DOCSLIB.ORG

Maxine Shepard Production Designer

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Maxine Shepard Production Designer MAXINE SHEPARD PRODUCTION DESIGNER TELEVISION MIXED-ISH (Season 2) ABC Studios / ABC Prod: Karin Gist, Michael Petok Dir: Various #BLACKAF (Season 1) Netflix Prod: Kenya Barris, Hale Rothstein, Dir: Kenya Barris Mychelle Deschamps Ken Kwapis BLACK-ISH (Pilot, Seasons 1-5) ABC Studios/ABC Prod: Kenya Barris, Jonathan Groff Dir: Various Larry Wilmore, Michael Petok Kenny Smith Jr. *Nominated – Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Awards 2017, 2018 *Nominated – Outstanding Comedy Series – Primetime Emmy Awards 2016, 2017 BRIGHT FUTURES (Pilot) ABC Studios/NBC Prod: Kenya Barris Dir: Kevin Bray GROWN-ISH (Pilot, Season 1) ABC Studios/Freeform Prod: Kenya Barris, Michael Petok Dir: Various BLACK AND WRIGHT (Pilot) ABC Studios/ABC Prod: Kenya Barris, Vijal Patel Dir: Anton Cropper Brian Dobbins, Michael Petok 8/28: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PEOPLE Smithsonian Museum Prod: Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes Dir: Ava DuVernay SOUTHLAND (Seasons 2-5) Warner Bros./TNT Prod: John Wells, Jon Paré Dir: Various LET THE CHURCH BET Networks Prod: Shelby Stone, Queen Latifah Dir: Regina King SAY AMEN (MOW) Sha-Kim Compere LIZ AND DICK (MOW) Silver Screen Pictures/Lifetime Prod: Larry A. Thompson Dir: Lloyd Kramer ROCKFORD FILES (Pilot) Universal/NBC Prod: David Shore Dir: Michael Watkins 90210 (Season 1) CBS Paramount/The CW Prod: Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge Dir: Various I’M WITH STUPID (Pilot) Universal Media Studios/NBC Prod: Ben Silverman, Peter Farrelly Dir: Linwood Boomer LAW DOGS (Pilot) CBS Paramount/CBS Prod: Barry Schindel, Ridley Scott Dir: Adam Bernstein JUSTICE (Season 1) Warner Bros./FOX Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman Dir: Various HEIST (Season 1) Sony/NBC Prod: Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen Dir: Various JUST LEGAL (Season 1) Warner Bros./WB Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Shapiro Dir: Various CSI: MIAMI (Season 3) CBS Paramount/CBS Prod: Carol Mendelsohn, Jerry Bruckheimer Dir: Various NORTH SHORE (Pilot) 20th Century Fox/FOX Prod: Kevin Falls, Peter Elkoff, Harry Bring Dir: Peyton Reed SKIN (Season 1) Warner Bros./Fox Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jim Leonard Dir: Various PRESIDIO MED (Pilot & Season 1) Warner Bros./CBS Prod: John Wells, Christopher Chulack Dir: Various CITIZEN BAINES (Season 1) Warner Bros./CBS Prod: John Wells, Christopher Chulack Dir: Various CITY OF ANGELS (Season 1) Steven Bochco Prods/CBS Prod: Steven Bochco, Robert D. Simon Dir: Various 413 HOPE STREET (Season 1) 20th Century Fox/FOX Prod: Eric Laneuville, Robert Eisele Dir: Various LAUREL AVENUE (Mini-series) HBO Prod: Tony To, Jesse Beaton Dir: Carl Franklin FEATURES UNT. JONAH HILL FILM Netflix Prod: Mychelle Deschamps, Kevin Misher Dir: Kenya Barris YOU GOT SERVED Screen Gems Prod: Ketrina Askew, Marcus Morton Dir: Chris Stokes THE WOOD MTV Films Prod: Van Toffler, Ron Yerxa Dir: Rick Famuyiwa SOUL FOOD Fox 2000 Prod: Kenneth Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds Dir: George Tillman Jr. TO DIE FOR Skouras Pictures Prod: Lee Caplin, Greg Sims Dir: Deran Sarafian UNDER THE BOARDWALK New World Picture Prod: Greg Blackwell, Steve Chanin Dir: Fritz Kiersch COLD STEEL Cinetel Films Prod: Paul Hertzberg, Lisa Hansen Dir: Dorothy Puzo 405 S Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212 - T 310.888.4200 - F 310.888.4242 www.apa-agency.com .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Fan/Creator Alliance: Social Media, Audience Mandates, and the Rebalancing of Power in Studio–Showrunner Disputes
