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Author:

Biskind, Peter, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xiv, 383 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-367) and index.

Contents:

Part I. "It's not television. It's HBO" : Seeding the wasteland ; "Be a good Catholic for 15 fucking minutes" ; Deadwood and its discontents ; 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.

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.

ISBN:

0062991663
9780062991669

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1405816854

LCCN:

2023030841

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)