Between truth and time: a history of Soviet Central Television

Introduction : stagnation and experimentation in the Russian era of television

Not a mirror but a magnifying glass : Soviet television enhtusiasm

Programmoia Politika : audience research and the creation of the Channel 1 Schedule

From café to contest : new year's variety shows and the Soviet festive system

Time and the problem of boredom

"Spiritual coauthorship" : seventeen moments of spring and the Soviet TV miniseries

"KVN is an honest game" : game shows and the problem of authority

A dress rehearsal for life : Artlogo and what? Where? When?

Epilogue : the origins of central television's Perestroika.