I had read/listened to other industry insider takes before and was expecting more of the same. This book wasn't quite what I was expecting. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? 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. 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.
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. These are the subjects of 12 shows that started a revolution in TV drama: The Sopranos. A high school girl by day, a monster fighter by night. The survivors of a plane crash trying to make sense of their disturbing new island home. A corrupt cop who rules his precinct like a warlord. A lawless frontier town trying to talk its way into the United States. The death of an American city, as seen through a complex police investigation. : Breaking bad gives the recession the villain it deserves - Don't stop believing.A mob boss in therapy. : AMC gets into the game with Mad men - I am the one who knocks!. : Friday night lights goes deep - It's a time machine. : the thinking man's sci-fi of Battlestar Galatica - Clear eyes, full heart. : 24 goes to war on terror, boredom - So say we all. : Buffy the vampire slayer gives teen anger some fangs - Tell me where the bomb is!. : The shield takes anti-heroism to the limit - Do you want to know a secret? : the perfect storm of Lost - She saved the world.
: The sopranos changes everything - All the pieces that matter : The wire as the great American novel for television - A lie agreed upon : the profane poetry of Deadwood - I'm a different kind of cop. : the show that paved the way - What we were don't matter : Oz blazes a trail - All due respect. Introduction - Prologue : Let's be careful out there. 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" - P. "12 shows that started a revolution in TV drama: The Sopranos.
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