Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould

267 Pages·2002·7.081 MB·English

by  Lewis L. Gould

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A The New York Times Reviews
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LEWIS L. GOULD, EDITOR
University of Texas Press, Austin

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A To the memory of Richard F. Shepard
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A Contents
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I PrefaceandAcknowledgments xiii
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E Introduction:PortraitofaTelevisionCritic 
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IN ChapterOne:TheGoldenAgeofTelevisionDrama 
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d withProductionof‘‘JohnFerguson,’’November,
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8 ItIsToHaveArtisticVitality,October,
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6  ‘‘JuliusCaesar’’:WorthingtonMiner’sVersioninModern
DressProvesSpectacularTelevision,March,
 APleaforLiveVideo:SwitchtoFilmforTVWasaMajor
Mistake,December,
 NBCPlayhouseOffersValidandMovingHourwith
ProductionofPaddyChayefsky’s‘‘Marty,’’May,
 ‘‘Patterns’’IsHailedasNotableTriumph, January,
 TV’sPsychodrama:HowtoKeep’EmDownontheCouch
afterThey’veWrittenforTV,August,
 Cheese,MustardAdAlsoStarsonKraftTheatre,December,

 ‘‘RequiemforaHeavyweight’’:RodSerling’sDramaScoresa
Knockout,October,
 StudyofAlcoholism:PiperLaurieandCliffRobertsonAre
Impressivein‘‘DaysofWineandRoses,’’October,
ChapterTwo:TheShadowofaBlacklist 
 Caseof JeanMuir:PrinciplesofFairPlayYieldtoPressure,
September,
 Again,‘‘RedChannels’’:TheCivilLibertiesUnionRevivesan
Issue,April,

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A  TheCaseofLucilleBall:TreatmentoftheStarShouldBe
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O StandardinIndustry,September,
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O  FifthAmendment:DangerSeeninUnionPlantoPunish
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ChapterThree:TheRiseandFallofEdwardR.Murrow 
 EdwardR.Murrow’sNewsReview‘‘SeeItNow’’Demonstrates
JournalisticPowerofVideo,November,
 Murrow’s‘‘ThisIsKorea’’FilmoverCBSCapturesPoignancy
andFrustrationofLifeinBattle,December,
 CelebrityTime:MurrowPutsCamerasintoTheirHomesin
‘‘PersontoPerson,’’October,
 Video Journalism:TreatmentofRadulovichCaseHistoryby
‘‘SeeItNow’’IsFineReporting,October,
 Murrowvs.McCarthy:‘‘SeeItNow’’onCBSExamines
SenatorandHisMethods,March,
 ‘‘SeeItNow’’Finale:ProgramUnexpectedlyEndsRunof
SevenDistinguishedYearsonCBS, July,
 ‘‘HarvestofShame’’:ExploitationofU.S.MigratoryWorkers
IsDocumentedon‘‘CBSReports,’’November,
 MurrowDeparts:CommentatorLeavingBroadcastPostfor
ChallengingFederal Job,February,

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A ChapterFour:TheInfluenceofaCritic 
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 ‘‘ThePlayoftheWeek’’:DemiseofDramaSeriesHas
EconomicMoral, June,
 LivelyPanelShow:BettyFurnessIsSpryHostessonWNTA,
August,
 JackGouldtoLouisLoeb,October,
ChapterFive:ACritic’sLikesandDislikes 
 Commenton‘‘Today’’:NBC’sEarlyMorningShowNeeds
SomeWork, January,
 TheNixonTelecast:PersonalStoryBringsHighDramatoTV,
September,
 SweepingandImaginativeinConception,‘‘Omnibus’’ofFord
FoundationMakesVideoDebut,November,
 WhyMillionsLoveLucy,March,
 Delightful‘‘PeterPan’’:MarriageofMediaIsNotedinInspired
VideoOffering,March,
 JohnnyCarson:CBSOffersAnswertoThatManGobel,
July,
 NewPhenomenon:ElvisPresleyRisestoFameasVocalistWho
IsVirtuosoofHootchy-Kootchy, June,

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