Top of the Rock

Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV by Warren Littlefield with T.R. Pearson
Former NBC Entertainment president Littlefield's loving look back at the network's dominance from the late '80s through the '90s is less a memoir than a gossipy fun oral history. Particularly winning are the chapters on Friends and Frasier, both of which deal insightfully with the burdens — as well as benefits — of success. (Doubleday, 336 pages)