Watching TV

Castleman and Podrazik present a sweeping season-by-season story, capturing the essence of television from its inception to...
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Author: Harry Castleman
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Watching TV by Castleman, Harry

Watching TV

$155.63

Watching TV

$155.63
Author: Harry Castleman
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Castleman and Podrazik present a sweeping season-by-season story, capturing the essence of television from its inception to the contemporary era of anytime access and online streaming, including every prime time fall schedule since 1944. The authors have dug through the mounds of obscure facts, offbeat anecdotes, and corporate strategies that have made television a multibillion-dollar industry. Watching TV provides a fascinating history of how the personalities, popular shows, and coverage of key events have evolved across eight decades.Full of facts, firsts, insights, and exploits, as well as rare and memorable photographs, Watching TV is the standard history of American television. This third edition includes coverage up through the mid-2010s and looks ahead to the next waves of change.



Author: Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 11/18/2022
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.45lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780815634386

About the Author

Harry Castleman practices law in Boston and has written seven other popular culture books with Podrazik. He has worked as a media producer and consultant for a number of political organizations and campaigns. He has also been a guest lecturer on TV history at Boston University's College of Communication.

Walter J. Podrazik is a communications and logistics consultant. He also serves as television curator at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago and is regularly quoted in media articles. As an adjunct lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he teaches television history and analyzes the role of media in politics.

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