Television Books


Vanished at Sea: The True Story of a Child TV Actor and Double Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library)Vanished at Sea: The True Story of a Child TV Actor and Double Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Best Price: $3.83
This story was particularly awful in how these people were killed. All for money and their...
I Can't Believe I'm Still Single: Sane, Slightly Neurotic (but in a Sane Way) Filmmaker into Good Yoga, Bad Reality TV, Too Much Chocolate, and a Little ... Point Anyone Who'll Let Me Watch FootballI Can't Believe I'm Still Single: Sane, Slightly Neurotic (but in a Sane Way) Filmmaker into Good Yoga, Bad Reality TV, Too Much Chocolate, and a Little ... Point Anyone Who'll Let Me Watch Football
Best Price: $10.14
this guy is the most annoying person on the face of the earth, it is truly amazing that he...
Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American TelevisionTube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television
Best Price: $14.39
This is a generous single-volume condensation of Erik Barnouw's seminal three-volume HISTORY OF...
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-PresentThe Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present
Best Price: $18.49
Although this is a great directory to refer to while you are watching TV, it also is fun to...
Bones: The Official Companion (Bones)Bones: The Official Companion (Bones)
Best Price: $8.81
Great recaps of the first season with brilliant photography, the best lines from each episode,...


Lighting for Digital Video & Television, Second EditionLighting for Digital Video & Television, Second Edition
Best Price: $26.33
I got this book out of the library to read as a preparation for doing lighting on a low-budget...
Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry From Negotiations Through Final Contracts: 2nd Edition Expanded and UpdatedDealmaking in the Film and Television Industry From Negotiations Through Final Contracts: 2nd Edition Expanded and Updated
Best Price: $19.11
A good source of information and handy reference when trying to work one's way through the...
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top WritersThe 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers
Best Price: $5.98
I own several screenwriting books and consider this one to be in the top 3 (McKee and Vogler...
Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest (Smart Pop series)Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest (Smart Pop series)
Best Price: $10.71
This book and the other book I ordered it with took FOREVER to come!!! And of course I had to...
The Psychology of The Simpsons: D'oh! (Psychology of Popular Culture series)The Psychology of The Simpsons: D'oh! (Psychology of Popular Culture series)
Best Price: $2.66
"The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist...


Broadcast News (with InfoTrac ) (Wadsworth Series in Broadcast and Production)Broadcast News (with InfoTrac ) (Wadsworth Series in Broadcast and Production)
Best Price: $77.27
Enhance your understanding of broadcast journalism with BROADCAST NEWS with InfoTrac?! With...
Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and TelevisionCreative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television
Best Price: $16.09
I teach a seminar for teenagers in digital video. When I started designing the curriculum, it...
The TV Writer's Workbook: A Creative Approach To Television ScriptsThe TV Writer's Workbook: A Creative Approach To Television Scripts
Best Price: $8.71
I rarely make a recommendation, but this book is the most helpful I have ever read on TV...
Critical Approaches to Television (2nd Edition)Critical Approaches to Television (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $88.37
I didn't like how overly complicated the language was in this book, but it has some great sample...
Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the BoxCrafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box
Best Price: $7.98
This book is perfect for beginners. It uses simply, practical words. Contains a glossary of...

Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture (Film and Culture)Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture (Film and Culture)
Best Price: $20.03
I purchased this book as part of my research to a follow-up book, Don't Weep for Me, America:...
Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TVTelevision Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV
Best Price: $29.92
In Television Disrupted, Shelly Palmer does a great job at presenting the probable futures of...
Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game ViolenceStop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence
Best Price: $8.23
"I watched all those shows and I'm not VIOLENT" is often the retort. A sandwich is...
Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (A Pelican Original)Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (A Pelican Original)
Even though "Ways of Seeing" is a flawed book in many ways, it is so seminal in the...
Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone: A Backstage Tribute to Television's Groundbreaking SeriesDimensions Behind the Twilight Zone: A Backstage Tribute to Television's Groundbreaking Series
Best Price: $13.63
I highly recommend this rarity of a book! My favorite part was the 8 page interview with Bill...

