The Jews of primetime
By: David Zurawik.
Series: Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Publisher: Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England; University Press of New England
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Jews on television
Description: "How did it happen that in a time when networks were run by Jewish men, and many television shows were written by Jewish writers, there were so few identifiably Jewish characters on television? In this provocative book, David Zurawik marshalls compelling evidence to suggest that, during television's first thirty-five years, its primarily Jewish power brokers actively suppressed Jewish characters and Jewish themes from appearing on the small screen.".

"Based on more than one hundred interviews gathered over ten years with network executives, producers, and actors, Zurawik's book gives voice to these insiders - who reveal, for the first time, how and why the depiction of Jews on television has followed such a strange, unpredictable course."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: on being "too Jewish" in "this weird loop"; title: Learning to be "more American", the Goldbergs; title: "Write Yiddish, cast British", from Dick van Dyke to Mrs. G; title: Prime-time intermarriage I, Bridget loves Bernie; title: The dramas-Thirtysomething and Northern exposure; title: Intermarriage II (Shiksa goddesses transforming Jewish guys): Anything but love, Flying blind, Mad about you, Brooklyn Bridge, and more; title: Intermarriage III (some Jewish women get Gentile guys), Rhoda, The nanny, Dharma & Greg, Friends, Will & Grace; title: A "too-Jewish", not-Jewish-enough Jew for the '90s, Seinfeld; title: Looping back, breaking ground, and calculating loss, 100 Centre Street, The education of Max Bickford, State of Grace.