Cable Television Prime Time Programming, 1990-2010

Mitchell E. Shapiro

McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, Apr 30, 2012 - Performing Arts - 246 pages

This reference work is an authoritative chronicle of prime time television programming on 20 major cable networks: A&E, ABC Family, AMC, BET, Bravo, Comedy Central, The Disney Channel, FX, GSN, HBO, Lifetime, MTV, Nickelodeon, Oxygen, Showtime, Spike, TBS, TNT, USA and VH1. These 20 represent the mass-oriented cable networks that have been most involved in airing original programming. From January 1990 through December 2010, a detailed listing for each network includes its prime time scheduling history as well as a brief description of each program and a brief “bio” of each network.

About the author

Mitchell E. Shapiro, a professor in the School of Communication at the University of Miami (Florida), is currently the director of honors (and former academic associate dean). The author of six books, he has published numerous scholarly articles in various journals.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cable Television Prime Time Programming, 1990-2010
• Author: Mitchell E. Shapiro
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2012
• ISBN: 0786470879, 9780786470877
• Length: 246 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / Television / General; Reference / General