{"product_id":"televisions-second-golden-age-robert-thompson-9780815605041","title":"Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to Er","description":"\u003cp\u003eFans of 'quality TV drama series' will have a field day with Syracuse University professor Thompson's multidisciplinary examination of 'the return of the seri-ous, literary, writer-based drama' over the past 15 years. Allotting full chapters to breakthrough series Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere, Thompson reviews a bit more briefly the histories of 1980s classics Cagney \u0026amp; Lacey, Moonlighting, L.A. Law, thirtysomething,  and China Beach and their 'quirky' 1990s successors Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, and Picket Fences. 'The Future of Quality' chapter describes the networks' retreat from writer-based drama in the early 1990s and the return to it in series like NYPD Blue, Law \u0026amp; Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, and the number one hit, ER. This survey will appeal to several audiences: People readers will relish the gossip; Fortune readers will zero in on the economics of quality versus junk-food television; and readers monitoring media transmogrifications will find Thompson's analysis of TV's institutionalization of quality drama fascinating.\"-Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815605048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815605041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.01w x 0.63d","brand":"Robert Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990398107903,"sku":"9780815605041","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f396c1f-703d-44a6-8aba-3418997c65f6.jpg?v=1683304447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/televisions-second-golden-age-robert-thompson-9780815605041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}