TY  - BOOK
AU  - Himmelstein,Hal
TI  - Television myth and the American mind
SN  - 0275931560 (alk. paper)
U1  - 302.2345 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Television programs
KW  - United States
KW  - Television advertising
KW  - Television broadcasting
N1  - 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
ER  -