"Sesame Street" and the Reform of Children's Television
- ISBN-10
- 0801882303
- ISBN-13
- 9780801882302
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Robert W. Morrow
Description
Robert Morrow explores the origins and inner workings of the Children's Television Workshop, how the Workshop designed and scripted Sesame Street and how the show became both a model for network television as well as a thorn in its side.
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