num_pages: 240
description: First Published in 2005. In this engaging cultural and industrial history of early television, Susan Murray examines how and why the broadcasting industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars. Combining a sweeping view of the rise of the medium with profiles of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, and other early television greats, Murray illuminates the central role played by television stars in the growth and development of American broadcasting.
language: English
title: Hitch You Antenna Stars
titlecomplete: Hitch You Antenna Stars
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Routledge