Television Production

Hollywood in the 1950s was a period when the film industry both set conventions and broke norms and traditions—from Cinerama, Cinemascope and Vistavision to the epic film and lavish musical. It was a decade that saw the rise of the anti-hero; the smoldering, the hidden, and the unspoken; teenagers gone wild in the streets; the sacred and the profane; the revolution of the Method; the socially conscious; the implosion of the studios, the end of the production code; and the invasion of the ultimate body snatcher: the “small screen” television.

The Monkees had everything: a popular TV show, hit records, and adoring fans. Everything but control over their careers. Author Eric Lefcowitz chronicles the kaleidoscopic journey of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, following each of the four Monkees, together and apart, from 1965 to 2024. A must-listen for music fans, Monkee Business is the definitive biography of a rock and roll legend.

The Sopranos is widely recognized in both popular and scholarly literature as a turning point in the history and development of TV. Fans who want to learn more about the show and scholars of television history will enjoy this entertaining and educational volume.

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Life, Dawson’s Creek, Freaks and Geeks, The O.C., Friday Night Lights, and Glee) that shaped the course of modern television and our pop cultural landscape forever. The modern television landscape...

This book has been in my head for four years. It's great for students, teachers or anyone interested in writing and producing sketch comedy. Section One: The History of Comedy to Today's Sketch Comedy: Do you know the world's oldest joke? Section Two: Elements of Sketch Comedy Writing: Characters, Setting, Style, etc. Sections Three: Let's write your first/next sketch - Brainstorming, Improv, Outlines and Drafts Section Four: Producing your sketch on stage or video EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH started performing in Times Square since 2002, Now famous for its off-Broadway Improv comedy shows and ...

In 1999, NBC aired a teen drama set in 1980 Michigan that was too honest, too awkward, and too real for primetime. Freaks and Geeks lasted just eighteen episodes before the network pulled the plug — but in the decades since, it has become one of the most beloved, studied, and quoted shows in television history. The Untold Story of Freaks and Geeks tells the complete story of how Paul Feig and Judd Apatow brought this unlikely masterpiece to life. Through a detailed, episode-by-episode journey, it takes readers deep inside the writers’ room, the casting process that discovered future ...

Here at last is the real story of how TTV was formed! Inside you will find rare production artwork and storyboards, as well as reminiscences from TTV's founders.

If you’ve ever said, “I can’t make content—I don’t have the money,” this book is your permission slip to shut up and create. Zero-Budget TV by Emmanuel Simms is the ultimate survival guide for creators, filmmakers, influencers, and dreamers who want to tell powerful stories—without waiting on a budget, crew, or Hollywood miracle. Packed with practical tips, hilarious behind-the-scenes hacks, and real-life case studies, this book proves that creativity doesn’t come from money—it comes from you. Whether you’re filming on your phone, recording a podcast in your closet, or ...

Will Samantha join the cast of Royally Engaged and vie for Finn’s love and affection? Can she banish her negative thoughts about living a life in the spotlight because this is the only way to be with the man she adores? Or must Samantha suffer in silence because she's forced to watch while the man she loves dates, proposes to, and marries someone else?

Hailed by the New Yorker as "a crucial forebear of generations," award–winning director Joyce Chopra came of age in the 1950s, prior to the dawn of feminism, and long before the #MeToo movement. As a young woman, it seemed impossible that she might one day realize her dream of becoming a film director. In this engaging, candid memoir, award–winning director Joyce Chopra describes how she learned to navigate the deeply embedded sexism of the film industry, helping to pave the way for a generation of women filmmakers who would come after her.

THE NEW MULTIMEDIA HANDBOOK FOR FILMMAKERS AND SCRIPTWRITERS Our main purpose is to continue strengthening the knowledge of readers. Therefore, we decided to edit this electronic book for all those people who see in multimedia production a hobby, a dream, a profession or a career in life. And as the audiovisual production has not stopped evolving, to improve and to surprise the audiences formed by millions of spectators anxious to inform themselves, entertain themselves and transorb ways of life; this book has several chapters that illustrate, defining and explaining many of the concepts ...

Not Just Sunglasses and Autographs is a captivating autobiography that follows the author's journey from bar bouncing in Boston to working on award-winning television shows and movies. This is an endearing story of overcoming the odds through dark humor, tenacity, authenticity, and happiness.

Barry Duffield has lived a life on the edge: airman, bodybuilder, actor, and survivor. From the cold grey streets of England to the heat of the Australian outback, and onto the world stage in Spartacus, his journey has been anything but ordinary. He’s chased dreams, buried loved ones, stared down death, and found humour in the wreckage. But when a vaccine injury threatened to take it all, Barry faced his toughest fight yet: One that stripped him to the core and forced him to rebuild from the inside out. Raw, fearless, and deeply human, Coming Soon! It isn’t just a memoir. It’s a ...

James Sheldon was directing the radio show We, The People when it became the first commercial CBS network program to telecast nationally on June 1, 1948. Since then he has experienced the technological changes from live to electronic tape to film, from black and white to color, and from a few hundred thousand to the multimillions of television sets in use today.

“See Dean Martin Save the World!” – trailer for “Murderer’s Row’ Matt Helm, the literary creation of author Donald Hamilton, was America’s answer to 007 – a two-fisted, hardboiled assassin whose exploits sold millions of paperbacks. Dean Martin was an Italian crooner who rose to fame as the straight man of the comedy duo Martin & Lewis before embarking on a solo singing and acting career that made him one of the most popular performers of the 1960s, appearing in movies and TV and selling millions of records. Martin’s easygoing, boozy. lounge lizard persona was far from ...

She was once a whimsical wizardess solving magical mishaps on children’s television. Now she’s navigating midlife, burnout, and the absurdities of modern life—one disastrous spell at a time.

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Tourner une téléréalité dans un camp de réfugiés ? Une nouvelle satire grinçante par l'auteur de "Il est de retour". L'ambitieuse Nadeche Hackenbusch, présentatrice allemande d'un show téléréalité intitulé "Ange de la misère", est envoyée en Afrique dans le plus grand camp de réfugiés du monde. Les premiers temps, tout fonctionne à merveille, l'argent coule à flots pour la boîte de production : la détresse des affamés émeut le public.