IN SPACE2: BLAST OFF INTO THE EXPANDED EDITION - Revised and Expanded Pictorial Memoir by Angela Cartwright and Bill Mumy (TV siblings Penny and Will Robinson from the original Lost in Space science fiction adventure series). The new...

ଏ ସଂକଳନର 'ଏବଂ ଆସନ୍ନ' କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ନାଟକଟିରେ ସଭ୍ୟତାର ଉଦ୍‌ବର୍ତ୍ତନ ସମ୍ପର୍କରେ କୁହାଯାଇଛି। ଉଦ୍‌ବର୍ତ୍ତନର ପ୍ରକ୍ରିୟା ଭିତରେ ମଣିଷର ସ୍ଥିତି କିପରି ସଂକଟାପନ୍ନ - ନାଟକଟି ତାର ଏକ ମହାକାବ୍ୟିକ ନାଟ୍ୟରୂପ, ପରିବେଷଣ ଶୈଳୀରେ ବ୍ରେଖ୍‌ତୀୟ ଛାପ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ। ୧୯୮୨ରେ ମଂଚସ୍ଥ ଏହି ନାଟକଟି ମଧ୍ୟବିତ୍ତ ସମାଜର...

One of the renowned playwrights of Odisha, Shankar Prasad Tripathy's Nabakalebara is a historical play. It's so vast that all other cultures can confluence in its perennial streams of human values. Its universality and all-embracing approach appeal to...

This is the HARDBACK version. "Christopher Knopf is a consistently superb writer with his body of work a treasury of accomplishment any writer would envy. Here are the personal experiences that formed his keen insight on life and the nimble mind that led...

Beauty and the Beast may be a tale as old as time, but never has it been more imaginatively told than in the 1987-1990 live action television series created by Ron Koslow.The concept has a noble lion-man, Vincent (Ron Perlman), a member of a vast...

This book is the first study of the prolific German filmmaker, performance artist and TV host Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010) that identifies him as a practitioner of realism in the theatre and lays out how theatrical realism can offer an aesthetic...

George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO's Game of Thrones series depict a medieval world at war. But how accurate are they? The author, an historian and medieval martial arts expert, examines in detail how authentically Martin's...

The reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica (2005 to 2009 on the Sci Fi Channel), features religion and theology among its central concerns--but does not simply use its myriad faiths as plot devices or background material. Battlestar...

Many playwrights, authors, poets and historians have used images, metaphors and references to and from Greek tragedy, myth and epic to describe the African experience in the New World. The complex relationship between ancient Greek tragedy and modern...

Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particular, Greek tragedy has grown as model and inspiration for African theatre artists. This work begins with a...

Larvina Satyricon est liber auctore Collardeau, Julian, editus anno 1619. In hoc libro, describuntur Chorearum lascivias et personata tripudia. Opus est plenum fabulis, mythologia et poesiis, quae omnia adhibentur ad narrandum de vita Satyrorum et...

La Voiture Embourbee (1714) est un roman de l'�����crivain fran�����ais Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux. L'histoire se d�����roule dans la France du XVIIIe si�����cle et suit les aventures de deux jeunes amoureux, �����raste et Ang�����lique, qui...

This comprehensive, accessible introduction to Martin McDonagh outlines his body of work, the key critical contexts for understanding and exploring his career, analysis of productions, and includes an exclusive interview with the director of his most...

Little did anyone know, back in 1958 when the first Carry On film, Carry on Sergeant, was produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas, that 50 years and 31 films later Carry On would have become such a well-loved British comedy institution,...

Are you a fan of Supernatural? Have you followed the series from the outset as Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) carry on 'saving people, hunting things, the family business'? Is Supernatural one of all-time your favourite shows?...

"This was a quick read, but I found myself slowing down to savor Lovinder Gill's clear, crisp sentences that spoke directly to the writer inside me. Some of his insights on structure and character have won a permanent place in my inventory of writing...

When the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired in 2003, fans mourned the death of the hit television series. Yet the show has lived on through syndication, global distribution, DVD release, and merchandising, as well as in the memories of its...

In Kids Rule! Sarah Banet-Weiser examines the cable network Nickelodeon in order to rethink the relationship between children, media, citizenship, and consumerism. Nickelodeon is arguably the most commercially successful cable network ever. Broadcasting...

This screenplay, written by Mr. Ben and adapted for the screen by Robert Sacchi, follows the story of a young girl, Maya, as she seeks to make sense of her world. Watch her grow up, make choices, and eventually find her way to who she really is - and...