| The Vanishing Vision |
| Introduction |
| 1 A New Medium, An Uncertain Mission |
| 2 Building on the Bedrock |
| 3 QED: The Search for Answers |
| 4 Go for Broke |
| 5 10 Columbus Circle |
| 6 In a Friendly Fashion |
| 7 One for the Money |
| 8 Two for the Show |
| 9 The Street of the Eight-Foot Canary |
| 10 Dreams from a Machine |
| 11 Two into One Equals Thirteen |
| 12 Humpty-Dumpty and the Nixon Years |
| 13 The Man Who Saved Public Television |
| 14 Great Noise. Big Wind. Much Dust. No Rain |
| 15 Monumental Dreams on Shoestring Budgets |
| 16 Let the Revolution Begin |
| 17 The Indie's Six Million |
| 18 Intimations of Excellence |
| Epilogue: Past Imperfect, Future Imperative |
 | Notes |
| • | Introduction |
| • | 1 A New Medium, An Uncertain Mission |
| • | 2 Building on the Bedrock |
| • | 3 QED: The Search for Answers |
| • | 4 Go for Broke |
| • | 5 10 Columbus Circle |
| • | 6 In a Friendly Fashion |
| • | 7 One for the Money |
| • | 8 Two for the Show |
| • | 9 The Street of the Eight-Foot Canary |
| • | 10 Dreams from a Machine |
| • | 11 Two into One Equals Thirteen |
| • | 12 Humpty-Dumpty and the Nixon Years |
| • | 13 The Man Who Saved Public Television |
| • | 14 Great Noise. Big Wind. Much Dust. No Rain |
| • | 15 Monumental Dreams on Shoestring Budgets |
| • | 16 Let the Revolution Begin |
| • | 17 The Indie's Six Million |
| • | 18 Intimations of Excellence |
| • | Epilogue: Past Imperfect, Future Imperative |
| Bibliography |
| Guide to the Principal Players |
| Acknowledgments |
 | Index |