Now that's a book I might want to buy!
Revolution Was Televised
Here is what the author, famous tv critic Alan Sepinwall, writes about it:
"The book tells the story of this new golden age of drama we're lucky enough to be experiencing, through the prism of a dozen shows from the last 15 years: in chapter order, "Oz," "The Sopranos," "The Wire," "Deadwood," "The Shield," "Lost," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "24," "Battlestar Galactica," "Friday Night Lights," "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad." It's a mix of critical analysis and history, featuring interviews - the great majority of them new - with the creators of these shows and other key people who worked on them. Each chapter discusses both the greatness of that particular show and the way it contributed to this creative revolution. (The Shield, for instance, ended HBO's monopoly on this kind of show.) I've got David Chase discussing the end of The Sopranos (not explaining it, mind you, but discussing why he chose to do it that way), Damon Lindelof on the Lost origin story, David Milch on the beginning and end of Deadwood, and a whole lot more."
It has all the tv shows of my personal pantheon: OZ, Buffy, Deadwood, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad !
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/whats-alan-writing-a-new-book-called-the-revolution-was-televised#0Qb4C27kIPBiZtRU.99
Here is what the author, famous tv critic Alan Sepinwall, writes about it:
"The book tells the story of this new golden age of drama we're lucky enough to be experiencing, through the prism of a dozen shows from the last 15 years: in chapter order, "Oz," "The Sopranos," "The Wire," "Deadwood," "The Shield," "Lost," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "24," "Battlestar Galactica," "Friday Night Lights," "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad." It's a mix of critical analysis and history, featuring interviews - the great majority of them new - with the creators of these shows and other key people who worked on them. Each chapter discusses both the greatness of that particular show and the way it contributed to this creative revolution. (The Shield, for instance, ended HBO's monopoly on this kind of show.) I've got David Chase discussing the end of The Sopranos (not explaining it, mind you, but discussing why he chose to do it that way), Damon Lindelof on the Lost origin story, David Milch on the beginning and end of Deadwood, and a whole lot more."
It has all the tv shows of my personal pantheon: OZ, Buffy, Deadwood, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad !
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/whats-alan-writing-a-new-book-called-the-revolution-was-televised#0Qb4C27kIPBiZtRU.99