Pandora's box : how guts, guile, and greed upended TV /
Biskind, Peter,
Pandora's box : how guts, guile, and greed upended TV / How guts, guile, and greed upended TV How guts, guile, and greed upended television Peter Biskind. - First edition. - xiv, 383 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-367) and index.
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.
"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"--
9780062991669 0062991663
2023030841
Television programs--History.
Television--Production and direction--History.
Streaming technology (Telecommunications)--United States.
Pandora's box : how guts, guile, and greed upended TV / How guts, guile, and greed upended TV How guts, guile, and greed upended television Peter Biskind. - First edition. - xiv, 383 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-367) and index.
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.
"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"--
9780062991669 0062991663
2023030841
Television programs--History.
Television--Production and direction--History.
Streaming technology (Telecommunications)--United States.