TV FAQ: Uncommon Answers to Common Questions About TV

TV FAQ will make you a fully informed and knowledgable, entertained and argumentative TV expert. TV FAQ does what it says on the cover: it answers just about everything you’ve always wanted to know about Television, in witty and highly informative form and is written by a leading TV writer, thinker, educator and long-term producer. ‘TV FAQ takes commonly asked questions about TV - factual, technical, ethical, content-based, controversial, plain cheeky and answers them crisply and comprehensively. Each entry contains examples, ranging from a detailed deconstruction of an episode of NYPD Blue , to the way that audience statistics are produced, and how television gains (and sometimes forfeits) our trust. Answers can be read down, across - with links between entries - or dipped into as required.