Gitlin, Todd

Inside Prime Time Rev

Introduction To The 2000 Edition vii Prologue 3(16) PART 1 Nothing Succeeds Like Success The Problem of Knowing 19(12) Predicting the Unpredictable 31(16) By the Numbers 47(9) Making Schedules 56(7) The Triumph of the Synthetic: Spinoffs, Copies, Recombinant Culture 63(23) ``Another American Dream Gone Astray'' 86(29) PART II The Television-Industrial Complex Inside Tracks in a Small World 115(28) The Deal Is the Art Form 143(14) Movies of the Week 157(46) PART III The Politics Of Prime Time The Turn Toward "Relevance" 203(18) Shifting Right: Yesterday's Vietnam, Today's FBI 221(26) The ``Far Righteous'' Shake the Temple of Commerce 247(17) The Temple Stands 264(9) Hill Street Blues: ``Make It Look Messy'' 273(52) Epilogue 325(11) Acknowledgments 336(5) Notes 341(18) Index 359