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Sepinwall On Mad Men and Breaking Bad

An eShort from the Updated Revolution Was Televised

By: Alan Sepinwall

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Sepinwall On Mad Men and Breaking Bad

An eShort from the Updated Revolution Was Televised

By: Alan Sepinwall

From the updated edition of The Revolution Was Televised, Alan Sepinwall’s analysis of Breaking Bad and Mad Men, featuring new commentary and insights on the complete series and controversial finales.

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1501142178

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Welcome to the O.C.

The Oral History

By: Josh Schwartz,Stephanie Savage,Alan Sepinwall

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Welcome to the O.C.

The Oral History

By: Josh Schwartz,Stephanie Savage,Alan Sepinwall

“A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV.” —Town & Country Welcome to the O.C., b*tch: it’s the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show’s creators, featuring interviews with the cast and crew, providing a behind-the-scenes look into how the show was made, the ups and downs over its four seasons, and its legacy today. On August 5th, 2003, Ryan Atwood found himself a long way from his home in Chino—he was in The O.C., an exclusive suburb full of beautiful girls, wealthy bullies, corrupt real-estate tycoons, and a new family helmed by his public defender, Sandy Cohen. Ryan soon warms up to his nerdy, indie band-loving new best friend Seth, and quickly falls for Marissa, the stunning girl next door who has secrets of her own. Completing the group is Summer, Seth’s dream girl and Marissa’s loyal—and fearless—best friend. Together, the friends fall in and out of love, support each other amidst family strife, and capture the hearts of audiences across the country. Just in time for the show’s twentieth anniversary, The O.C.’s creator Josh Schwartz and executive producer Stephanie Savage are ready to dive into how the show was made, the ups and downs over its four seasons, and its legacy today. With Rolling Stone’s chief TV critic and bestselling author Alan Sepinwall conducting interviews with the key cast members, writers, and producers who were there when it all happened, Welcome to the O.C. will offer the definitive inside look at the beloved show—a nostalgic delight for audiences who watched when it aired, and a rich companion to viewers currently discovering the show while it streams on HBO Max and Hulu. The O.C. paved the way for a new generation of iconic teen soaps, launched the careers of young stars, and even gave us the gift of Chrismukkah. Now, it’s time to go back where we started from and experience it all over again. Includes exclusive interviews with: Ben McKenzie * Mischa Barton * Adam Brody * Rachel Bilson * Peter Gallagher * Kelly Rowan * Melinda Clarke * Tate Donovan * Chris Carmack * Autumn Reeser * Willa Holland * Samaire Armstrong * Alan Dale * Colin Hanks * Amanda Righetti * Navi Rawat * Shannon Lucio * Michael Cassidy * McG * Imogen Heap * Alex Greenwald * Ben Gibbard * Paul Scheer * Doug Liman * and many more!

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HarperCollins

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0063342820

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9780063342828

TV (The Book)

Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

By: Alan Sepinwall,Matt Zoller Seitz

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TV (The Book)

Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

By: Alan Sepinwall,Matt Zoller Seitz

Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible? For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this: What's the greatest TV show ever? That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing scoring system, they've created a Pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy to modern masterpieces like Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, from huge hits like All in the Family and ER to short-lived favorites like Firefly and Freaks and Geeks, TV (THE BOOK) will bring the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium. Sepinwall and Seitz's argument has ended. Now it's time for yours to begin!