    Media Industries 5.2 (2018) The Fan/Creator Alliance: Social Media, Audience Mandates, and the Rebalancing of Power in Studio–Showrunner Disputes Annemarie Navar-Gill1 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN amngill [AT] umich.edu Abstract Because companies, not writer-producers, are the legally protected “authors” of television shows, when production disputes between series creators and studio/ network suits arise, executives have every right to separate creators from their intellectual property creations. However, legally disempowered series creators can leverage an audience mandate to gain the upper hand in production disputes. Examining two case studies where an audience mandate was involved in overturning a corporate production decision—Rob Thomas’s seven-year quest to make a Veronica Mars movie and Dan Harmon’s firing from and subsequent rehiring to his position as the showrunner of Community—this article explores how the social media ecosystem around television rebalances power in disputes between creators and the corporate entities that produce and distribute their work. Keywords: Audiences, Authorship, Management, Production, Social Media, Television Scripted television shows have always had writers. For the most part, however, until the post-network era, those writers were not “authors.” As Catherine Fisk and Miranda Banks have shown in their respective historical accounts of the WGA (Writers Guild of America), television writers have a long history of negotiating the terms of what “authorship” meant in the context of their work, but for most of the medium’s history, the cultural validation afforded to an “author” eluded them.2 This began to change, however, in the 1990s, when the term “showrunner” began to appear in television trade press.3 “Showrunner” is an unofficial title referring to the executive producer and head writer of a television series, who acts in effect as the show’s CEO, overseeing the program’s story development and having final authority in essentially all production decisions.
    [Show full text]
  • HP Smart Web Printing
    What's on tap this month that executives won't want to miss - USATODAY.com Page 1 of 5 Cars Auto Financing Event Tickets Jobs Real Estate Online Degrees Business Opportunities Shopping Search How do I find it? Subscribe to paper Become a member of the USA Home News Travel Money Sports Life Tech Weather TODAY community now! Log in | Become a member What's this? Money » Executive Suite Weekly Features Company News Company Calendars Annual Reports GET A Enter symbol(s) or Keywords QUOTE: What's on tap this month that executives Related Advertising Links What's This? Obama Is Giving You Money Read How I Got a $12k Check From The Economic… won't want to miss www.ObamasEconomicStimulus.com Updated 7h 49m ago | Comment | Recommend 1 E-mail | Save | Print | CALENDAR $37,383 Stimulus Checks It's Official. The Gov Is Giving Out Billions. I… www.GovGrantFunds.com Monday: The Commerce Department Yahoo! Buzz reports whether consumer spending was up Advertisement at the first of the year after a dismal fourth Digg quarter. Newsvine Reddit MEDIA HAPPENINGS: Watch, listen & read IN MAGAZINES THIS MONTH: Check it out Facebook FIVE QUESTIONS: For ... utility exec David What's this? Ratcliffe WHAT I READ: With eco-friendly exec Jeffrey Hollender CORPORATE PULSE: Executive Suite front page Enlarge By Ron Batzdorff, Starz Original Actors Lizzy Caplan and Adam Scott in an episode of Friday: Did job losses exceed 600,000 last month? The Labor the clever workplace sitcom "Party Down," airing on Department tally tells. Starz. March 8: Daylight Saving Time begins.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Program Notes
