Tinderbox hbo audiobook tv#

HBO’s audacity built the viewing culture we have today and permanently transformed the television landscape.

Tinderbox hbo audiobook tv#

We take their big-budget, “prestige” TV for granted now, but their success was far from assured at the outset. HBO gave us violent scenes with blood and guts, shows like Tales from the Crypt that were actually scary, rom-coms with sex instead of suggestion. From the New York Times bestselling author of Those Guys Have All the Fun comes Tinderbox, the unvarnished. They created different, better content - or at least they convinced viewers that different was better. Tinderbox audiobook, by James Andrew Miller. But who would pay for something that had always been free? Home Box Office dared to ask that question in 1972, opening the doors for other pay-channels and ultimately the streaming platforms that are now the norm. Since televisions entered Americans’ living rooms, the question of whether programming should be “free” - paid for with advertising - has loomed, to the extent that some broadcasters, lobbyists, and fearmongers warned someone would come along and disrupt their Madison Avenue-championed business model. James Andrew Miller collects insider accounts of the humble beginnings, devastating missteps, controversial business decisions, and, of course, backstage drama and celebrity gossip from the set. The exclusive story of HBO’s key creators, executives, actors, and directors gives listeners an unprecedented peek behind the curtain at the founding and triumph of the first “pay-channel” that brought America The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Succession, and countless groundbreaking, culture-shifting shows. HBO’s audacity built the viewing culture we have today and permanently transformed the television landscape.From the New York Times best-selling author of Those Guys Have All the Fun comes Tinderbox, the unvarnished, comprehensive, and astonishing history of HBO, told for the first time through the disruptors who led its epic rise to prestige and changed the way we watch television forever. Listen to an audiobook clip of Tinderbox, by James Andrew Miller, read by the author, Amy McFadden, and Robert Petkoff. They created different, better content-or at least they convinced viewers that different was better. Since televisions entered Americans’ living rooms, the question of whether programming should be “free”-paid for with advertising-has loomed, to the extent that some broadcasters, lobbyists, and fearmongers warned someone would come along and disrupt their Madison Avenue–championed business model. In 'Tinderbox: HBOs Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers,' a book centered on how HBO took over cable television, which was reviewed by Insider, producer Ilene Landress told journalist James Andrew Miller that this particular scene was being filmed in Manhattan, New York instead of New Jersey, where most of the production for season one took place. The exclusive story of HBO’s key creators, executives, actors, and directors gives readers an unprecedented peek behind the curtain at the founding and triumph of the first “pay-channel” that brought America The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Succession, and countless groundbreaking, culture-shifting shows. From the New York Times bestselling author of Those Guys Have All the Fun comes Tinderbox, the unvarnished, comprehensive, and astonishing history of HBO, told for the first time through the disruptors who led its epic rise to prestige and changed the way we watch television forever.