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Television talk
a history of the TV talk show
By Timberg, Bernard & Erler, Bob
- ISBN
- 978-0-29278-175-7
- Publisher
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
As much a part of American culture as it is a part of this country's television programming, the talk show is the one TV genre that consistently defies convention and frequently reinvents itself. Timberg (Ctr. for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech Univ.) has written the definitive explanation of the genre, offering a chronology of talk television that ranges from the late 1940s to the present. Divided into fi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
