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Also by Lee Siegel:

Against the Machine, February 2008
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Not Remotely Controlled, August 2007
Paperback

NOT REMOTELY CONTROLLED
By: Lee Siegel

Notes on Television

Perseus Books Group
August 2007
On Sale: July 30, 2007
353 pages
ISBN: 0465078109
EAN: 9780465078103
Paperback
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Non-Fiction

The acclaimed critic with "the eyes and ears to bring the phenomena of culture to life as few other critics can" surveys the landscape of American television.

Television has taken firm hold of American life ever since the first flickering images replaced the disembodied voices innocently crackling from the radio. Ever present and evolving, television thrives at the crossroads of commerce, art, and entertainment. In Not Remotely Controlled cultural critic Lee Siegel collects his reportage and musings on this most hybrid medium.

Whether chronicling the history of the "cop" drama, revealing the inherent irony in Donald Trump's character on "The Apprentice," or shedding light on those unheralded gems that Neilsen ratings swept away prematurely, Siegel gives each episode, series, or documentary the attention and respect usually reserved for high-art and dusty literature. Going far beyond mere pans and praise, Siegel has given long-overdue attention to America's most pervasive art form: television.

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