On Screen Rivals

Introduction.- PART 1: A CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY OF TELEVISION IN BRITAIN AND THE USA.- Introduction.- The Age of Experiment, 1880-1945.- The Mature Medium, 1945-Present Day.- PART 2: THE TECHNOGENESIS OF TELEVISION: CINEMA'S ON SCREEN REPRESENTATION OF ITS RIVAL.- Introduction.- Having a Ball in your Hall: Television in the Musical.- All the Company you Want: Hollywood and the Feminizing of Television.- Jobs for the Boys: British Cinema, the BBC and Commercial Television.- Pop and the Box: Youth, Television, Music and Movies in the 1950s and 1960s.- As Mad as Hell: The Reel World of Television News.- A Fearful Regard: Television in Horror and Science Fiction Films.- Seeing the Funny Side: Television as a Figure of Fun in Popular Comedy Films.- So, What's the Idea of Television?.- Appendix: Annotated Filmography.