About the Author

Kristal Brent Zook , Ph.D., has written about culture, race, feminism, and politics for publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Village Voice, The L.A. Weekly, Vibe, Emerge, and The Source.

Reviews

"Kristal Brent Zook bears witness to black writers and producers' struggle for control of authorship and authentic ethnic representation in prime-time television. She provides a valuable behind-the-scenes look at the combative reality of TV production."--Warrington Hudlin, President, The Black Filmmaker Foundation
"Engaging....Zook raises significant issues and wriotes in an accessible style."--Publsihers Weekly
"Zook conveys the spirit of modern TV programming strategy as well as providing a cogent account of a flourishing entertainment phenomenon at the time of its budding."--Booklist
"Zook details how in American television, ethnicity, gender, and race are marketable commodities just like beer and apple pie."--Kirkus Reviews
"[A] well-written, extensively researched study....Zook persuasively argues that these often-criticized productions are landmarks in their presentation of 'African-American characters as multilayered, historical subjects who are ever-conscious of the collective. Especially fascinating is her description of how the fledgling Fox Network created a core African American audience and then abandoned it in the quest for a mainstream white audience."--Library
Journal
"Zook conveys the spirit of modern TV programming strategy as well as providing a cognent account of a flourishing entertainment phenomenon at the time of its budding." --Mike Tribby, Booklist
"Fascinating and in-depth...Color by Fox is a very well-written and intriguing book...easily accessible for anyone and hard to put down." --Tri-City Herald, Pasco, West Virginia