    PROGRAM: SONDHEIM SONGBOOK MAY 20 / 7:30 PM BING CONCERT HALL ARTISTS PROGRAM Betsy Wolfe, vocals Love Is in the Air (Ted, Betsy, Clarke) Clarke Thorell, vocals Love I Hear (Clarke) Paul Masse, piano What More Do I Need? (Betsy) Ted Sperling, music director and piano Barcelona (Clarke, Betsy) Moments in the Woods (Betsy) What Can You Lose? (Clarke) We gratefully acknowledge the generous support The Girls of Summer (Betsy) of Bonnie and Marty Tenenbaum. Honey (Clarke, Betsy) Getting Married Today (Ted, Clarke, Betsy) Pleasant Little Kingdom/Too Many Mornings (Clarke, Betsy) INTERMISSION By the Sea (Betsy, Clarke) Not a Day Goes By (Betsy) Good Thing Going (Ted) Buddy’s Blues (Clarke) Could I Leave You? (Betsy) A Little House for Mama (Clarke) Children Will Listen (Betsy) Finishing the Hat (Clarke) There Won’t Be Trumpets (Betsy) It Takes Two (Betsy, Clarke) PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you. 26 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE MAY/JUNE 2015 He has gone from cult figure to national with the New York Philharmonic and The icon. His melodies, which have been labeled King and I at the Lincoln Center Theater. “unhummable,” get under your skin and linger for days. He is perhaps the greatest English- In the opera world, Mr. Sperling has language lyricist of any age. Every brilliant conducted The Mikado, Song of Norway, lyric and crystalline melody will be audible and Ricky Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath in Bing Concert Hall when Ted Sperling, at Carnegie Hall; Kurt Weill’s The Firebrand one of Broadway’s most in-demand music of Florence at Alice Tully Hall; and a double directors, is joined at the piano by Betsy bill for the Houston Grand Opera and Wolfe and Clarke Thorell, two of Broadway’s Audra McDonald: La voix humaine by freshest singers.
    [Show full text]
  • PADRAIC Mckinley Editor
    PADRAIC McKINLEY Editor FEATURES DIRECTORS PRODUCERS/STUDIOS BOSS LEVEL Joe Carnahan Scott Putman, Frank Grillo Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films WHEELMAN Jeremy Rush George Parra, Frank Grillo / Netflix PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Burr Steers Sue Baden-Powell, Marc Butan, Lauren Selig AND ZOMBIES Allison Shearmur / Lionsgate WILD CARD Simon West Steve Chasman, Brian Pitt, Jib Polhemus Recut Jason Statham / Lionsgate HOMEFRONT Gary Fleder Avi Lerner, John Thompson Open Road Films / Millennium CHARLIE ST. CLOUD Burr Steers Michael Fottrell, Marc Platt Universal Pictures 17 AGAIN Burr Steers Jennifer Gibgot, Adam Shankman Dara Weintraub / New Line Cinema THE EXPRESS Gary Fleder Derek Dauchy, John Davis, Arne Schmidt Davis Entertainment / Universal Pictures ALFIE Charles Shyer Sean Daniel, Diana Phillips, Elaine Pope Paramount Pictures IF ONLY Gil Junger Basil Iwanyk, Jeffrey Silver, Scott Strauss Tapestry Films / Sony IGBY GOES DOWN Burr Steers Lisa Tornell, David Rubin, Marco Weber MGM TELEVISION AMERICAN GODS Season 2 Various Directors Jesse Alexander, Reid Shane Editor, Executive Producer Dante DiLoreto / Fremantle Media / Starz FIGHT WORLD Docu-Series Padraic McKinley Todd Lubin, John Gerstel / Matador / Netflix Editor, Director KINGDOM Pilot & Series Various Directors Byron Balasco, Adam Davidson Supervising Editor, Producer, Director Endemol USA / DirecTV ANIMAL KINGDOM Christopher Chulack Terri Murphy, Lou Wells One Episode Warner Bros. / TNT BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Pilot Gary Fleder Sherri Cooper, Jennifer Levin, Tony Thomas Paul Junger Witt / CBS
    [Show full text]
  • Marvin Hamlisch
    tHE iRA AND lEONORE gERSHWIN fUND IN THE lIBRARY OF cONGRESS AN EVENING WITH THE MUSIC OF MARVIN HAMLISCH Monday, October 19, 2015 ~ 8 pm Coolidge Auditorium Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building The Ira and Leonore Gershwin Fund in the Library of Congress was established in 1992 by a bequest from Mrs. Gershwin to perpetuate the name and works of her husband, Ira, and his brother, George, and to provide support for worthy related music and literary projects. "LIKE" us at facebook.com/libraryofcongressperformingarts loc.gov/concerts Please request ASL and ADA accommodations five days in advance of the concert at 202-707-6362 or [email protected]. Latecomers will be seated at a time determined by the artists for each concert. Children must be at least seven years old for admittance to the concerts. Other events are open to all ages. • Please take note: Unauthorized use of photographic and