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Rube tube : CBS and rural comedy in the sixties /

Historian Sara Eskridge examines television's rural comedy boom in the 1960s and the political, social and economic factors that made these shows a perfect fit for CBS. The network, nicknamed the Communist Broadcasting System during the Red Scare of the 1940s, saw its image hurt again in the 19...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eskridge, Sara K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri, [2018]
Subjects:
CBS Television Network > History.
Southern States > On television.
Country life on television.
Situation comedies (Television programs) > United States > History and criticism.
Television programs > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.

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Call Number: PN1992.8.S58 E85 2018
 
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