When we watch and listen to actors speaking lines that have been written by someone else-a common experience if we watch any television at all-the illusion of "

When we watch and listen to actors speaking lines that have been written by someone else-a common experience if we watch any television at all-the illusion of "

Explores contemporary US television dialogue - the on-screen language that viewers worldwide encounter as they watch popular television series.

This book explores a virtually untapped, yet fascinating research area: television dialogue. It reports on a study comparing the language of the American situat

Some of todays top television writers and producers share their insight and explain the unique craft of writing a drama series for television and how the indust