书目

Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV

内容简介

TopoftheRockisanabsorbinginsiders’accountofanincredibletimeandplaceintelevisionhistory:theyearswhenMustSeeTV—ledbyCheers,Seinfeld,Friends,ER,andLaw&Order—madeNBCanunstoppablesuccess.Herethestoryisvividlytoldthroughthewordsoftheactors,writers,producers,creators,andnetworkexecutiveswhohelpedthePeacockrisetoitsgreatestheights—andthensawitallfallapart.UnderthesupervisionofPresidentofEntertainmentWarrenLittlefield,NBCwentfrombeinganalso-ran,losingmillionsofdollarsinfailedshows,tothenumberonestation,generatingbillionsofdollarsinprofit.Atitsheight,theThursdaynightlineupalonebroughtinmorerevenuethantheothersixnightsofprogrammingcombined.TopoftheRockdishesoutbehind-the-scenesstoriesfromallthebiggestshows,revealingthehighlyriskybusinessdecisions,creativepassion,andblindleapsoffaiththatmadeMustSeeTVpossible.JerrySeinfeld|JasonAlexander|KelseyGrammer|SeanHayes|HelenHunt|LisaKudrow|EriqLaSalle|MattLeBlanc|JohnLithgow|JuliannaMargulies|EricMcCormack|DebraMessing|MeganMullally|DavidHydePierce|PaulReiser|NoahWyle|andmore

作者简介

WARRENLITTLEFIELDistheformerNBCpresidentofentertainment.Previoustothat,hewastheNBCcomedyexecutivewhodevelopedsuchhitshowsasTheCosbyShowandTheFreshPrinceofBel-Air.Hecurrentlyrunshisowntelevisionproductioncompany.T.R.PEARSONistheauthoroffourteennovels,includingAShortHistoryofaSmallPlace,andadozenscreenplays.

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