sound recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are requested to turn off their cellular phones, alarm watches, and any other noise-making devices that would disrupt the performance. Reserved tickets not claimed by five minutes before the beginning of the event will be distributed to stand-by patrons. Please recycle your programs at the conclusion of the concert. The Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium Monday, October 19, 2015 — 8 pm tHE iRA AND lEONORE gERSHWIN fUND IN THE lIBRARY OF cONGRESS AN EVENING WITH THE mUSIC OF MARVIN hAMLISCH WHITNEY BASHOR, VOCALIST | CAPATHIA JENKINS, VOCALIST LINDSAY MENDEZ, VOCALIST | BRYCE PINKHAM, VOCALIST
    [Show full text]
  • 2021 Primetime Emmy® Awards Ballot
    2021 Primetime Emmy® Awards Ballot Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series A.P. Bio Gary Meets Dave Jack loses Helen’s money that she needs for the school mascot Pam the Ram’s surgery so he tells her it was stolen. The students help Jack try get the cash back. Meanwhile, Stef, Mary and Michelle run into trouble with their mall-walking group. Richie Keen, Directed by A.P. Bio Katie Holmes Day Jack vows to ruin the local holiday, Katie Holmes Day, because he’s jealous that a fellow Toledoan achieved their dreams. Meanwhile, Durbin is determined not to flub his line in the pageant this year. Mary and Stef run the holiday rummage sale. Anu Valia, Directed by B Positive Pilot Drew, a recently divorced father, discovers he needs a kidney and finds his donor in the last person he ever would've imagined. James Burrows, Directed by black-ish Our Wedding Dre Dre's (Anthony Anderson) intimate wedding plans for Pops (Laurence Fishburne) and Ruby (Jenifer Lewis) go awry when Pops' brother, Uncle Norman, (Danny Glover) shows up unexpectedly for the festivities. Meanwhile Ruby refuses Bow's (Tracee Ellis Ross) offer to help with preparations. Eric Dean Seaton, Directed by black-ish Please, Baby, Please Dre tries to soothe baby DeVante back to sleep by reading him a bedtime story that becomes a story expressing his own concerns about the state of our country. Kenya Barris, Directed by Breeders No Fear Luke’s anxiety is becoming a problem at home and school. Would a medical diagnosis make his life easier or harder? Ally faces further tension after her mother Leah is robbed.
    [Show full text]
  • U.S. Government Closes Age-Old Compound House Fire Kills Glen
    Volume XXVI No. 17 Hometown Newspaper for Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glen Head, Glenwood, Locust Valley and Brookville Week of 1/5/17 75C Russian Upper Brookville mansion gets hit with a sanction U.S. government closes age-old compound By Nakeem Grant [email protected] Glen Cove Mayor Reggie Spinello still remembers the procession of cars, includ- ing the black limousine, that brought Nikita Khrushchev to Killenworth, a Russian com- pound on Dosoris Lane in Glen Cove. “I was 8,” said Spinello, a lifelong Glen Cove resident. “And it was the height of the Cold War. I watched as everyone lined the streets and threw tomatoes at Khrushchev. No one was happy about him visiting Glen Cove.” Spinello doesn’t know if the former lead- er of the Soviet Union ever visited again, but he has seen cars with diplomatic license plates heading for the compound several times over the years. At first, he believed, like many others, that the federal government shuttered Kil- lenworth last week, and that its inhabitants were included among the 35 unnamed Rus- sian officials expelled from the U.S. But that was not true. It was Norwich House, a Russian com- pound in Upper Brookville, that was shut (Continued on page 3) Photo by John Abate House fire kills Glen Cove The federal government did not close Killenworth, a Russian compound in Glen Cove. woman By Laura Lane CPR was initiated, and when the Glen Cove Fire Department arrived she was tak- [email protected] en to Glen Cove Hospital by ambulance. Archambault was pronounced dead at the hospital.
