You Can't Air That: Four Cases of Controversy and Censorship in American Television Programming

by David S. Silverman

Book Overview

In this illuminating book, David S. Silverman assesses four controversial television programs from the perspective of media history, assessing the censorship present at all four networks and the political and intellectual inertia it produces in broadcast television.

Beginning with The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the sixties, the author also examines The Richard Pryor Show, TV Nation, and Politically Incorrect. Drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631502
• ISBN13: 9780815631507
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"