| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Radio and the saliency of a broadcast star system -- "A marriage of spectacle and intimacy" -- Lessons from Uncle Miltie -- "TV is a killer!" -- Our man Godfrey -- For the love of Lucy. |
| Summary |
"In this cultural and industrial history of early television, Susan Murray examines how and why the broadcasting industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars. Combining a sweeping view of the rise of the medium with profiles of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, and other early television greats, Murray illuminates the central role played by television stars in the growth and development of American broadcasting."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- United States -- History.
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Television broadcasting. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Television actors and actresses. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Television programs -- United States -- History.
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Television programs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murray, Susan, 1967- Hitch your antenna to the stars. New York : Routledge, 2005 0415971306 (DLC) 2005006737 (OCoLC)58526575 |
| ISBN |
9781135465209 (electronic book) |
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1135465207 (electronic book) |
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0415971306 |
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9780415971300 |
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0415971314 |
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9780415971317 |
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9780203958278 |
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