The Expanding Vista: American Television in the Kennedy Years

by Mary Ann Watson

Book Overview

The Kennedy era began with a groundbreaking moment in television--a debate between the presidential candidates, one that left little doubt about who was attuned to the new medium: Kennedy looking sharp and calm in dark blue; and Nixon fading into the set in his grey suit, looking nervous, sweating. And it ended with another kind of television landmark: a traumatized populace--still trying to comprehend the unthinkable death of its President--united...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195057465
• ISBN13: 9780195057461
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

The start of TV

Televisions rocky development is captured in this wonderful book. It covers the start of TV and the types of shows that were on. It comes in just after the game show scandals and focuses on the more violent programs that Newt Minow the head of the FCC tried to regulate. IT looks at children programming development and the idea of news. You get a sense of the presidential debates and how they brought TV in as a popular medium but the touching tribute comes at the end. When Kennedy is killed the major networks stop programming and realize their responsibilities to the country. This book is wonderfully written and is a great addition to any post world war 2 historiography.