02782cam a2200289 a 4500 123417 20230410130544.0 100219s2007 xx 000 0 eng 2007004702 9780465078103 (alk. paper) 0465078109 (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC PN 1992.3 S571n 2007 791.450793 Siegel, Lee, 1957- Not remotely controlled : notes on television / Lee Siegel. New York : Basic Books, c2007. 353 p. 21cm. COPS. Why cop shows are eternal -- The new Kojak -- CSI : New York -- Numb3rs -- Reno 911! -- Monk -- SITCOMS. Friends -- Joey -- My name is Earl -- Everybody hates Chris -- COMEDY. Jon Stewart -- Extras I -- Extras II -- Curb your enthusiasm -- Weeds -- The life and death of Peter Sellers -- CARTOONS. The Boondocks -- SpongeBob SquarePants -- RACE. Unforgivable blackness -- Lackawanna blues -- RELIGION. Joan of Arcadia -- Revelations -- DRAMA. Rescue me -- Deadwood -- Revenge of the middle-aged woman, Suburban madness, and Desperate housewives -- Huff -- The O.C. -- Lost -- Invasion -- Alias -- WAR. The Hamburg cell and Dirty war -- The unit -- Over there -- DOCUMENTARY AND "SPECIAL REPORTS." Ghosts of Rwanda -- The children of Lenigradsky -- Transgeneration -- The staircase -- The History Channel's Crusades -- UFOs -- NEWS. Morning news shows -- Tom Brokaw -- Pope John Paul II -- REALITY TELEVISION. Reality in America -- Family bonds -- Growing up Gotti -- Supernanny -- Thirty days -- The apprentice -- GAMES. Deal or no deal -- Iron chef America -- Stump the Schwab -- The winter Olympics -- POLITICS. Tanner on Tanner -- Jack and Bobby -- PERSONALITIES. Greta Garbo -- Lauren Bacall -- Steve McQueen -- Elvis Presley -- Charles Manson -- Johnny Carson -- Inside the actors studio -- Oprah Winfrey. Whether chronicling the history of the "cop" drama, revealing the inherent irony in Donald Trump's character on The Apprentice, or shedding light on those unheralded gems that commercial pressures swept away prematurely, Siegel gives each episode, series, or documentary the attention and respect usually reserved for high art. Going far beyond mere pans and praise, Siegel has given long overdue attention to America's most pervasive art form: television. -- BOOK JACKET Television programs United States. Television broadcasting Unied States. Programas de televisión Estados Unidos. Programas de televisión Estados Unidos Historia y crítica. Series de televisión Estados Unidos Historia y crítica. lcc bk 76049 76049 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 1992.3 S571n 2007 00000117483 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk