The Contemporary Television Series / / Michael Hammond, Lucy Mazdon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hammond, Michael,; Mazdon, Lucy,
• MitwirkendeR: Cardwell, Sarah,; Clark, J. Elizabeth,; Feuer, Jane,; Freedman, Eric,; Hammond, Michael,; Hills, Matt,; Jacobs, Jason,; Johnson, Catherine,; Mazdon, Lucy,; McCabe, Janet,; Ndalianis, Angela,; Pearson, Roberta,; Ruth Williams, Linda,; Smith, Greg,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

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...

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