CHAPTER FOUR. Time and the Problem of Boredom

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Stagnation and Experimentation in the Russian Era of Television 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. Not a Mirror but a Magnifying Glass: Soviet Television Enthusiasm 21
7. CHAPTER TWO. Programmnaia Politika: Audience Research and the Creation of the Channel 1 Schedule 47
8. CHAPTER THREE. From Café to Contest: New Year’s Variety Shows and the Soviet Festive System 82
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Time and the Problem of Boredom 115
10. CHAPTER FIVE. “Spiritual Coauthorship”: Seventeen Moments of Spring and the Soviet TV Miniseries 150
11. CHAPTER SIX. “KVN Is an Honest Game”: Game Shows and the Problem of Authority 183
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. A Dress Rehearsal for Life: Artloto and What? Where? When? 216
13. EPILOGUE. The Origins of Central Television’s Perestroika 235
14. Notes 255
15. Bibliography 303
16. Index 319