Richly researched and engaging, The Columbia History of American Television tracks the growth of TV into a convergent technology, a global industry, a social ca
Ever since Newton Minow taught us sophisticates to bemoan the descent of television into a vast wasteland, the dyspeptic chorus of jeremiahs who insist that tel
This is the first in-depth look at the development of the television newscast, the most popular source of news for over forty-five years.During the 1940s, most