The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific runs 23.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Bianculli (about 15.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 23.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
82 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific is an audiobook by David Bianculli: a 23.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Bianculli, released November 15, 2016, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Bianculli
- Released
- November 15, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780735285224
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific as an audiobook?
The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific runs 23.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.7 hours.
Is The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific?
The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific is narrated by David Bianculli.
Is The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to The Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.7 hours, saving 7.8 hours.