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Hachette+ORM

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1455588202

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9781455588206

The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz,Alan Sepinwall,David Chase

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The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz,Alan Sepinwall,David Chase

In The Sopranos Sessions, renowned television critics—and New York Times bestselling authors—Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest television series of all time. Foreword by Laura Lippmann On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones. As TV critics for Tony Soprano’s hometown paper, New Jersey’s The Star-Ledger, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz were among the first to write about the series before it became a cultural phenomenon. Sepinwall and Seitz have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, conversations, and critical essays covering every episode. Featuring a series of long-form interviews with series creator David Chase, as well as selections from the authors’ archival writing on the series, The Sopranos Sessions explores the show’s artistry, themes, and legacy. “This amazing book by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz has bigger twists than anything I could ever come up with.” —Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot

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Abrams

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1683355261

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Sepinwall On Mad Men and Breaking Bad

An eShort from the Updated Revolution Was Televised

By: Alan Sepinwall

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Sepinwall On Mad Men and Breaking Bad

An eShort from the Updated Revolution Was Televised

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All Due Respect . . . The Sopranos Changes Everything

A Chapter From The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall

By: Alan Sepinwall

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All Due Respect . . . The Sopranos Changes Everything

A Chapter From The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall

By: Alan Sepinwall

The Sopranos is the one [show] that made the world realize something special was happening on television. It rewrote the rules and made TV a better, happier place for thinking viewers, even as it was telling the story of a bunch of stubborn, ignorant, miserable excuses for human beings" (From All Due Respect…The Sopranos Changes Everything). In this chapter from the critically acclaimed book The Revolution Was Televised, Alan Sepinwall explores why The Sopranos was critical to ushering in a new golden age in television. Drawing on a new interview with creator David Chase, Sepinwall weaves fascinating behind-the-scenes details about the show with his trademark incisive criticism—including his theory on the controversial series finale.

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1476761507

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The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz,Alan Sepinwall,David Chase

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The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz,Alan Sepinwall,David Chase

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The Revolution Was Televised

The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever

By: Alan Sepinwall

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The Revolution Was Televised

The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever

By: Alan Sepinwall

Looks at how twelve innovative dramas--including "Lost," "Friday Night Lights," and "The Shield"--Have transformed television over the past fifteen years, and reports on real-life characters and behind-the-scenes conflicts.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476739676

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TV (The Book)

Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

By: Alan Sepinwall,Matt Zoller Seitz

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TV (The Book)

Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

By: Alan Sepinwall,Matt Zoller Seitz

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1455588202

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The Revolution was Televised

The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers who Changed TV Drama Forever

By: Alan Sepinwall

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The Revolution was Televised

The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers who Changed TV Drama Forever

By: Alan Sepinwall

12 shows that started a revolution in TV drama: The Sopranos. Oz. The Wire. Deadwood. The Shield. Lost. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 24. Battlestar Galactica. Friday Night Lights. Mad Men. Breaking Bad. These 12 shows, and the many more they made possible, ushered in a new golden age of television--one that made people take the medium more seriously than ever before" -- P.4 of cover.

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0615718299

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The Death of the French Atlantic

Trade, War, and Slavery in the Age of Revolution

By: Alan Forrest

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The Death of the French Atlantic

Trade, War, and Slavery in the Age of Revolution

By: Alan Forrest

The Death of the French Atlantic examines the sudden and irreversible decline of France's Atlantic empire in the Age of Revolution, and shows how three major forces undermined the country's competitive position as an Atlantic commercial power. The first was war, especially war at sea against France's most consistent enemy and commercial rival in the eighteenth century, Great Britain. A series of colonial wars, from the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars did much to drive France out of the North Atlantic. The second was anti-slavery and the rise of a new moral conscience which challenged the right of Europeans to own slaves or to sacrifice the freedom of others to pursue national economic advantage. The third was the French Revolution itself, which not only raised French hopes of achieving the Rights of Man for its own citizens but also sowed the seeds of insurrection in the slave societies of the New World, leading to the loss of Saint-Domingue and the creation of the first black republic in Haiti at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This proved critical to the economy of the French Caribbean, driving both colons and slaves from Saint-Domingue to seek shelter across the Atlantic world, and leaving a bitter legacy in the French Caribbean. It has also created an uneasy memory of the slave trade in French ports like Nantes, La Rochelle, and Bordeaux, and has left an indelible mark on race relations in France today.

