Traces the history of prime time animation from "The Flintstones" to "Family Guy" and South Park's late-night appeal in the 21st century. This book describes the content and style of the major prime-time animated series, while also placing these series within their political and…
Mafia movies: a reader
"This reference work, the most complete guide to aired and unaired television pilot films ever published (or made available in any way), contains 5,190 alphabetically arranged programs, each with storyline information, performer and character cast listings, producers, air dates …
"This fully updated and expanded edition covers over 10,200 programs. In addition to covering the standard network and cable entertainment genres, the book also covers programs generally not covered elsewhere in print (or even online), including Internet series, aired and unaire…
"The second in a first-ever set of books cataloging Internet television series, this volume covers in depth the drama and mystery genres, with detailed entries on 405 shows from 1996 through July 2014. In addition to casts, credits and story lines, each entry provides a website,…
"Obsessively watched and critically ignored, sitcoms were a distraction, a gentle lullaby of a kinder, gentler America--until suddenly the artificial boundary between the world and television entertainment collapsed. In this book we track the growth of the sitcom, following the …
"This collection of essays examines Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Naked City, The Untouchables, The F.B.I., Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Starsky et Hutch, Hill Street Blues, Cagney et Lacey, Miami Vice, Law et Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, CSI, The Shield, The Wir…