num_pages: 326
description: Seinfeld  Friends  Frasier  ER  Cheers  Law &amp; Order  Will &amp; Grace Here is the funny splashy irresistible insiders account of the greatest era in television history -- told by the actors writers directors producers and the network executives who made it happenand watched it all fall apart.Warren Littlefield was the NBC President of Entertainment who oversaw the Peacock Networks rise from also-ran to a division that generated a billion dollars in profits . In this fast-paced and exceptionally entertaining oral history Littlefield and NBC luminaries including Jerry Seinfeld Jason Alexander Kelsey Grammer Matt LeBlanc Lisa Kudrow Julianna Marguiles Anthony Edwards Noah Wylie Debra Messing Jack Welch Jimmy Burrows Helen Hunt and Dick Wolf vividly recapture the incredible era of Must See TV.From 1993 through 1998 NBC exploded every conventional notion of what a broadcast network could accomplish with the greatest prime-time line-up in television history. On Thursday nights a cavalcade of groundbreaking comedies and dramas streamed into homes attracting a staggering 75 million viewers and generating more revenue than all other six nights of programming combined. The road to success however was a rocky one. How do you turn a show like Seinfeld  one of the lowest testing pilots of all time into a hit when the network overlords are constantly warring or worse drowning in a bottle of vodka? Top of the Rock is an addictively readable account of the risky business decisions creative passion and leaps of faith that made Must See TV possible. Chock full of delicious behind-the-scenes anecdotes that run the gamut from hilarious casting and programming ploys to petty jealousies and drug interventions youre in for a juicy unputdownable read.
language: English
title: Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV
publisher: Doubleday