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2) The revolution was televised: the cops, crooks, slingers, and slayers who changed TV drama forever
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at large--including The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad--Sepinwall weaves incisive criticism with entertaining reporting about the real-life characters and conflicts behind the scenes.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Description
xxi, 410 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"While working at the Newark Star-Ledger, Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall created a popular column debating the merits of then-current television. Eventually they went on to successful careers as critics elsewhere, but the debate raged on and now comes to an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Alan and Matt have established The Pantheon of top TV shows using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing ranking system by which to order and stack them...
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Description
xx, 520 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"TV finales fascinate us because they bring universes to an end--in the case of long-running shows, very complicated universes--exposing in the process our cultural obsessions, our 'reading' practices, our imagined identities, our fascination with television. This volume brings together the work of 63 scholars in 71 essays, each essay discussing a different television finale"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
"For seven seasons, Leslie Knope and the Parks and Recreation gang charmed millions of viewers with their quirky antics and unwavering positivity. The sitcom continues to be a fan-favorite for streaming services today, nearly a decade after its finale. Now for the first time, Jim O'Heir, who played the lovable Jerry (or, well, Garry/Larry/Terry/Barry, depending on the episode), invites readers back to Pawnee for an exclusive look behind the scenes....
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Description
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Published to coincide with the show's twentieth anniversary, this definitive oral history of The O.C., which paved the way for a new generation of iconic teen soaps, features interviews with the cast and crew and never-before-seen photos, providing a behind-the-scenes look at how the show was made--and its legacy today.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (426 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During a twelve-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal, a group of seemingly unrelated characters cross paths in a city in an altered America. As each character is forced to reckon with their past and plot how to better their futures, they soon discover how far they will go on Purge Night.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
ix, 366 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From her creation of the first 'Approval Matrix' in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns for The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum has known all along that what we watch is who we are. In this collection, including several substantive, never-before-published essays, Nussbaum writes about her passion for television beginning with Buffy--as she writes, a show that was so much more than its critical assessment--the evolution of female...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When the first season of Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in the summer of 2016, the show struck a nerve with millions of viewers worldwide and received broad critical acclaim. The series has gone on to win six Emmy Awards, but its success was driven more than anything by word of mouth, resonating across generations. Viewers feel personal connections to the characters. Now fans can immerse themselves in the world--or worlds--of Hawkins, Indiana,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In honor of Stranger Things, the innovative pop culture enthusiasts at Printed In Blood are proud to present the latest release in their ongoing series of artbooks. More than two hundred artists, drawn from the earthly dimensions of comics, illustration, fine art, videogames, and animation, have come together to bring us a unique vision of the world of Hawkins, Indiana. Come dig into this collection of more than two hundred brand-new images and see...
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