
TV (the Book)
Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time
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Narrated by:
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Alan Sepinwall
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Matt Zoller Seitz
Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible?
For 20 years - since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper - critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this:
What's the greatest TV show ever?
That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (the Book). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing scoring system, they've created a pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy to modern masterpieces like Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, from huge hits like All in the Family and ER to short-lived favorites like Firefly and Freaks and Geeks, TV (the Book) brings the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium.
Sepinwall and Seitz's argument has ended. Now it's time for yours to begin!
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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I enjoyed the essays for helping me recall forgotten shows, learning why some must-see shows were great, reinforcing why I loved other series, and viewing some from a different angle.
They make the disclaimer from the beginning that this list was hardly definitive. It's a jumping off point for more discussion. They encourage people to bring up the shows they didn't mention. Ahem... Avatar the Last Airbender, and leaving Shogun and V out of their list of great mini-series. I remember those series taking over lunchroom and family conversations.
The lists of best/worse TV bosses to work for, best TV houses, best cliffhangers are the cherries in the fruit cup. The passion they spews forth like Roman candles as they make their cases for each show. I see myself listening to this again.
Ambitious work
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Comprehensive Review of TV Shows
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Gets better towards the end
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Must-Read for TV Lovers
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Number one... NOT
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Not a Great Audio Book
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Slow down!
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2 Beta writers
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Boring!
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Felt like being cornered by two bores at a party
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