The story of the Viewers for Quality Television : from grassroots to prime time /

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Author / Creator:Swanson, Dorothy Collins.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
Description:xvii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The television series
Television series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4368326
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ISBN:0815606494
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Cagney and Lacey and Me
  • Humble Beginnings
  • Victory at CBS: The Rescue of Designing Women
  • Our World: Not in This World
  • Quality TV--An Oxymoron?
  • After Grassroots: The Growth and Development of VQT
  • Growing Campaigns
  • Unconventional Ideas
  • The Sincerest Form of Flattery
  • Misconceptions, Misunderstandings and Manipulations
  • "Family" Television
  • A Day in the Life of VQT
  • What's Wrong with the System?
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix. VQT-Endorsed Series, 1984-1999
  • Notes
  • Index of Television Titles
  • Index of Names