History & Criticism

Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor. The series' ""omnisexual"" protagonist,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593931759Author Jonathan EtterFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 440g

This title examines the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of the Honeymooners in the context of postwar American values. "The Honeymooners" chronicles the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden and his wife, Alice, as they search...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593939298Author Garry BermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629330303Author Michael J HaydeFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 880g

The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new sytle of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically 'British' in content and outlook...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337760Author Ian DickersonFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 522g

During the 1950s and early 1960s, school air-raid drills, bomb shelters, and unnerving civil defense films served as constant reminders of the looming threat of nuclear war. Throughout America, a widespread civil defense effort used town meetings, public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887714530Author Arlen SchumerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 449g

No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as has Comedy Central's South Park. This is the show that has featured, in turn, a nine-year-old boy enmeshed in an affair with Ben Affleck, a maniacal Mel Gibson smearing feces...

Below the Line illuminates the hidden labor of people who not only produce things that the television industry needs, such as a bit of content or a policy sound bite, but also produce themselves in the service of capital expansion. Vicki Mayer considers...

On March 15, 2011, Donald Trump changed television forever. The Comedy Central Roast of Trump was the first major live broadcast to place a hashtag in the corner of the screen to encourage real-time reactions on Twitter, generating more than 25,000...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer has remained an enduring feature of late 1990s pop culture, spawning television spin-offs, rabid fans, and significant scholarly inquiry. Though there have been numerous books devoted to the work of Joss Whedon, this...

Beginning with the new millennium, reality television exploded both in number of shows and in popularity. The scholarship on reality TV is beginning to catch up, but one of the most enduring questions about the genre--Is it ethical?--has yet to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434403490Author Michael HemmingsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Borgo PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 239g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781403966841Author Paul BuhleFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 504gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593939304Author Garry BermanFormat HardbackImprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 445g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887713007Author Joseph BrutsmanFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 835g

The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593935665Author Joann M PaulFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 535g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887715346Author Wesley HyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476789675Author Bob SchiefferFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 272g

Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids' shows? In Hi There, Boys and Girls! America's Local Children's TV Programs, Tim...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593931353Author Tim ColliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933771250Author Joy DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint BenBella BooksPublisher BenBella BooksWeight(grams) 370g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887714547Author Arlen SchumerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 662g

Don and Betty Draper live in a picture-perfect world. He is a hard-living advertising executive - a 'mad man' - on the fast track. She's a Bryn Mawr graduate and former fashion model, now a suburban princess, mother of three children. If they've...

Updated version of an engaging overview of the television situation comedy.This updated and expanded anthology offers an engaging overview of one of the oldest and most ubiquitous forms of television programming: the sitcom. Through an analysis of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593931766Author Jonathan EtterFormat HardbackImprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 608g

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Paranoid visions explores the history of the spy and conspiracy genres on British television, from 1960s Cold War series through 1980s conspiracy dramas to contemporary 'war on terror' thrillers. It analyses classic dramas including Tinker Tailor Soldier...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935251989Author Jane EspensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Smart PopPublisher BenBella Books

From humble beginning as a 1970s motoring show, Top Gear has achieved world domination. Reaching a peak in the 1990s thanks to presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the original series faced the axe in 2001 - but Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully...

The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935303626Author Brad MiddletonFormat PaperbackImprint By Light Unseen MediaPublisher By Light Unseen MediaWeight(grams) 948g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593933449Author Michael J HaydeFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 708gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

British children's films have played a part in the childhoods of generations of young people around the world for over a century. Until now, however, their cherished status has remained largely unexplored. In this book, Noel Brown relates the history of...