Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction to the 2000 Edition VII
4. Prologue 1
5. Part I: Nothing Succeeds Like Success
6. 1. The Problem of Knowing 19
7. 2. Predicting the Unpredictable 31
8. 3. By the Numbers 47
9. 4. Making Schedules 56
10. 5. The Triumph of the Synthetic: Spinoffs, Copies, Recombinant Culture 63
11. 6. "Another American Dream Gone Astray" 86
12. Part II: The Television-Industrial Complex
13. 7. Inside Tracks in a Small World 115
14. 8. The Deal Is the Art Form 143
15. 9. Movies of the Week 157
16. Part III: The Politics of Prime Time
17. 10. The Turn Toward "Relevance" 203
18. 11. Shifting Right: Yesterdays Vietnam, Today’s FBI 221
19. 12. The "Far Righteous" Shake the Temple of Commerce 247
20. 13. The Temple Stands 264
21. 14. Hill Street Blues: "Make It Look Messy" 273
22. Epilogue 325
23. Acknowledgments 336
24. Notes 341
25. Index 359