The essential HBO reader
by Edgerton, Gary R., (Gary Richard) Jones, Jeffrey P.
"In The Essential HBO Reader, editors Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones bring together an accomplished group of scholars to explain how HBO's programming transformed the world of cable television and how the network continues to shape popular culture and the television industry. Now, after more than three and a half decades, HBO has won acclaim in four distinct programming areas - drama, comedy, sports, and documentary - emerging as TV's gold standard for its breakout series and specials. T…
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- Full title :The essential HBO reader / edited by Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones.
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"In The Essential HBO Reader, editors Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones bring together an accomplished group of scholars to explain how HBO's programming transformed the world of cable television and how the network continues to shape popular culture and the television industry. Now, after more than three and a half decades, HBO has won acclaim in four distinct programming areas - drama, comedy, sports, and documentary - emerging as TV's gold standard for its breakout series and specials. The Essential HBO Reader provides a comprehensive and compelling examination of HBO's development into the prototypical entertainment corporation of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
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- Publisher(s):University Press of Kentucky
- Place of Publication:Lexington
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 357 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780813124520, 0813124522
- oclc:ocn154692328
- LC Classification:PN1992.92.H66
- Dewey Decimal:384.55/523
Table of Contents
Overview: producing an aristocracy of culture in American television / Christopher Anderson -- Films / Dana Heller -- Oz / Michele Malach -- The Sopranos / David Thorburn -- Six feet under / Kim Akass and Janet McCabe -- The wire / Brian G. Rose -- Deadwood / Horace Newcomb -- Tanner '88 / Joanne Morreale -- From the earth to the moon / Michael Allen -- Band of brothers / Thomas Schatz -- Angels in America / Gary R. Edgerton -- Overview: at home on the cutting edge / Bambi Haggins and Amanda D. Lotz -- Comedy talk shows / Jeffrey P. Jones -- The Larry Sanders show / George Plasketes -- Sex and the city / Ron Simon -- Curb your enthusiasm / David Lavery -- Overview: it isn't TV, it's the "real king of the ring" / Toby Miller and Linda J. Kim -- Overview: form and function / Thomas A. Mascaro -- America undercover / Susan Murray -- Erotica / Jeffrey P. Jones -- Theatricals / Carolyn Anderson -- What has HBO ever done for women? / Janet McCabe and Kim Akass -- HBO's ongoing legacy / Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones.
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