Television by David Thomson

A concise, personal cultural history that treats television as an intimate, shape-shifting art form, tracing its rise from novelty to dominant storyteller and cultural mirror; blending critical readings, vivid character sketches, and memoiristic recollections, the book examines how programs and personalities have shaped public taste, memory, and everyday life while reflecting on television’s aesthetic forms, its relationship to cinema, and its power to both console and disturb.

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