Television Talk : A History of the TV Talk Show.
Bernard M. Timberg
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | University of Texas Press , 2002
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (417 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: By Horace Newcomb -- ONE: HISTORY OF TELEVISION TALK: Defining a Genre -- INTRODUCTION -- UNSPOKEN RULES -- HISTORY -- THREE MAJOR SUBGENRES -- CYCLES -- STAR HOSTS -- TALK WORLDS -- TWO: THE FIRST CYCLE (1948-1962): Experimentation, Consolidation, and Network Control-CBS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST CYCLE -- FOUNDERS AT CBS: Murrow and Godfrey -- CLOSE-UP: ''THE CASE OF MILO RADULOVICH,'' SEE IT NOW, OCTOBER 20, 1953 -- THREE: THE FIRST CYCLE, PART II: Experimentation, Consolidation, and Network Control-NBC and DuMont -- SYLVESTER ''PAT'' WEAVER: NBC's Executive Visionary of Television Talk (1949-1955) -- DAVE GARROWAY (1952-1961) -- ARLENE FRANCIS AND HOME (1954-1957) -- CLOSE-UP: ARLENE FRANCIS' LAST HOME SHOW, AUGUST 9, 1957, NBC -- STEVE ALLEN, JACK PAAR, AND TONIGHT! Founding Traditions of Late-Night Entertainment Talk (1954-1962) -- CLOSE-UP: JACK PAAR'S WALK OFF THE SET OF THE TONIGHT SHOW, FEBRUARY 1960 -- MIKE WALLACE: The Grand Inquisitor of Television Talk (1956-1958) -- CONCLUSION -- FOUR: THE SECOND CYCLE (1962-1974): Network Consolidation and New Challenges -- INTRODUCTION -- JOHNNY CARSON AND THE TONIGHT SHOW (1962-1967) -- MIKE WALLACE: ''The Grand Inquisitor'' Returns (1962-1967) -- BARBARA WALTERS: ''The Tender Trap'' (1962-1967) -- CHALLENGES TO NETWORK DOMINATION (1969-1974) -- PHIL DONAHUE (1967-1974) -- FIVE: COMPETITIVE FERMENT IN THE LATE SECOND CYCLE: The First Late-Night Talk-Show Wars (1967-1974) -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHALLENGERS: Bishop, Frost, Griffin, and Cavett -- CLOSE-UP: NORMAN MAILER VS. GORE VIDAL ON THE DICK CAVETT SHOW, ABC, DECEMBER 1, 1971 -- JOHNNY CARSON (1967-1974) -- CONCLUSION -- SIX: THE THIRD CYCLE (1974-1980): Transitions -- 1974: A Year of Change -- WATERGATE AS NATIONAL TALK EVENT -- NEW VOICES IN SYNDICATION: Phil Donahue and Mike Douglas.. - 6. THE THIRD CYCLE (1974-1980) -- 7. THE FOURTH CYCLE (1980-1990) -- 8. THE FIFTH CYCLE (1990-1995) -- 9. THE FIFTH CYCLE (1996-2000) -- 10. CONCLUSION -- A TAXONOMY OF TELEVISION TALK -- SOURCES -- INDEX -- Late Night with David Letterman photo/chart section follows page 122 -- Press Portraits of TV Talk-Show Stars" photo section follows page 146.. - AN INDEPENDENT VOICE: Bill Moyers -- THE VOICES OF WOMEN: Barbara Walters and Dinah Shore -- BATTLING FROM WITHIN: Johnny Carson and NBC (1974-1980) -- CLOSE-UP: JOHNNY CARSON'S TONIGHT: ''THE EXECUTION GAME,'' A CENSORED MONOLOGUE ROUTINE, JANUARY 18, 1977, NBC -- CONCLUSION: The End of the Network Era -- SEVEN: THE FOURTH CYCLE (1980-1990): The Post-Network Era -- INTRODUCTION -- DAVID LETTERMAN AND THE REINVENTION OF THE LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW -- CLOSE-UP: LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN -- ''AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE'': The Genesis of ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel -- CLOSE-UP: NEWS TALK, ENTERTAINMENT TALK, AND THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR REACTOR DISASTER OF 1986 -- NEW HOSTS, NEW AUDIENCES -- JOAN RIVERS AND THE LATE-NIGHT TALK-SHOW WARS OF 1986-1987 -- OPRAH WINFREY -- GERALDO RIVERA -- ARSENIO HALL -- NEW CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE POWER OF TV TALK -- EIGHT: THE FIFTH CYCLE (1990-1995): News as Entertainment -- INTRODUCTION -- LENO, LETTERMAN, AND THE LATE-NIGHT TALK-SHOW WARS (1992-1995) -- NEWS TALK AS ENTERTAINMENT AND POLITICS: McLaughlin and King (1992-1995) -- THE O. J. SIMPSON VERDICT AS A NATIONAL TALK EVENT (1995) -- NINE: THE FIFTH CYCLE (1996-2000): Trash Talk, Nice Talk, and Blended Talk -- RICKI LAKE AND THE NATIONAL ''TRASH TALK'' DEBATE -- WHEN WORDS BREAK DOWN: Jerry Springer (1991-) -- ROSIE O'DONNELL'S ''NICE TALK'' (1996-2002) -- NEW BLENDS -- BILL MAHER AND POLITICALLY INCORRECT (1993-2002) -- GARRY SHANDLING AND THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW (1992-1998) -- CONCLUSION -- TEN: CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- A TAXONOMY OF TELEVISION TALK By Robert J. Erler and Bernard M.Timberg -- A GUIDE TO TELEVISION TALK By Robert J. Erler -- NOTES -- 1. HISTORY OF TELEVISION TALK -- 2. THE FIRST CYCLE (1948-1962): CBS -- 3. THE FIRST CYCLE: NBC AND DUMONT -- 4. THE SECOND CYCLE (1962-1974) -- 5. COMPETITIVE FERMENT IN THE LATE SECOND CYCLE.. - info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-BIBSYS_ILS
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