Deborah Jaramillo, The Television Code: Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry (U Texas Press, 2018)
If you watch old movies or study film history, you may know that early 20th-century Hollywood operated under the\xa0Motion Picture Production Code, which dictated what could and couldn\u2019t be portrayed onscreen. But did you know that television had a code of its own? Its story has never been told at length until now.\n\nDeborah Jaramillo, Associate Professor of Film and Television at Boston University, is the author of a new book called\xa0The Television Code: Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry\xa0(University of Texas Press, 2018). Jaramillo tells the story of a young television industry\u2019s attempt to police itself on controversial questions about content, fending off pressure from government regulators and finicky viewers. Jaramillo explores whether the federal government could have played a stronger role at this formative time in the industry, and what the code did and didn\u2019t accomplish in its three decades of existence.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law