{"product_id":"9781466894457","title":"Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark study by the leading critic of African American film and television\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimetime Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive history of African Americans on network television.  Donald Bogle examines the stereotypes, which too often continue to march across the screen today, but also shows the ways in which television has been invigorated by extraordinary black performers, whose presence on the screen has been of great significance to the African American community.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBogle's exhaustive study moves from the postwar era of \u003ci\u003eBeulah \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmos 'n' Andy\u003c\/i\u003e to the politically restless sixties reflected in \u003ci\u003eI Spy \u003c\/i\u003eand an edgy, ultra-hip program like \u003ci\u003eMod Squad\u003c\/i\u003e.  He examines the television of the seventies, when a nation still caught up in Vietnam and Watergate retreated into the ethnic humor of \u003ci\u003eSanford and Son \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGood Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the poltically conservative eighties marked by the unexpected success of \u003ci\u003eThe Cosby Show \u003c\/i\u003eand the emergence of deracialized characters on such dramatic series as \u003ci\u003eL.A. Law\u003c\/i\u003e.  Finally, he turns a critical eye to the television landscape of the nineties, with shows such as \u003ci\u003eThe Fresh Prince of Bel Air, I'll Fly Away, ER\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Steve Harvey Show\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote: The ebook edition does not include photos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183064203504,"sku":"9781466894457","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466894457_p0.jpg?v=1769892320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466894457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}