Author

Publication

2016 - , Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

50,000 words, Guess

Page Count

200 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780300218091
  • Open LibraryOL27219419M

Classifications

  • DDC791.45/6
  • LCCPN1992.8.S4 J36 2016
  • LCCPN1992.55

Description

Television and TV viewing are not what they once were--and that's a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic Clive James. Since serving as television columnist for the London Observer from 1972 to 1982, James has witnessed a radical change in content, format, and programming, and in the very manner in which TV is watched. Here he examines this unique cultural revolution, providing a brilliant, eminently entertaining analysis of many of the medium's most notable twenty-first-century accomplishments and their not always subtle impact on modern society--including such acclaimed serial dramas as Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Mad Men, and The Sopranos, as well as the comedy 30 Rock. With intelligence and wit, James explores a television landscape expanded by cable and broadband and profoundly altered by the advent of Netflix, Amazon, and other "cord-cutting" platforms that have helped to usher in a golden age of unabashed binge-watching.

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Other Editions

  • Play all: a bingewatcher's notebook2016-01-01

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