The Outer Limits

by Joanne Morreale

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 turned to genre fiction-in this case, a hybrid of science fiction and horror-to provide veiled social commentary. The show illustrates the tension between networks who wanted mainstream entertainment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814347452
• ISBN13: 9780814347454
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.0"