The New Entrepreneurs: An Institutional History of Television Anthology Writers

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THE NEW ENTREPRENEURS A series from Wesleyan University Press Edited by Jeanine Basinger The wesleyan film series takes a back-to-basics approach to the art of cinema. Books in the series deal with the formal, the historical, and the cultural—putting a premium on visual analysis, close readings, and an understanding of the history of Hollywood and international cinema, both artistically and industrially. The volumes are rigorous, critical, and accessible both to academics and to lay readers with a serious interest in film. Series editor Jeanine Basinger, Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University, as well as Curator and Founder of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives, is the author of such landmark books as The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre; A Woman’s View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930–1960; Silent Stars; and The Star Machine. Anthony Mann New and Expanded Edition by Jeanine Basinger It’s the Pictures That Got Small Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television by Christine Becker The South Korean Film Renaissance Local Hitmakers, Global Provocateurs by Jinhee Choi The Films of Samuel Fuller If You Die, I’ll Kill You! by Lisa Dombrowski Physical Evidence Selected Film Criticism by Kent Jones The New Entrepreneurs An Institutional History of Television Anthology Writers by Jon Kraszewski Action Speaks Louder Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie Revised and Expanded Edition by Eric Lichtenfeld Hollywood Ambitions Celebrity in the Movie Age by Marsha Orgeron A Splurch in the Kisser The Movies of Blake Edwards by Sam Wasson w e s l e ya n u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s Middletown, Connecticut I=:C:L:CIG:EG:C:JGH/ 6C>CHI>IJI>DC6A=>HIDGN D;I:A:K>H>DC6CI=DADI:GH TTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTT ?DC@G6HO:LH@> The image placed here in the print version has been intentionally omitted Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2010 by Jon Kraszewski All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Portions of the introduction and chapter 2 originally appeared in “Adapting Scripts in the 1950s: The Economic and Political Incentives for Television Anthology Writers,” Journal of Film and Video 58.3 (Fall 2006): 3–21. They are reprinted here with permission from the University of Illinois Press. Portions of chapters 1 and 3 originally appeared in “Authorship and Adaptation: The Public Personas of Television Anthology Writers,” Quarterly Review of Film and Video 25.4 (2008): 271–85. They are reprinted here with permission from Taylor & Francis. Finally, portions of chapter 5 originally appeared in “Do Not Go Gentle into That Twilight: Rod Serling’s Challenge to 1960s’ Television Production,” New Review of Film and Television Studies 6.3 (2008): 343–64. They are also reprinted here with permission from Taylor & Francis. Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kraszewski, Jon. The new entrepreneurs : an institutional history of television anthology writers / Jon Kraszewski. p. cm. — (Wesleyan film) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8195-6946-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Television authorship—United States. 2. Television plays, American—History and criticism. 3. Television—Production and direction—United States. 4. Television programs— Economic aspects—United States. 5. Television programs— Social aspects—United States. I. Title. pn1992.7. k73 2010' 809.2'25 0925—dc22 2009052106 5 4 3 2 1 For Barbara, Lanny, Leo, Oliver, and Sue Kraszewski This page intentionally left blank ...