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The Revolution Was Televised
Alan Sepinwall
The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
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December 2012
On Sale: November 21, 2012
306 pages
ISBN: 0615718299
EAN: 9780615718293
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Non-Fiction
A mob boss in therapy. An experimental, violent prison unit.
The death of an American city, as seen through a complex
police investigation. A lawless frontier town trying to talk
its way into the United States. A corrupt cop who rules his
precinct like a warlord. The survivors of a plane crash
trying to make sense of their disturbing new island home. A
high school girl by day, monster fighter by night. A spy who
never sleeps. A space odyssey inspired by 9/11. An embattled
high school football coach. A polished ad exec with a
secret. A chemistry teacher turned drug lord. These are the
subjects of 12 shows that started a revolution in TV drama:
The Sopranos. Oz. The Wire. Deadwood. The Shield. Lost.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 24. Battlestar Galactica. Friday
Night Lights. Mad Men. Breaking Bad. These 12 shows, and the
many more they made possible, ushered in a new golden age of
television one that made people take the medium more
seriously than ever before. Alan Sepinwall became a TV
critic right before this creative revolution began, was
there to chronicle this incredible moment in pop culture
history, and along the way changed the nature of television
criticism, according to Slate. The Revolution Was
Televised is the story of these 12 shows, as told by
Sepinwall and the people who made them, including David
Chase, David Simon, David Milch, Damon Lindelof and Carlton
Cuse, Vince Gilligan and more.
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