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• Archive: File Size: 26419 KBeBook: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishASIN: B01J6ON1TCEquipped with an encyclopedic knowledge of boxing, a young Joyce Brothers competed on The $64,000 Question and became the first woman to win the top prize money.
• That triumphant debut in 1955 was the initial step toward a career as a media pioneer.
• Through her own advice programs and perennial appearances on talk shows—as well as episodic television—Brothers became one of the most well-known figures of the 20th century.
• For more than four decades, viewers could count on her authoritative, calm response to almost any issue, from marital and financial woes to the Space Shuttle disaster.In Dr. Joyce Brothers: The Founding Mother of TV Psychology, Kathleen Collins explores how a clever businesswoman provided a mass-scale service for a never-ending demand: helping viewers understand themselves.
• Collins explains how Brothers’ longevity on television was in large part afforded by her symbiotic relationship with the medium.