Bibliograph

Pandora's box, how guts, guile, and greed upended TV, Peter Biskind

Type

Label

Pandora's box, how guts, guile, and greed upended TV, Peter Biskind

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-367) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pandora's box

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1405816854

Responsibility statement

Peter Biskind

Sub title

how guts, guile, and greed upended TV

Summary

"Bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, cultural critic Peter Biskind turns his eye toward the new golden age of television, sparked by the fall of play-it-safe network TV and the rise of boundary-busting cable followed by streaming, that overturned both-based on exclusive, candid, and colorful interviews with executives, writers, showrunners, directors, and actors"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Broadcast blues -- Part I: "It's not television. It's HBO.". Seeding the wasteland -- "Be a good Catholic for 15 fucking minutes" -- HBO's annus horribilis -- Part II: Back to basics. FX flips off HBO -- AMC chases Chase -- Showtime's bad-good girls -- Out of luck and off-key, HBO gets game -- Part III: Stream or die. Netflix's Albanian army -- Amazon's women in the high castle -- Disney's empire strikes back -- Can WBD's kid stay in the picture? -- Part IV: Back to the future. Cash is king

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