How To Watch Television / / ed. by Ethan Thompson, Jason Mittell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Acham, Christine,; Ahn, Jiwon,; Alsultany, Evelyn,; Amaya, Hector,; Aslinger, Ben,; Banks, Miranda J.,; Baym, Geoffrey,; Becker, Christine,; Becker, Ron,; Butler, Jeremy G.,; Douglas, Susan J.,; Gottert, Colby,; Gray, Jonathan,; Gurney, David,; Haggins, Bambi L.,; Hendershot, Heather,; Hills, Matt,; Holt, Jennifer,; Jenkins, Henry,; Johnson, Victoria E.,; Jones, Jeffrey P.,; Kompare, Derek,; Kosnik, Abigail De,; Levine, Elana,; Lotz, Amanda D.,; Marcus, Daniel,; Marx, Nick,; Miller, Quinn,; Mittell, Jason,; Murray, Noel,; Newman, Michael Z.,; Ouellette, Laurie,; O’Sullivan, Sean,; Pearson, Roberta,; Petersen, Anne Helen,; Polan, Dana,; Sandler, Kevin,; Sconce, Jeffrey,; Scott, Suzanne,; Stein, Louisa,; Thompson, Ethan,
• HerausgeberIn: Mittell, Jason,; Thompson, Ethan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: User's Guides to Popular Culture ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 62 black and white illustrations

Examines social and cultural phenomena through the lens of different television showsWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ Rather, criticism uses the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• I. TV Form
• 1. Homicide
• 2. House
• 3. Life on Mars
• 4. Mad Men
• 5. Nip/Tuck
• 6. Phineas & Ferb
• 7. The Sopranos
• 8. Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job!
• II. TV Representations
• 9. 24
• 10. The Amazing Race
• 11. The Cosby Show
• 12. The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 13. Eva Luna
• 14. Glee/House Hunters International
• 15. Grey’s Anatomy
• 16. Jersey Shore
• III. TV Politics
• 17. 30 Days
• 18. America’s Next Top Model
• 19. Family Guy
• 20. Fox & Friends
• 21. M*A*S*H
• 22. Parks and Recreation
• 23. Star Trek
• 24. The Wonder Years
• IV. TV Industry
• 25. Entertainment Tonight
• 26. I Love Lucy
• 27. Modern Family
• 28. Monday Night Football
• 29. NYPD Blue
• 30. Onion News Network
• 31. The Prisoner
• 32. The Twilight Zone
• V. TV Practices
• 33. Auto-Tune the News
• 34. Battlestar Galactica
• 35. Everyday Italian
• 36. Gossip Girl
• 37. It’s Fun to Eat
• 38. One Life to Live
• 39. Samurai Champloo
• 40. The Walking Dead
• Contributors
• Index