Watching TV : six decades of American television / Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik.
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[Syracuse, N.Y.] :
Syracuse University Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | Expanded 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Television and popular culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : three stars in the east
- 1. The world is waiting for the sunrise
- 2. Shadows in the cave
- 3. The dawn
- 4. 1944-45 season : we want to find out first where TV's goin'
- 5. 1945-46 season : after the storm
- 6. 1946-47 season : TV gets the green light
- 7. 1947-48 season : vaudeville is back
- 8. 1948-49 season : the freeze
- 9. 1949-50 season : behind the ion curtain
- 10. 1950-51 season : what's my crime?
- 11. 1951-52 season : the thaw
- 12. 1952-53 season : grade-B TV
- 13. 1953-54 season : point of order
- 14. 1954-55 season : showbiz in a hurry
- 15. 1955-56 season : the road to reruns
- 16. 1956-57 season : it's been a tremendous strain
- 17. 1957-58 season : oh, dem oaters
- 18. 1958-59 season : Dotto goes blotto
- 19. 1959-60 season : adventures in syndication
- 20. 1960-61 season : the vast wasteland
- 21. 1961-62 season : I still have the stench in my nose
- 22. 1962-63 season : CBS + RFD = $$$
- 23. 1963-64 season : hands across the ocean
- 24. 1964-65 season : the unloved messenger
- 25. 1965-66 season : the second season
- 26. 1966-67 season : Same is the name of the game
- 27. 1967-68 season : the whole world is watching
- 28. 1968-69 season : the one punch season
- 29. 1969-70 season : effete and impudent snobs
- 30. 1970-71 season : totally committed and completely involved
- 31. 1971-72 season : not just another pretty face
- 32. 1972-73 season : ideological plugola
- 33. 1973-74 season : the new centurions
- 34. 1974-75 season : affirmative access
- 35. 1975-76 season : Freddie or not?
- 36. 1976-77 season : the big event
- 37. 1977-78 season : T & A TV
- 38. 1978-79 season : born again broadcasting
- 39. 1979-80 season : gleam in the eye
- 40. 1980-81 season : the strike
- 41. Transition 1927-81 : stop and start it all again
- 42. 1981-82 season : Freddie's blues
- 43. 1982-83 season : send in the "A" team
- 44. 1983-84 season : after M*A*S*H
- 45. 1984-85 season : we are the world
- 46. 1985-86 season : isn't that amazing?
- 47. 1986-87 season : finally a fourth
- 48. 1987-88 season : the boomer years
- 49. 1988-89 season : the goddess
- 50. 1989-90 season : mmmm...doughnuts
- 51. 1990-91 season : the live storm
- 52. 1991-92 season : the sax man
- 53. 1992-93 season : nothing much
- 54. 1993-94 season : the truth that's out there
- 55. 1994-95 season : in the blink of an eye
- 56. 1995-96 season : ready for reform
- 57. 1996-97 season : all around the dial
- 58. 1997-98 season : devil with the blue dress on
- 59. 1998-99 season : sex and violence
- 60. 1999-2000 season : not the final answer
- 61. 2000-01 season : reality is bad enough
- 62. 2001-02 season : ground zero
- 63. 2002-03 season : go pound sand
- 64. 2003-04 season : game change
- 65. 2004-05 season : zigzag and jibjab
- 66. 2005-06 season : here's the deal
- 67. 2006-07 season : what else is on?
- 68. 2007-08 season : called third strike
- 69. 2008-09 season : change is now
- 70. 2009-10 season : the end of the world as we know it
- Conclusion : on beyond zebra.