Storytellers to the nation : a history of American television writing /
Tom Stempel.
- 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1996.
- 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Originally published: New York : Continuum, 1992. With new afterword.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work shows the behind-the-scenes writers of the best and the worst American television shows. Writers instanced include Paddy Chafesky and Steven Bochco, recounting their experiences of working and fighting with network producers, censors and stars. The books uses interviews and ancedotes.
Television authorship--History. Televisión --Historia --Estados Unidos Televisión --Arte de escribir Television plays, American--History and criticism.