Television myth and the American mind/
Hal Himmelstein.
- 2nd ed.
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.
- xv, 411 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical (p. [391]-394) references and index.
Television myth and the American mind -- The biz: caution! Mythmakers at work -- Advertising: the medium is the mirage -- TV comedy and contemporary life: Mayfield, Mayberry, Minneapolis, and Manhattan -- Television's social comedies -- Television melodrama -- Television news and the television documentary -- Live TV: sport and the TV event -- TV religion and the TV game show: the great American dream in the late twentieth century -- The TV talk show: commodification and the individual -- Toward an oppositional television: strategies for change.