    [Show full text]
  • The Izombie Omnibus Online
    3x45F [Read free] The iZombie Omnibus Online [3x45F.ebook] The iZombie Omnibus Pdf Free Michael Allred ePub | *DOC | audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #345496 in Books imusti 2015-12-08 2015-12-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.20 x 1.70 x 7.60l, .0 #File Name: 1401262031646 pagesDiamond Comics | File size: 51.Mb Michael Allred : The iZombie Omnibus before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The iZombie Omnibus: 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Different than what i was expecting, but still good.By Kindle CustomerI'm a big fan of the t.v. series, so I decided to read the comic it was based on. I like the t.v. series a lot more, but this is still a really good story. Just wish it could have been longer.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Grandma says thumbs upBy Betty JeanNot the typical audience for these books (at 68) but I love the TV show and wanted to read the graphic novels. Definitely not disappointed.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Exactly what I wanted it to be.By Randolph WallerShipped on time. Nice hardbook edition collected series for any fan. Told from a female zombie's perspective, IZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn "Gwen" Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats the next brain.
    [Show full text]
  • Production Biographies
    PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES MIKE O’MALLEY (Executive Producer & Showrunner, Writer- 201, 207, 210) Truly a multi-hyphenate, Mike O’Malley got his start in front of the camera hosting Nickelodeon’s “Get the Picture” and the iconic game show “Guts”. His success continued in television with standout roles in “Yes Dear”, “My Name Is Earl”, “My Own Worst Enemy”, “Justified”, and his Emmy®-nominated, groundbreaking performance as ‘Burt Hummel’ on the hit show “Glee”. Mike’s feature work includes roles in Eat Pray Love, Cedar Rapids, Leatherheads, Meet Dave, 28 Days, and the upcoming Untitled Concussion Project starring Will Smith which will be released Christmas 2015. Also an accomplished writer, Mike wrote and produced the independent feature Certainty which he adapted from his own play. In television, Mike has served as a Consulting Producer on “Shameless” and is in his second season as creator and Executive Producer of “Survivor’s Remorse” for Starz. LEBRON JAMES (Executive Producer) LeBron James is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of his generation. James’ extraordinary basketball skills and dedication to the game have won him the admiration of fans across the globe, and have made him an international icon. Prior to the 2014-2015 season, James returned to his hometown in Ohio and rejoined the Cleveland Cavaliers in their mission to bring a championship to the community he grew up in. James had previously spent seven seasons in Cleveland after being drafted out of high school by his hometown team with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. James led the Cavaliers to five straight NBA playoff appearances and earned six All-Star selections during his first stint in Cleveland.
    [Show full text]
  • Ellen Winter Wants to Hug You but She Can't So How About
    ONE NIGHT STAND ELLEN WINTER WANTS TO HUG YOU BUT SHE CAN’T SO HOW ABOUT SHE SINGS YOU SOME SONGS INSTEAD APRIL 23 @ 7PM ET Composed, Performed & Co-Produced by ELLEN WINTER Directed & Co-Produced by MACHEL ROSS ELLEN WINTER WANTS TO HUG YOU BUT SHE CAN’T SO HOW ABOUT SHE SINGS YOU SOME SONGS INSTEAD APRIL 23 @ 7PM ET THE TEAM Composed, Performed & Co-Produced by ELLEN WINTER Directed & Co-Produced by MACHEL ROSS Set Design & Camera Operation by SIMON BAN Music Produced by ELLEN WINTER, CHRIS LITTLER & CHARLES WANLESS THE ARTISTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK Frankie Oliva, Cheyenne Sykes, Kelly Tieger, Sam Monaco, Anthony P. Cerretani, A. Sarr, Sydney Shepherd, Lily Desmond, Katrina Yaukey, Chris Atkins, Eric Tait, Stephen Rhodes Chen, Matt Appleton, Madi Andrews-Moreno, Bri Clarke, Lexi Correa, Bella Exum, Samantha Hallenberg, Kate Herlihy, Leah Hohauser, Sara LiBrandi, Maya Owens, Caitlyn Primous, Virginia Richardson, Kat Rodriguez, Annie Shouse, Kristen Wisneski, Alison Grasso, Colin Miller. Ars Nova operates on the unceded land of the Lenape peoples on the island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) in Lenapehoking, the Lenape Homeland. We acknowledge the brutal history of this stolen land and the displacement and dispossession of its Indigenous people. We also acknowledge that after there were stolen lands, there were stolen people. We honor the generations of displaced and enslaved people that built, and continue to build, the country that we occupy today. We gathered together in virtual space to watch this performance. We encourage you to consider the legacies of colonization embedded within the technology and structures we use and to acknowledge its disproportionate impact on communities of color and Indigenous peoples worldwide.
