Author | : Jon Abbott |
File Size | : 50,9 Mb |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 12 September 2009 |
ISBN | : 9780786454013 |
Pages | : 394 pages |
Stephen J Cannell Television Productions by Jon Abbott Book PDF Summary
The face of 1980s television was shaped by a man who stayed behind the scenes. Stephen Cannell’s reluctant white knights—put-upon private eye James Rockford, World War II fly-boys the Black Sheep Squadron, hapless superhero Ralph Hinckley, fugitive mercenaries the A-Team, and maverick cop Hunter—traversed the television landscape from the 1970s to the 1990s. Cannell changed the face of the action-adventure genre, updating the crime-show format with a hybrid of rebellious morality, juvenile wit, intelligent sarcasm, and radical conservatism. This book discusses in detail the programs of the writer-producer and lists every episode of his award-winning productions from the early 1970s to the early ’90s. The book features publicity photos and descriptions of unsold pilots.