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Creating television : conversations with the people behind 50 years of American TV / Robert Kubey.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.3.U5 K83 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kubey, Robert William, 1952-
- Series:
- LEA's communication series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting--History.
- Television broadcasting.
- History.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Television viewers.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 509 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.
- Summary:
- Contents: Introduction: Bringing Television Creators to Life. Individual Creativity in a Collaborative Medium. The Pioneers: Creating the First Decade. Writer-Producers: Creating Breakthrough Television. A Different Kind of Writer A Different Kind of Producer. Two Directors. The Actors. The Agents. A Different Kind of Executive.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Bringing Television Creators to Life 1
- Chapter 2 Individual Creativity in a Collaborative Medium 9
- Chapter 3 The Pioneers: Creating the First Decade 23
- Sid Caesar 27
- Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf 33
- Leonard Stern 41
- Steve Allen 53
- Fred deCordova 59
- Agnes Nixon 69
- David Levy 77
- Grant Tinker 91
- Lee Rich 101
- Carroll Pratt 113
- Chapter 4 Writer-Producers: Creating Breakthrough Television 121
- Susan Harris 125
- Matt Groening 137
- Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz 153
- Larry David 165
- Allan Burns 173
- Chapter 5 A Different Kind of Writer 187
- Arla Sorkin Manson 189
- T. S. Cook 203
- Jean Rouverol 215
- Bob Ellison 227
- Chapter 6 A Different Kind of Producer 231
- Gary Smith 233
- Marty Pasetta 245
- Dave Bell 253
- Bruce Sallan 265
- Chapter 7 Two Directors 283
- Jay Sandrich 285
- Walter Grauman 297
- Chapter 8 The Actors 307
- Ed Asner 311
- Betty White 321
- Henry Winkler 331
- Jason Alexander 341
- Aida Turturro 359
- Paul Petersen 373
- Chapter 9 The Agents 395
- Jeremy Zimmer 397
- Bill Haber 409
- Jay Bernstein 415
- Ray Solley 427
- Chapter 10 A Different Kind of Executive 445
- Frank Dawson 447
- Gerry Laybourne 463
- Chris Albrecht 475.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805810765
- 0805810773
- OCLC:
- 53863914
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