Mickey Rooney as Archie Bunker and Other TV Casting AlmostsMickey Rooney as Archie Bunker and Other TV Casting Almosts
Best Price: $26.95
This book is fun to read! It's very conveniently arranged with almost 500 shows alphabetically...
Television Field Production and Reporting (5th Edition)Television Field Production and Reporting (5th Edition)
Best Price: $79.99
This book focuses on the most important part of making television and video - the story. It's...
Writing TV SitcomsWriting TV Sitcoms
Best Price: $5.91
Although it has an unfortunate title (who the hell wants to write sitcoms? - aren't they...
The Hollywood Book of Scandals : The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV IdolsThe Hollywood Book of Scandals : The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of Over 100 American Movie and TV Idols
Best Price: $7.97
There's not much space, it seems, for in-betweens, but place me firmly in the "like"...
Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics (with InfoTrac?)Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics (with InfoTrac?)
Best Price: $77.40
I was an Army broadcaster for nearly thirty years, commanding major audio-visual activities and...

Lighting and the Design Idea (with InfoTrac ) (Wadsworth Series in Theatre)Lighting and the Design Idea (with InfoTrac ) (Wadsworth Series in Theatre)
Best Price: $55.44
Unlike the typical college textbook "new edition" that tweaks pagination and swaps a...
Battlestar Galactica: The Official CompanionBattlestar Galactica: The Official Companion
Best Price: $4.00
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING TV SERIES ON THE SCIFI CHANNEL. THE BOOK GOES INTO DETAIL...
Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual RepresentationPicture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation
Best Price: $23.97
This book has to be considered as a classic in the field. Ironically, Mitchell's term 'pictorial...
Film Production Management 101: The Ultimate Guide for Film and Television Production Management and Coordination (Michael Wiese Productions)Film Production Management 101: The Ultimate Guide for Film and Television Production Management and Coordination (Michael Wiese Productions)
Best Price: $22.90
From what I have already read from the book, it seems to be a clear and understandable read, not...
The Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and TheatreThe Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre
Best Price: $36.86
A book for the experts, not for the novice. Well detailed and current. Covers all aspects of...

Listening in: Radio and American ImaginationListening in: Radio and American Imagination
Best Price: $12.83
Radio has become such a background part of our lives, we forget just how astounding an impact it...
The Gospel according to The Simpsons (Leaders)The Gospel according to The Simpsons (Leaders)
Best Price: $4.54
I ordered this item but when the other books came this one was not with them. Although the paper...
Audio Post Production for Television and Film, Third Edition: An introduction to technology and techniquesAudio Post Production for Television and Film, Third Edition: An introduction to technology and techniques
Best Price: $28.66
It is a VERY dry read, so don't plan on getting it and trying to read it all asap. It just...
TV Guide Crosswords Large Print: The Best Crossword Puzzles from More Than 50 Years of TV Guide Now in Large Print!TV Guide Crosswords Large Print: The Best Crossword Puzzles from More Than 50 Years of TV Guide Now in Large Print!
Best Price: $6.29
Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter JourneyLove, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey
Best Price: $4.68
I cannot stress how much this book has changed my life. When I first came out of the closet,...

The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New MediaThe Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media
Best Price: $37.50
This really is a fantastic textbook about the basics of everything visual in TV/Film. The other...
Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three (Battlestar Galactica)Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three (Battlestar Galactica)
Best Price: $8.86
There was some good information in this book, but not as much as I had expected. I have...
The Physics of Star TrekThe Physics of Star Trek
Best Price: $4.87
Need a crash course in how to create your own warp drive (hint, bend spacetime behind so that it...
Great Lodges of the Canadian Rockies: The Companion Book to the PBS Television SeriesGreat Lodges of the Canadian Rockies: The Companion Book to the PBS Television Series
Best Price: $22.22
After watching the PBS series in July, I decided to buy the book. (I already own Great Lodges of...
The Columbia History of American Television (Columbia Histories of Modern American Life)The Columbia History of American Television (Columbia Histories of Modern American Life)
Best Price: $30.00
Professor Edgerton provides an excellent history of American television, providing his unique...

