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Tick -- tick -- tick -- : the long life and turbulent times of 60 minutes / David Blum.
Van Pelt Library PN4888.T4 B58 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blum, David, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- CBS News.
- 60 minutes (Television program).
- CBS News--History.
- Television broadcasting of news--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- History.
- United States.
- Hewitt, Don.
- Television producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Television producers and directors.
- Television journalists--United States--Biography.
- Television journalists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Long life and turbulent times of 60 minutes
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2004]
- Summary:
- A history of the popular news program shares the stories of some of its most famous correspondents, reveals what the show achieved for CBS under the leadership of Don Hewitt, and describes the efforts of its current generation of producers.
- Contents:
- 1 What-a-Vision 7
- 2 You Son of a Bitch! 15
- 3 Did You Ever Think About Two Guys? 26
- 4 The Symphony of the Real World 36
- 5 Mr. Hewitt's War 50
- 6 Is There a Question in There Somewhere? 62
- 7 Actually, It Was Oscar Katz's Idea 73
- 8 In the Line of Fire 85
- 9 The Thousand-Pound Pencil 97
- 10 Too Much Profit 107
- 11 Did You See That Great Piece on 60 Minutes? 118
- 12 I Never Saw the Knife 129
- 13 Watermelon and Tacos 141
- 14 See You on Television! 151
- 15 A Whim of Iron 163
- 16 Getting On 174
- 17 Never a Noble Moment 184
- 18 Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! 193
- 19 Reporting, Not Crusading 205
- 20 The Tin Eye 216
- 21 This Is Wrong! 229
- 22 Across the Road 234
- 23 All Due Respect 240
- 24 None of These Men Can Speak at My Funeral 253
- 25 Still Climbing 261
- 26 It's Not Who You Know 269
- 27 Bending the Rules 280.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0060558016 :
- OCLC:
- 56532997
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