Storytellers To The Nation

Download or read book Storytellers to the Nation written by Tom Stempel and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jam-packed with hundreds of anecdotes and quotes from in-depth interviews with over forty television writers, this is the first comprehensive history of writing for American television. These writers tell, often in wonderfully funny tales, of their experiences working with, and often fighting with, the networks, the censors, the sponsors, the producers, and the stars in trying to create shows.