{"product_id":"channeling-the-eighties-inside-the-shows-and-business-of-1980s-television-paperback","title":"Channeling the Eighties: Inside the Shows and Business of 1980s Television - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Lee Goldberg became an prolific television writer-producer-showrunner himself, he was a young journalist trying to understand how television really worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 1980s, Goldberg covered the industry from both sides of the screen. He interviewed the writers, producers, directors, and actors behind some of the decade's most memorable shows, while also reporting on the business forces reshaping television itself: the rise of first-run syndication, the growth of cable, the revival of old series, and the birth of Fox as America's fourth broadcast network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here are his articles \u0026amp; interviews, written at the time, on \u003ci\u003eCheers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHill Street Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek: The Next Generation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ray Bradbury Theater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRemington Steele\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest American Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Chase\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAirwolf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSt. Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL.A. Law\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more-along with reporting on Stephen J. Cannell Productions, The Arthur Company, Fox, and the changing economics of television. He talked to actors (\u003cb\u003ePierce Brosnan, Daniel J. Travanti, Jimmy Smits, Ted Danson, William Shatner, \u003c\/b\u003e etc), writer\/producers (\u003cb\u003eRay Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Rockne S. O'Bannon, Phil DeGuere, Harlan Ellison, Steven Bochco, \u003c\/b\u003e etc), studio executives, and network leaders to truly go behind the scenes in this tumultuous decade for television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes these pieces distinctive is that they were written as events were unfolding, before anyone knew which shows would become classics, which experiments would fail, or which changes would transform the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Goldberg, these articles were more than journalism. They were an education in the craft and business of television-an education he would soon put to use as a television writer and producer himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChanneling the Eighties\u003c\/i\u003e is both a time capsule of a remarkable decade in television and an inside look at an industry in the middle of reinventing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67941444288733,"sku":"9781970848298","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/7d1cYrd_ag9781970848298.webp?v=1790797832","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/channeling-the-eighties-inside-the-shows-and-business-of-1980s-television-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}