The Contemporary Television Series / / Michael Hammond, Lucy Mazdon.
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619016);An engaging and provocative study of the contemporary prime-time 'quality' serial television format, this book gives a timely account of prominent programmes such as 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, The Sopranos and The West Wing and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I: Histories
- Introduction: Histories
- 1. The Writer/Producer in American Television
- 2. The Lack of Influence of thirtysomething
- 3. Twin Peaks: David Lynch and the Serial-Thriller Soap
- 4. Quality/Cult Television: The X-Files and Television History
- Part II: The Series/Serial Form
- Introduction: The Series/Serial Form
- 5. Television and the Neo-Baroque
- 6. Serial Narrative and Guest Stars: Ally McBeal’s Eccentrics
- 7. The Representation of Youth and the Twenty-Something Serial
- 8. Violence and Therapy in The Sopranos
- 9. Television, Horror and Everyday Life in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Part III: Receptions
- Introduction: Receptions
- 10. Cult TV, Quality and the Role of the Episode/Programme Guide
- 11. Creating ‘Quality’ Audiences for ER on Channel Four
- 12. The Bartlet Administration and Contemporary Populism in NBC’s The West Wing
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index