Mental Floss the Curious Viewer: A Miscellany of Bingeable Streaming TV Shows from the Past Twenty Years (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781681887869)

Need a new show to binge? Want to learn behind-the-scenes insights about your favorite series? Then Mental Floss: The Curious Viewer is for you!

From Mental Floss, the premier online destination for curious minds, comes a deep dive into the greatest television shows from the last 20 years. Filled with little-known facts and lists of must-see shows, this fascinating collection includes:

The hardest role to cast on Game of Thrones - The DEA's involvement in Breaking Bad - The lost Black-ish episode deemed too divisive for TV - The real-life inspiration for Mad Men's Don Draper - The identity of "Ugly Naked Guy" on Friends - When George Lucas sued Battlestar Galactica - How Curb Your Enthusiasm saved a man from the death penalty - When Doctor Who's TARDIS went to court - The story behind Law & Order's iconic "dun-dun" sound effect

Mental Floss: The Curious Viewer also contains many of Mental Floss's famously fascinating lists, such as Actors Who Asked for Their Characters to Be Killed Off, The Most-Watched TV Series Finales Ever, TV Characters Who Were Inspired by Real People, Bizarre TV Crossovers, Amazing One-Season Shows, Important Moments in LGBTQ+ History on TV, and Unforgettable Television Cliff-Hangers.

Author: Jennifer M. Wood, The Team at Mental Floss
ISBN-10: 168188786X
ISBN-13: 9781681887869
Publisher: Weldon Owen
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.54lbs
Size: 9.83h x 7.88w x 1.15d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2021
Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 108