Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
Item Number
HE8700.76.U6S37
Author/Artist/Editor
Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2009
Press/Publisher
New York University Press
Language
English
Description
Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics and audience tastes have re-made television comedy, once considered a wasteland of escapist humor, into w