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ISBN-10:: 0415085004
ISBN-13:: 9780415085007
Pub. Date:: 09/15/1994
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

ISBN-10:: 0415085004
ISBN-13:: 9780415085007
Pub. Date:: 09/15/1994
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

Inside Prime Time / Edition 2

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Overview

Prime time: those precious few hours every night when the three major television networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions of Americans tune in. Inside Prime Time is a classic study of the workings of the Hollywood television industry, newly available with an updated introduction. Inside Prime Time takes us behind the scenes to reveal how prime-time shows get on the air, stay on the air, and are shaped by the political and cultural climate of their times. It provides an ethnography of the world of American commercial television, an analysis of that world's unwritten rules, and the most extensive study of the industry ever made.

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ISBN-13:	9780415085007
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/15/1994
Series:	Communication and Society
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Todd Gitlin is Professor of Culture, Journalism, and Sociology at New York University. His books include Sacrifice (1999), The Twilight of Common Dreams (1995), The Sixties (1987), and The Whole World Is Watching (California, 1980).

INTRODUCTION TO THE 2000 EDITION
PROLOGUE
PART 1 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS
1. The Problem of Knowing
2. Predicting the Unpredictable
3. By the Numbers
4. Making Schedules
5. The Triumph of the Synthetic: Spinoffs, Copies,
Recombinant Culture
6. "Another American Dream Gone Astray"
PART II THE TELEVISION-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
7. Inside Tracks in a Small World
8. The Deal Is the Art Form
9. Movies of the Week
PART III THE POLITICS OF PRIME TIME
10. The Turn Toward "Relevance"
11. Shifting Right: Yesterday's Vietnam, Today's FBI
12. The "Far Righteous" Shake the Temple of Commerce
13. The Temple Stands
14. Hill Street Blues: "Make It Look Messy"
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INDEX

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