The Resource The platinum age of television : from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific, David Bianculli
The platinum age of television : from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific, David Bianculli
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- Summary
- "Television shows have now eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art of our time. This new book by one of our finest critics explains--historically, in depth, and with interviews with the celebrated creators themselves--how the art of must-see/binge-watch television evolved. Darwin had his theory of evolution, and David Bianculli has his. Bianculli's theory has to do with the concept of quality television: what it is and, crucially, how it got that way. In tracing the evolutionary history of our progress toward a Platinum Age of Television--our age, the era of The Sopranos and Breaking Bad and Mad Men and The Wire and Homeland and Girls--he focuses on the development of the classic TV genres, among them the sitcom, the crime show, the miniseries, the soap opera, the western, the animated series and the late night talk show. In each genre, he selects five key examples of the form, tracing its continuities and its dramatic departures and drawing on exclusive and in-depth interviews with many of the most famed auteurs in television history. Television has triumphantly come of age artistically; David Bianculli's book is the first to date to examine, in depth and in detail and with a keen critical and historical sense, how this inspiring development came about"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 576 pages
- Contents
-
- Children's Programs
- Animation
- Matt Groening
- Variety/Sketch
- Mel Brooks
- Carol Burnett
- Tom Smothers
- Amy Schumer
- Soap Operas
- Crime
- Steven Bochco
- David Chase
- Kevin Spacey
- Vince Gilligan
- Legal
- David E. Kelley
- Robert and Michelle King
- Medical
- Family Sitcoms
- Norman Lear
- Workplace Sitcoms
- James L. Brooks
- Garry Shandling
- Splitcoms
- Carl Reiner
- Bob Newhart
- Larry David
- Louis C.K.
- Single Working Women Sitcoms
- Judd Apatow
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
- Westerns
- David Milch
- Spies
- General Drama
- David Simon
- Aaron Sorkin
- Matthew Weiner
- War
- Miniseries
- Ken Burns
- Topical Comedy
- Larry Wilmore
- Isbn
- 9780385540278
- Label
- The platinum age of television : from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific
- Title
- The platinum age of television
- Title remainder
- from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific
- Statement of responsibility
- David Bianculli
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Television shows have now eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art of our time. This new book by one of our finest critics explains--historically, in depth, and with interviews with the celebrated creators themselves--how the art of must-see/binge-watch television evolved. Darwin had his theory of evolution, and David Bianculli has his. Bianculli's theory has to do with the concept of quality television: what it is and, crucially, how it got that way. In tracing the evolutionary history of our progress toward a Platinum Age of Television--our age, the era of The Sopranos and Breaking Bad and Mad Men and The Wire and Homeland and Girls--he focuses on the development of the classic TV genres, among them the sitcom, the crime show, the miniseries, the soap opera, the western, the animated series and the late night talk show. In each genre, he selects five key examples of the form, tracing its continuities and its dramatic departures and drawing on exclusive and in-depth interviews with many of the most famed auteurs in television history. Television has triumphantly come of age artistically; David Bianculli's book is the first to date to examine, in depth and in detail and with a keen critical and historical sense, how this inspiring development came about"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bianculli, David
- Dewey number
- 791.450973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1992.3.U5
- LC item number
- B57 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Television programs
- Television producers and directors
- PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
- PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General
- Label
- The platinum age of television : from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific, David Bianculli
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Children's Programs -- Animation -- Matt Groening -- Variety/Sketch -- Mel Brooks -- Carol Burnett -- Tom Smothers -- Amy Schumer -- Soap Operas -- Crime -- Steven Bochco -- David Chase -- Kevin Spacey -- Vince Gilligan -- Legal -- David E. Kelley -- Robert and Michelle King -- Medical -- Family Sitcoms -- Norman Lear -- Workplace Sitcoms -- James L. Brooks -- Garry Shandling -- Splitcoms -- Carl Reiner -- Bob Newhart -- Larry David -- Louis C.K. -- Single Working Women Sitcoms -- Judd Apatow -- Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror -- Westerns -- David Milch -- Spies -- General Drama -- David Simon -- Aaron Sorkin -- Matthew Weiner -- War -- Miniseries -- Ken Burns -- Topical Comedy -- Larry Wilmore
- Control code
- 1693214
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 576 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385540278
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016027803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1693214
- (OCoLC)957223334
- Label
- The platinum age of television : from I love Lucy to The walking dead, how TV became terrific, David Bianculli
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Children's Programs -- Animation -- Matt Groening -- Variety/Sketch -- Mel Brooks -- Carol Burnett -- Tom Smothers -- Amy Schumer -- Soap Operas -- Crime -- Steven Bochco -- David Chase -- Kevin Spacey -- Vince Gilligan -- Legal -- David E. Kelley -- Robert and Michelle King -- Medical -- Family Sitcoms -- Norman Lear -- Workplace Sitcoms -- James L. Brooks -- Garry Shandling -- Splitcoms -- Carl Reiner -- Bob Newhart -- Larry David -- Louis C.K. -- Single Working Women Sitcoms -- Judd Apatow -- Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror -- Westerns -- David Milch -- Spies -- General Drama -- David Simon -- Aaron Sorkin -- Matthew Weiner -- War -- Miniseries -- Ken Burns -- Topical Comedy -- Larry Wilmore
- Control code
- 1693214
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 576 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385540278
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016027803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1693214
- (OCoLC)957223334
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