Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show

by Bernard M. Timberg and Robert J. Erler

Book Overview

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book

Flip through the channels at any hour of the day or night, and a television talk show is almost certainly on. Whether it offers late-night entertainment with David Letterman, share-your-pain empathy with Oprah Winfrey, trash talk with Jerry Springer, or intellectual give-and-take with Bill Moyers, the talk show is one of television's most popular and enduring formats, with a history as old as the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292781768
• ISBN13: 9780292781764
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"