Watching TV: American Television Season by Season, Fourth Edition
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AlbakiReads Editorial A season-by-season map of American television history
A season-by-season map of American television history
Organized as a chronology of U.S. television, this fourth edition connects programming and industry history from early broadcast networks through cable and streaming. Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik place popular series and television personalities alongside corporate decisions, technological shifts, and major historical moments, framing TV as both a cultural medium and a large-scale business. The reference-friendly structure includes prime-time schedule grids for each season, timelines, highlighted text, and photographs. Updated into the 2020s, it offers a long-view account of how viewing choices, distribution systems, and the television landscape have changed across decades.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Students and researchers of American television history
- Fans interested in the relationship between TV programming, technology, and media business
- Browsers who value timelines, schedules, and reference features alongside narrative history
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American television historyBroadcast, cable, and streamingMedia industry strategyTelevision programmingTechnological change
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Book Overview Castleman and Podrazik present a season-by-season narrative that encompasses the eras of American television from the beginning in broadc...
Castleman and Podrazik present a season-by-season narrative that encompasses the eras of American television from the beginning in broadcast, through cable, and now streaming. They deftly navigate the dizzying array of contemporary choices so that no matter where you start on the media timeline, Watching TV provides the context and background to this multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Drawing on decades of research, the authors weave together personalities, popular shows, corporate strategies, historical events, and changing technologies, enhancing the main commentary with additional elements that include fall prime time schedule grids for every season, date box timelines, highlighted key text, and selected photos.
Full of facts, firsts, insights, and exploits from now back to the earliest days, Watching TV is the standard chronology of American television, and reading it is akin to channel surfing through history. The fourth edition updates the story into the 2020s and looks ahead to the next waves of change. This new edition is the first to also be available in a digital format.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 656 | Language: English | Publisher: SYRACUSE UNIV PR | ISBN: 0815611722
FormatPaperback
Pages656
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0815611722
EAN9780815611721
PublisherSYRACUSE UNIV PR
Publication Date2024-12-16
Edition4
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight3.34 Pounds
Length11.05 Inches
Width8.54 Inches
Height1.52 Inches
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