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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
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Popular culture

THE REVOLUTION WAS TELEVISED

Alan Sepinwall

The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever

Chronicles how innovative television dramas from The Sopranos to Breaking Bad transformed the medium and the culture at large, including detailed critical analysis and behind-the-scenes reporting. The book covers 12 shows over 16 year time frame: The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

Previously self-published in November 2012, this book received a rave review from Michiko Kakutani who picked it as one of her ten favorite books of 2012. It was a no. 1 bestseller in the Amazon kindle store in the TV category.

Alan Sepinwall is a television critic for the website www.hitfix.com.

Available products
Book Published 2013-05-01 by Touchstone
Book Published 2013-05-01 by Touchstone

Comments

the book is a spirited and thoughtful cultural history that possesses all the immediacy and detailed observation of Mr. Sepinwall’s popular blog Read more...

ANZ: Black Inc. Italian: Rizzoli

Mr. Sepinwall’s book, which was self-published, has all the immediacy and attention to detail that has won his blog so many followers (including this one). It also stands as a spirited and insightful cultural history. In these pages he examines how the artists behind 12 groundbreaking series used the time and space and intimacy afforded by the medium of TV to pioneer new means of storytelling, while at the same time explicating the philosophical visions behind their work. Read more...