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Book SynopsisFrom Twin Peaks (including the 2017 return) to Girls, a veteran critic and scholar draws on decades of industry expertise and exclusive interviews with renowned creators to examine the rise of art television.
Trade ReviewNochimson's book is well worth reading not only for its insights but for the dialogue and reflection it opens up among readers. * Lost in the Movies *
Television Rewired is an essential contribution to the still-crystallizing critical definition of auteur television…from the unique perspective of a critic who has engaged with the medium in profound ways. * 25 Years Later *
This book details the creative process of each of the series [that developed the concept of the television auteur], based on interviews and detailed research by the author…Recommended. * CHOICE *
A lively and fascinating book...Throughout Nochimson is thoroughly consumed by the question of what constitutes television art, and what plausibly counts as a defense of its achievements; her prose is utterly compelling in its gentle unfolding of such complex and challenging questions. * New Review of Film and Television Studies *
[Nochimson provides] solid, but accessible, insights into the process of auteur television expression....After reading
Television Rewired, I learned a new vocabulary for television viewing. The book is not a judgment of what is good or bad. Nochimson expanded my appreciation for television by explaining exactly what it is I am watching. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *
Table of Contents
- Introduction: The David Effect
- The Founding Titans: Men without Formula
- Chapter 1. David Lynch, Twin Peaks
- Chapter 2. David Chase, The Sopranos
- Chapter 3. David Simon, The Wire
- The Legacy: New Options, New Questions, Retooled Formulas
- Chapter 4. David Simon and Eric Overmyer, Treme
- Chapter 5. Matt Weiner, Mad Men
- Chapter 6. Lena Dunham, Girls
- Chapter 7. Backlash! Formula 2.0
- Coda: The Return of David Lynch
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
