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, t...

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