It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era

by Cara Louise Buckley, Brian L. Ott, Marc Leverette

Since first going on the air in 1972, HBO has continually attempted to redefine television as we know it. Today, pay television (and HBO in particular) is positioned as an alternative to network offerings, consistently regarded as the premier site for what has come to be called "quality television."

This collection of new essays by an international group of media scholars argues that HBO, as part of the leading edge of television,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415960371
• ISBN13: 9780415960373
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"