The second paragraph of the book includes this run-on sentence:Thriving in the dim cathode-ray light of one hundred million living rooms, the situation comedy bloomed despite the benign neglect of a nation of captive viewers lulled into somnolence and the disinterest of high-mandarin cultural arbite...
Actual score 3.5 stars for a strong beginning, but a meandering end that showed too much of the author's personal biases. Review to come 3/1/14.