Game Shows FAQ - All That's Left to Know About the Pioneers, the Scandals, the Hosts and the Jackpots (Paperback)

TV game shows are an American pastime broadcast ratings champ and cultural institution. Lavishly illustrated and filled with entertaining titbits EGame Shows FAQE presents an unprecedented look at how the game show genre has evolved in the past hundred years. From its earliest days as a promotional tool for newspapers to the high-browed panel games on radio to the scandalous years of the quiz shows to the glitzy and raucous games of the 1970s to the prime-time extravaganzas of the modern era a this book examines the most relevant game shows of every decade exploring how the genre changed and the reasons behind its evolution.THPacked with photos and mementos to give a feel of how game shows evolved over the years the book includes interviews and insights from the shows' beloved hosts including Wink Martindale and Marc Summers executives Bob Boden and Jamie Klein and producers Aaron Solomon and Mark Maxwell-Smith among others. EGame Shows FAQE offers a richly detailed lineage of this American television institution.

General

Imprint:	Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	FAQ
Release date:	September 2018
Authors:	Adam Nedeff
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-1-61713-655-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Radio
LSN:	1-61713-655-7
Barcode:	9781617136559

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