TV CrosswordsTV Crosswords
Best Price: $2.65
This book is to hard for me. I am over 50 and have watched alot of tv in my day, and the clues...
Age Of TV Heroes: The Live-Action Adventures Of Your Favorite Comic Book CharactersAge Of TV Heroes: The Live-Action Adventures Of Your Favorite Comic Book Characters
Best Price: $26.37
The Age of TV Heroes examines the history of the live-action television adventures of everyone's...
SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN: WALT DISNEY WORLD: THE FIRST 25 YEARSSINCE THE WORLD BEGAN: WALT DISNEY WORLD: THE FIRST 25 YEARS
Best Price: $88.88
Walt Disney lives. No, I'm not talking about the urban legend about him being cryogenically...
Developing and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio: A Guide for Theatre, Film & TVDeveloping and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio: A Guide for Theatre, Film & TV
Best Price: $24.44
I'm crazy about this book ! It is the best resource that I've ever found for assembling a...
Writing for Television, Radio, and New Media (with InfoTrac )Writing for Television, Radio, and New Media (with InfoTrac )
Best Price: $35.99
This was not worth the cost!!! It should be in hard cover for the price. Outrageous! One of the...

Television: Technology and Cultural Form (Routledgeclassics)Television: Technology and Cultural Form (Routledgeclassics)
Best Price: $13.57
stop wasting your time and put it to better use. a book written because someone could string...
Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-time SoapDallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-time Soap
Best Price: $8.57
I started watching Dallas on DVD with fond memories of watching it with my grandma. So, in...
Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer, 5th EditionVideo Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer, 5th Edition
Best Price: $38.95
It is not bad for and introduction book, quite general descriptions about the topics, if you do...
Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract, Fourth EditionTelevision and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract, Fourth Edition
Best Price: $24.24
Not good for beginners. Not good for anyone actually. I'm a professor at a college. This is...
Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek and Other Adventures in TV WritingBillion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek and Other Adventures in TV Writing
Best Price: $4.84
Let the buyer beware--this book is all about a self-important Hollywood know-it-all writer and...

The Q Guide to Sex and the City: Stuff You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know...about Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte...and Cosmos (Q Guide)The Q Guide to Sex and the City: Stuff You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know...about Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte...and Cosmos (Q Guide)
Best Price: $7.36
A great, fun, quick refresh of all the episodes, along with cast lists and memorable moments we...
Glued to the Set: The 60 Television Shows and Events That Made Us Who We Are TodayGlued to the Set: The 60 Television Shows and Events That Made Us Who We Are Today
Best Price: $5.87
This book is an excellent example of scholarship that is accessible and fun, and yet...
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: The Play-at-Home Companion Book to the Hit TV Show!Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: The Play-at-Home Companion Book to the Hit TV Show!
Best Price: $3.83
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? is a companion book to the hit television game show that...
Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Two (Battlestar Galactica the Official Companion)Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Two (Battlestar Galactica the Official Companion)
Best Price: $3.24
THIS IS A SYNOPSIS ABOUT SEASON 2 OF B G. IT COVERS EACH EPISODE, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT,...
The Psychology of Joss Whedon: An Unauthorized Exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly (Psychology of Popular Culture series)The Psychology of Joss Whedon: An Unauthorized Exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly (Psychology of Popular Culture series)
Best Price: $7.45
This is the first book I have read in the Psychology and Popular Culture series, and I enjoyed...

Television Production, Thirteenth EditionTelevision Production, Thirteenth Edition
Best Price: $56.30
For over 30 years, Gerald Millerson's various books have been the foundation texts for thousands...
    
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