Three blind mice : how the TV networks lost their way / Ken Auletta.

Author/creator Auletta, Ken
Format Book
Edition1st trade ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, ©1991.
Descriptionxii, 642 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents A fateful dinner party, October 25, 1986 -- A "little shirttail company" takes over ABC, 1984-85 -- Tisch finds an excuse to invest in CBS, 1985 -- GE swallows NBC, 1985 to August 1986 -- ABC: the clash of cultures, 1985 to summer 1986 -- The creeping takeover of CBS, winter to summer 1986 -- ABC: more Sancho Panza than Machiavelli, September to December 1986 -- NBC: a new queen bee, September to December 1986 -- CBS: managing by the numbers, September to December 1986 -- ABC: marrying two companies, January to September 1987 -- NBC: managing through insecurity, winter 1987 -- CBS: Tisch cuts news - and himself, March 1987 -- NBC News gathers facts on itself, March 1987 -- CBS: Tisch goes Hollywood, May 1987 -- NBC: Tartikoff in his sandbox, 1987 -- Two scorpions in a bottle: the network/affiliate "partnership" -- ABC: a happier place to work - the second half of 1987 -- "Creative destruction": NBC in the second half of 1987 -- What's the frequency, Larry?: CBS in the second half of 1987 -- The producers: Paltrow and Spelling -- Tabloid TV -- ABC, NBC, and CBS take different routes, 1988 -- Tartikoff: "It's easier when you don't know you're guessing" -- ABC, NBC, and CBS, summer 1988 through 1989 -- Three blind mice, 1990-91 and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [623]-626) and index.
Other formsAlso issued online.
Issued in other formOnline version: Auletta, Ken. Three blind mice. 1st trade ed. New York : Random House, c1991
LCCN 90052925
ISBN0394563581
ISBN9780394563589

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Joyner General Stacks PN1992.3.U5 A96 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold