Watching TV: Eight Decades of American Television, Third Edition

by Harry Castleman and Walter J Podrazik

Book Overview

Castleman and Podrazik present a sweeping season-by-season story, capturing the essence of television from its inception to the contemporary era of anytime access and online streaming, including every prime time fall schedule since 1944. The authors have dug through the mounds of obscure facts, offbeat anecdotes, and corporate strategies that have made television a multibillion-dollar industry. Watching TV provides a fascinating history of how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815634382
• ISBN13: 9780815634386
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"