Archive of American Television

from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation.

The Archive of American Television has been conducting video-recorded interviews with well-established television professionals since 1997. The majority of these 600-plus interviews are now available for viewing online. In addition to many well-known actors, interview subjects include people in behind-the-scenes positions such as directors, executives, designers, stylists, location managers, and more. All of the subjects are seasoned professionals who speak with decades of experience behind them. The videos are professionally conducted one-on-one formal interviews. Consequently, the content has much greater depth than the typical publicity interview in which a new project is being promoted. The lengthy interviews are divided into chapters for access to specific segments. Each interview is accompanied by a thorough summary of the person and the topics under discussion. Contents of the interviews are indexed by Shows, People, Topics, and Genres. Users may find content either through searching or browsing. With its multiple scrollable boxes, the interface is a little confusing; however, the format is consistent throughout, so navigating is easy enough after a brief exploration of the arrangement. With videos embedded from YouTube, users are unlikely to have trouble viewing segments. The advertising banner that appears at the start of each video is mildly annoying, but easily minimized. This Web resource will be of special interest to film and television studies programs, but very useful to students at all levels and from a variety of backgrounds. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general audience. -- Reviewed in 2010 March CHOICE, by B. J. Bergman, Minnesota State University, Mankato

New books in the TCC Collection The tube has spoken : reality TV & history. Univ Press of Kentucky, 2010 The CSI effect : television, crime, and governance. Lexington Books, 2009 Living without the screen: causes and consequences of life without television. Marina Krcmar, Routledge, 2009 Edited clean version : technology and the culture of control. Raiford Guins, Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2009 Latina/o stars in U.S. eyes : the making and meanings of film and TV stardom. Mary Beltrán, Univ of Illinois Press, 2009 Satire TV : politics and comedy in the post-network era. NYU Press, 2009 Small screen, big picture : television and lived religion. Baylor University Press, 2009 Sports on television. Alvin Marill, Praeger, 2009

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