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4/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date April 23, 2013 Originally published 23 April 2013 Genre Non-fiction | 3.3/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 320 pages ISBN 1455512877 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American journalist Brian Stelter. The book was first published on April 23, 2013 through Grand Central Publishing and centers on the world of morning television.
Contents
Synopsis
In Top of the Morning Stelter discusses several daytime television shows, their hosts, and events that he oversaw while working as a media reporter for The New York Times. The book focuses heavily on Ann Curry's replacing Meredith Vieira on the Today show, as well as covering other events such as the rivalry between Good Morning America and the Today show over morning television ratings.
Reception
Critical reception for Top of the Morning has been mixed to negative. The Washington Times gave a mostly positive review for the book, while Entertainment Weekly gave a mixed one. Entertainment Weekly stated while the book's quality improved as it progressed, the book was unlikable, and some elements - such as Robin Roberts' cancer - "has been documented better elsewhere". The Pittsburgh Gazette and the Hollywood Reporter both panned the book, with The Pittsburgh Gazette criticizing it as reading "more like a dispatch from someone working at TMZ than a New York Times reporter".
Film adaptation
On December 17, 2013, the Lifetime television network announced it will be adapting the book into a two-hour television film.