RETRO ACTIVE TELEVISION and Author Win Book of the Year Awards

Explores How Classic Television Has Shaped Society

RETRO ACTIVE TELEVISION: AN IN-DEPTH PERSPECTIVE ON CLASSIC TV’S SOCIAL SECURITY (Headline Books) is the winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Book Festival, which honors the best of the world publishing community.

As Bruce Haring, representative of the Los Angeles Book Festival notes, RETRO ACTIVE TELEVISION “…explores the world of classic television, showing us what the programmers were thinking in the creative and programming process. Written by an author whose knowledge of popular culture is among the world’s finest, the book offers fresh insight into some of television’s favorites. For fans of the medium, it’s a journey that enlightens and entertains.”

With a Foreword by actor Eric Scott of The Waltons, RETRO ACTIVE TELEVISION features exclusive commentary and insight from esteemed TV actors including actors like the Emmy-winning Michael Learned (also of The Waltons), and Peter Mark Richman (The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive), and acclaimed writer/producers Ed Spielman (the Emmy-winning creator of the original Kung Fu TV series), and Larry Brody (The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones), who calls RETRO ACTIVE TELEVISION, “A must-read!”