Television Talk : : A History of the TV Talk Show / / Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Timberg, Bernard M.,; Erler, Robert J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Erler, Robert J.,; Newcomb, Horace,; Timberg, Bernard M.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Newcomb, Horace.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Texas Film and Media Studies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

Flip through the channels at any hour of the day or night, and a television talk show is almost certainly on. Whether it offers late-night entertainment with David Letterman, share-your-pain empathy with Oprah Winfrey, trash talk with Jerry Springer, or intellectual give-and-take with Bill Moyers, the talk show is one of television's most popular and enduring formats, with a history as old as the medium itself. Bernard Timberg here offers a comprehensive history of the first fifty years of television talk, replete with memorable moments from a wide range of classic talk shows, as well as many of today's most popular programs. Dividing the history into five eras, he shows how the evolution of the television talk show is connected to both broad patterns in American culture and the economic, regulatory, technological, and social history of the broadcasting industry. Robert Erler's "A Guide to Television Talk" complements the text with an extensive "who's who" listing of important people and programs in the history of television talk.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE History of Television Talk: Defining a Genre -- TWO The First Cycle (1948–1962): Experimentation, Consolidation, and Network Control—CBS -- THREE The First Cycle, Part II: Experimentation, Consolidation, and Network Control—NBC and DuMont -- FOUR The Second Cycle (1962–1974): Network Consolidation and New Challenges -- FIVE Competitive Ferment in the Late Second Cycle: The First Late-Night Talk-ShowWars (1967–1974) -- SIX The Third Cycle (1974–1980): Transitions -- SEVEN The Fourth Cycle (1980–1990): The Post-Network Era -- EIGHT The Fifth Cycle (1990–1995): News as Entertainment -- NINE The Fifth Cycle (1996–2000): Trash Talk, Nice Talk, and Blended Talk -- TEN Conclusion -- APPENDIX A Taxonomy of Television Talk -- APPENDIX. A Guide to Television Talk -- NOTES -- SOURCES -- INDEX