'Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must-See TV' by Warren Littlefield & T.R. Pearson

Release date: May 1, 2012

Why to throw it in your beach bag: Pearson and former NBC Entertainment president Littlefield have rounded up NBC talent like Jerry Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Julianna Margulies, Debra Messing and Helen Hunt for a fascinating oral history of what made the network's Thursday night lineup so gigantic and groundbreaking.

-- Jean Bentley, Zap2it

June 20, 2012