History of Television News Parody in America - Nothing But the Truthiness

This book provides the first history of the television news parody genre, analyzing how these shows have functioned as critiques of television news, politics, culture, and American society, while entertaining and informing audiences. Each chapter features a case study and discussion of the genre during a particular decade.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Dedication
Table of Contents
Permissions
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Tell Me Again About the Rabbit, John

Chapter 2: That Was the Decade That Was: The 1960s and the Limits of Network News Parody

Chapter 3: Weekend Update: Moving News Parody to Late Night

Chapter 4: News Parody in the 80's Multi-Channel Era: HBO's Not Necessarily the News

Chapter 5: The Daily Show in the 1990s: From Kilborn to Stewart

Chapter 6: Stewart and Colbert in the Post-Network Era

Chapter 7: Passing the Torch in the 2010s: A New Generation of News Parody Anchors

Chapter 8: News Parody Moving Forward

Bibliography

About the author

By Curt Hersey

Summary

This book provides the first history of the television news parody genre, analyzing how these shows have functioned as critiques of television news, politics, culture, and American society, while entertaining and informing audiences. Each chapter features a case study and discussion of the genre during a particular decade.

Product details

• Authors: Curt Hersey
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781793637789
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-778-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, HUMOR / Form / Parodies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Comedy, Parodies & Spoofs, Parodies & spoofs: non-fiction