Pandora's box : how guts, guile, and greed upended TV / Peter Biskind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biskind, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television programs--History.

Television programs.

Television--Production and direction--History.

Television.

Streaming technology (Telecommunications)--United States.

Streaming technology (Telecommunications).

Cable television.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xiv, 383 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

How guts, guile, and greed upended TV

How guts, guile, and greed upended television

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

"Bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, cultural critic Peter Biskind turns his eye toward the new golden age of television, sparked by the fall of play-it-safe network TV and the rise of boundary-busting cable followed by streaming, that overturned both--based on exclusive, candid, and colorful interviews with executives, writers, showrunners, directors, and actors"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Broadcast blues

Part I: "It's not television. It's HBO.". Seeding the wasteland

"Be a good Catholic for 15 fucking minutes"

HBO's annus horribilis

Part II: Back to basics. FX flips off HBO

AMC chases Chase

Showtime's bad-good girls

Out of luck and off-key, HBO gets game

Part III: Stream or die. Netflix's Albanian army

Amazon's women in the high castle

Disney's empire strikes back

Can WBD's kid stay in the picture?

Part IV: Back to the future. Cash is king.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Biskind, Peter. Pandora's box

ISBN:

9780062991669

0062991663

OCLC:

1391329402