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Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Essays on the history of HBO, a company designed to please audiences instead of advertisers, and the impact of its distinctive programming: "Recommended." -- Choice The founding of Home Box Office in the early 1970s -- when it debuted by telecasting a Paul Newman movie and an NHL game to 365 households in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania -- was a harbinger of the innovations that would transform television as an industry and a technology in the decades...
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Exploring early hits such as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek, as well as more recent successes such as Battlestar Galactica and Lost, The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader illuminates the history, narrative approaches, and themes of the genre. The book discusses science fiction television from its early years when shows attempted to recreate the allure of science fiction cinema, to its current status as a sophisticated genre with a popularity...
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