    [Show full text]
  • Dennis Burrell 1ST
    Dennis Burrell Mobile: 310-923-5332 DGA Assistant Director [email protected] 1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Snowfall- Season 3- Even Episodes Exec Producer: John Singleton, Thomas Shlamme, Dave Andron, Co-Producer/ UPM: John Labrucherie Shameless-Season 9- Episode 9- Showtime Exec Producer: John Wells, Co-Exec Producer: Michael Hissrich, Iain B. MacDonald Director: Loren Yaconelli UPM: John Labrucherie Hood Adjacent- Comedy Central- TV Pilot Director: Stoney Sharpe, EP: James Davis Small Town Prince- Mascot Pictures- TV Movie Director: Fred Olan-Ray, UPM: Kim Ray Ouija- (Addl Photography)- Blumhouse Productions Director: Stiles White, UPM: Luc Etienne Correcting Christmas- Marvista Entertainment, MOW Director: Tim O’Donnell, Producer: Kim Ray The Purge: Anarchy- (2nd Unit) Blumhouse Productions Director: James Demonaco, Exec. Producer: Luc Etienne Fatties Take Down the House- Fatties Inc- Feature Film Director: Bob Gordon, Producer: Paul Bernard, LP: Michael Jones Pirahna 3D- 2nd Unit- Feature Film Director: Gregory Levasseur, UPM: Louis Friedman Dragon Age: Redemption- Tallis Productions, LLC Director: Peter Winther, UPM: Dan Kaplow War Wolves- Sci-Fi TV Movie Director: Michael Worth, LP: Brian Schwartz Green Digity Dog- Feature Film Director: Hoot Maynerd, Producer: Allen Dial Road to Redemption- 2nd Unit- Feature Film Director: Robert Vernon, Producer: John Shepherd KEY 2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Shameless-Season 9- Showtime Exec Producer: John Wells, Co-Exec Producer: Michael Hissrich, Iain B. MacDonald UPM: John Labrucherie, 1st AD:,
    [Show full text]
  • HBO: Brand Management and Subscriber Aggregation: 1972-2007
    1 HBO: Brand Management and Subscriber Aggregation: 1972-2007 Submitted by Gareth Andrew James to the University of Exeter as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English, January 2011. This thesis is available for Library use on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other University. ........................................ 2 Abstract The thesis offers a revised institutional history of US cable network Home Box Office that expands on its under-examined identity as a monthly subscriber service from 1972 to 1994. This is used to better explain extensive discussions of HBO‟s rebranding from 1995 to 2007 around high-quality original content and experimentation with new media platforms. The first half of the thesis particularly expands on HBO‟s origins and early identity as part of publisher Time Inc. from 1972 to 1988, before examining how this affected the network‟s programming strategies as part of global conglomerate Time Warner from 1989 to 1994. Within this, evidence of ongoing processes for aggregating subscribers, or packaging multiple entertainment attractions around stable production cycles, are identified as defining HBO‟s promotion of general monthly value over rivals. Arguing that these specific exhibition and production strategies are glossed over in existing HBO scholarship as a result of an over-valuing of post-1995 examples of „quality‟ television, their ongoing importance to the network‟s contemporary management of its brand across media platforms is mapped over distinctions from rivals to 2007.
    [Show full text]