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Oxford University Press

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0192570730

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9780192570734

North American Genocides

Indigenous Nations, Settler Colonialism, and International Law

By: Laurelyn Whitt,Alan W. Clarke

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North American Genocides

Indigenous Nations, Settler Colonialism, and International Law

By: Laurelyn Whitt,Alan W. Clarke

Argues that North American settler colonialism included episodes of genocide of Indigenous peoples as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

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Cambridge University Press

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110842550X

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The Revolution Was Televised

How The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever

By: Alan Sepinwall

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The Revolution Was Televised

How The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever

By: Alan Sepinwall

A phenomenal account, newly updated, of how twelve innovative television dramas transformed the medium and the culture at large, featuring Sepinwall’s take on the finales of Mad Men and Breaking Bad. In The Revolution Was Televised, celebrated TV critic Alan Sepinwall chronicles the remarkable transformation of the small screen over the past fifteen years. Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at large forever, including The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad, Sepinwall weaves his trademark incisive criticism with highly entertaining reporting about the real-life characters and conflicts behind the scenes. Drawing on interviews with writers David Chase, David Simon, David Milch, Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and Vince Gilligan, among others, along with the network executives responsible for green-lighting these groundbreaking shows, The Revolution Was Televised is the story of a new golden age in TV, one that’s as rich with drama and thrills as the very shows themselves.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476739684

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9781476739687

Breaking Bad 101

The Complete Critical Companion

By: Alan Sepinwall

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Breaking Bad 101

The Complete Critical Companion

By: Alan Sepinwall

AMC’s Breaking Bad is among the most beloved, critically acclaimed American television series of our time. Created by Vince Gilligan, the series charts the transformation of high school science teacher Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) into a cold, calculating meth kingpin. Breaking Bad 101 collects esteemed critic Alan Sepinwall’s (Uproxx) popular Breaking Bad recaps in book form, featuring new, exclusive essays and completely revised and updated commentary—as well as insights from and interviews with the creative masterminds behind Breaking Bad. The ultimate critical companion for one of the greatest television dramas of all time, Breaking Bad 101 offers fans Sepinwall’s smart, funny, and incisive analysis of the psychology and filmmaking craft behind each episode and celebrates the series’ unique place in pop-culture history.

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Abrams

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1683350774

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9781683350774

New Jersey's Multiple Municipal Madness

By: Alan J. Karcher

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New Jersey's Multiple Municipal Madness

By: Alan J. Karcher

Alan J. Karcher takes a critical look at how and why the boundary lines of New Jersey's 566 municipalities were drawn, pointing to the irrationality of these excessive divisions.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813525667

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9780813525662

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology

By: Alan F. Schatzberg,Charles B. Nemeroff

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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology

By: Alan F. Schatzberg,Charles B. Nemeroff

Now updated to keep professionals current with the latest research and trends in the field, this edition covers both basic science and clinical practice, and draws on the talents of 53 new contributors to guarantee fresh, authoritative perspectives on advances in psychiatric drug therapy.

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1585623091

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All Due Respect . . . The Sopranos Changes Everything

A Chapter From The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall

By: Alan Sepinwall

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A Chapter From The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall

By: Alan Sepinwall

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Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love the O.C.

An Unauthorized Survival Guide for Living the Drama-filled Good Life in Orange County

By: Alan Sepinwall

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Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love the O.C.

An Unauthorized Survival Guide for Living the Drama-filled Good Life in Orange County

By: Alan Sepinwall

Sepinwall's new book is a fun look at the television phenomenon, Fox's "The O.C.." Taking on the tongue-in-cheek voice of the series, the book looks at what makes the show work while glorifying its soap opera elements and taking a nostalgic step back to pay homage to the teen drama kings and queens who paved the way.

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Chamberlain Brothers

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1596090065

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Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love the O.C.

An Unauthorized Survival Guide for Living the Drama-filled Good Life in Orange County

By: Alan Sepinwall

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Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love the O.C.

An Unauthorized Survival Guide for Living the Drama-filled Good Life in Orange County

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