The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific

by David Bianculli

Book Overview

Television shows have now eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art of our time. This new book by one of our finest critics explains--historically, in depth, and with interviews with the celebrated creators themselves--how the art of must-see/binge-watch television evolved. Darwin had his theory of evolution, and David Bianculli has his. Bianculli's theory has to do with the concept of quality television: what it is and, crucially,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385540272
• ISBN13: 9780385540278
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"