Prime time those precious few hours every night when the three majortelevision networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions ofAmericans tune in. <... » 

Prime time those precious few hours every night when the three majortelevision networks garner millions of dollars while tens of millions ofAmericans tune in. Inside Prime Time is a classic study of the workings of theHollywood television industry newly available with an updated introduction.Inside Prime Time takes us behind the scenes to reveal how primetime shows geton the air stay on the air and are shaped by the political and culturalclimate of their times. It provides an ethnography of the world of Americancommercial television an analysis of that worlds unwritten rules and themost extensive study of the industry ever made. «