TV

De huiskamergloed van onze favoriete tv-programma's heeft talloze verkenningen van hun diepere betekenissen, culturele impact en verhalen achter de schermen geïnspireerd. Deze boeken onderzoeken geliefde series vanuit fascinerende invalshoeken — van filosofische perspectieven en psychologische inzichten tot memoires van makers en doordachte analyses van hoe televisie onze wereld vormt.

TV Boeksamenvattingen

The Psychology of the Simpsons

door Alan S. Brown • 2006

Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.

3.67

150

📺 Pop Culture Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind

The Psychology of the Simpsons

Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.

door Alan S. Brown 2006 240 pagina's

3.67

150 beoordelingen

📺 Pop Culture Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

door David R. Koepsell • 2012

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

3.30

274

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

door David R. Koepsell 2012 242 pagina's

3.30

274 beoordelingen

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics

Mad Men and Philosophy

door Rod Carveth • 2010

The philosophy hidden inside Mad Men: identity, desire, and the dark side of the American dream.

3.58

500+

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism 📢 Advertising Ethics

Mad Men and Philosophy

The philosophy hidden inside Mad Men: identity, desire, and the dark side of the American dream.

door Rod Carveth 2010 272 pagina's

3.58

500+ beoordelingen

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism 📢 Advertising Ethics

You Are What You Watch

door Walter Hickey • 2023

Horror films thicken your blood. Violent movies cut crime. What we watch remakes us without asking.

3.65

500+

🎬 Media Effects 🎥 Entertainment Industry 👁️ Visual Perception

You Are What You Watch

Horror films thicken your blood. Violent movies cut crime. What we watch remakes us without asking.

door Walter Hickey 2023 240 pagina's

3.65

500+ beoordelingen

🎬 Media Effects 🎥 Entertainment Industry 👁️ Visual Perception

God Hates Us All

door Hank Moody • 2009

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

3.46

4.000+

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy

God Hates Us All

A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.

door Hank Moody 2009 200 pagina's

3.46

4.000+ beoordelingen

🗽 Bohemian New York 💔 Toxic Love 😈 Dark Comedy

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

door Emily Nussbaum • 2024

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

3.92

10.000+

📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

door Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 pagina's

3.92

10.000+ beoordelingen

📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism

The Walking Dead Psychology

door Travis Langley • 2015

What real minds do when the world dies: the psychology hidden inside The Walking Dead.

3.91

390

🧠 Pop Psychology 🧟 Survival Psychology 💔 Trauma And Resilience

The Walking Dead Psychology

What real minds do when the world dies: the psychology hidden inside The Walking Dead.

door Travis Langley 2015 304 pagina's

3.91

390 beoordelingen

🧠 Pop Psychology 🧟 Survival Psychology 💔 Trauma And Resilience

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

door David Nobbs • 1995

An office drone fakes his death to flee the nine-to-five, but his wife has moved on.

3.91

1.000+

🏢 Corporate Satire 🔄 Midlife Crisis 🪦 Fake Death

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

An office drone fakes his death to flee the nine-to-five, but his wife has moved on.

door David Nobbs 1995 285 pagina's

3.91

1.000+ beoordelingen

🏢 Corporate Satire 🔄 Midlife Crisis 🪦 Fake Death

Life's Work

door David Milch • 2022

Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.

4.22

1.000+

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery

Life's Work

Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.

door David Milch 2022 286 pagina's

4.22

1.000+ beoordelingen

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery

Funny on Purpose

door Joe Randazzo • 2015

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

3.99

244

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy

Funny on Purpose

How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.

door Joe Randazzo 2015 336 pagina's

3.99

244 beoordelingen

🖊️ Comedy Writing 🎤 Comedy Career 🎭 Improv Comedy

Johnny Carson

door Henry Bushkin • 2013

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

3.79

9.000+

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation

Johnny Carson

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

door Henry Bushkin 2013 323 pagina's

3.79

9.000+ beoordelingen

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation

Succession – Season Three

door Jesse Armstrong • 2023

A Lebanese poet speaks of love, loss, and a god found in the heart, not the temple.

4.82

216

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 🛐 Religious Hypocrisy 💔 Forced Marriage

Succession – Season Three

A Lebanese poet speaks of love, loss, and a god found in the heart, not the temple.

door Jesse Armstrong 2023 789 pagina's

4.82

216 beoordelingen

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 🛐 Religious Hypocrisy 💔 Forced Marriage

Stupid TV, Be More Funny

door Alan Siegel • 2025

How a cartoon from a hands-off writers' room outsmarted network TV and became an institution.

4.03

2.000+

🎬 Adult Animation 📺 Primetime Animation 📼 1990s Television

Stupid TV, Be More Funny

How a cartoon from a hands-off writers' room outsmarted network TV and became an institution.

door Alan Siegel 2025 304 pagina's

4.03

2.000+ beoordelingen

🎬 Adult Animation 📺 Primetime Animation 📼 1990s Television

The Eight Characters of Comedy

door Scott Sedita • 2005

Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.

4.03

357

📺 Television Writing 🏛️ Character Archetypes 🎭 Comedy Craft

The Eight Characters of Comedy

Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.

door Scott Sedita 2005 244 pagina's

4.03

357 beoordelingen

📺 Television Writing 🏛️ Character Archetypes 🎭 Comedy Craft

After All

door Mary Tyler Moore • 1995

America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.

3.81

1.000+

📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery

After All

America loved Mary Richards. Only her family knew she was drinking herself to death.

door Mary Tyler Moore 1995 432 pagina's

3.81

1.000+ beoordelingen

📺 Classic Television 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍸 Alcoholism Recovery

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