Top of the Rock Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Warren Littlefield
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
435

Top of the Rock by Warren Littlefield Book Summary

Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier, ER, Cheers, Law & Order, Will & Grace…Here is the funny, splashy, irresistible insiders’ account of the greatest era in television history -- told by the actors, writers, directors, producers, and the network executives who made it happen…and watched it all fall apart.

Warren Littlefield was the NBC President of Entertainment who oversaw the Peacock Network’s rise from also-ran to a division that generated a billion dollars in profits.  In this fast-paced and exceptionally entertaining oral history, Littlefield and NBC luminaries including Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Kelsey Grammer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Julianna Marguiles, Anthony Edwards, Noah Wylie, Debra Messing, Jack Welch, Jimmy Burrows, Helen Hunt, and Dick Wolf vividly recapture the incredible era of Must See TV.

From 1993 through 1998, NBC exploded every conventional notion of what a broadcast network could accomplish with the greatest prime-time line-up in television history. On Thursday nights, a cavalcade of groundbreaking comedies and dramas streamed into homes, attracting a staggering 75 million viewers and generating more revenue than all other six nights of programming combined. The road to success, however, was a rocky one. How do you turn a show like Seinfeld, one of the lowest testing pilots of all time, into a hit when the network overlords are constantly warring, or worse, drowning in a bottle of vodka?   

Top of the Rock is an addictively readable account of the risky business decisions, creative passion, and leaps of faith that made Must See TV possible. Chock full of delicious behind-the-scenes anecdotes that run the gamut from hilarious casting and programming ploys to petty jealousies and drug interventions, you’re in for a juicy, unputdownable read.

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Book Name Top of the Rock
Genre TV
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Language English
E-Book Size 15.89 MB

Top of the Rock (Warren Littlefield) Book Reviews 2024

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Great Read. As a fan of television, it was awesome to read behind the scenes at the last great age of Primetime. Awesome firsthand accounts from the people who lived it.

LOVED THIS BOOK!!. Wow how I loved this book. I loved the behind the scenes stories and everything that happened during that time on NBC. I got to say I didn't know warren little field before. But now I love him! Lol hope to meet him sometime.

Top of the rock. Fascinating look at the behind the scenes workings of such hits as Cheers, Seinfeld, and Friends among others. A must-read for those who are interested in how the shows we love came to fruition, and the genius minds behind them.

Great. Great read, interesting back stories in to how these shows were made. But like most successful things looking back on it is much more fun than when your in the middle of it. It's hard to get some of these artists. Although I find them fascinating. Good book.

Boring. Book is a tad boring. It needed a little more gossip, pure vanilla

If interested, interesting.. It was good enough because I was interested and accept it as the self and group wank fest it was.

Just an amazing read!. If you just enjoy good television and remember Must See Tv on NBC this book shows you how it got there. I love the style of the book, feels like watching a documentary where different people all tell the story & so the perspective changes every paragraph. It does show how dumb executives are as well, and proves some of them have no idea what tv is or why people watch. It shows both the rise and decline of must see tv. It's showing the history that predicts what NBC did after Warren Littlefield left, and explains why they currently don't know what to do with good programming on the network.

Fun read. I watched at least 80% of the shows featured in this book, religiously. There was a time in which I was glued to the tv on Thursday night between 8:00-11:00. And that's exactly what this book is about. Those great shows and the guy who made it happen. If you were on the same couch schedule as I was and you enjoy behind the scenes goodies like I do, then you'll love this book.

Great insight to behind the scenes. Heard about this book on the Adam Corolla podcast and had to get it. Really cool format, like reading the Bio channel script for "Must See TV".

Good, but lacks venon. Great read if you were fan of the shows, but too much sucking up and wanking between some of the talent interviewed. Lots of people involved in the shows are missing, and we know there was much more drama behind the scenes than we are told. It does get more interesting in the end, where Warren is fired and he lets his interviewees trash Jeff Zucker. Best depositions come from Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Lisa Kudrow.

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Top of the rock...indeed!. I loved this book! So much inside information. You really got the sense of what it took to make "must see TV" happen.

Great read!. A wonderful behind the scenes look at the TV that helped define the 90s.

Top of the Rock. A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the nether regions of network television.

Good read. I really enjoyed this

Great book. I heard about this book last week on Howard Stern... I never put it down. So interesting!!!

Boring...Must See Tv was a snooze.. Hoped it would be more interesting and have more chewy insider stories, but it really didn't. I've read other books that were of the some ilk that were much more fascinating. This was just...Meh. Meh.

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The Top of the Rock book written by Warren Littlefield was published on 01 May 2012, Tuesday in the TV category. A total of 435 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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