Beschreibung:
This book focuses on the people¿such as television set assemblers, talent scouts, and community regulators¿who produce television but are not acknowledged as production workers within Hollywoods industrial hierarchies.
Acknowledgements viiIntroduction: Who Are Television's Producers? 1Part I1. Producers as Creatives: Creativity in Television Set Production 312. Producers as Professionals: Professionalism in Soft-Core Production 66Part II3. Sponsoring Selves: Sponsorship in Production 1034. Regulating Selves: Regulation in Production 139Conclusion: Rethinking Production Studies in the New Television Economy 175Notes 187Bibliography 207Index 225