Quality Popular Television: Cult TV, the Industry, and Fans Paperback - 2003 - 2008th Edition
by Mark Jancovich; James Lyons
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Why are some contemporary television shows so compelling? The Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends and ER are examples among many of a new era of the 'must-see' programme. These shows and others like The X-Files and Ally McBeal, have a compulsiveness, a depth of characterisation and 'back-story' that puts most of cinema to shame. Quality Popular Television looks at this new category of 'cult' television (mostly US-produced) and the reasons for its emergence. Looking at shows as diverse as Ally McBeal, Martial Law, Buffy, Lois and Clark, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Ellen the book examines the particular qualities necessary for success and how they relate to issues such as the economics of network scheduling, the growth of the internet and contemporary debates about television audiences. This important new book provides an invaluable window on transformations in contemporary television culture.
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- Title Quality Popular Television: Cult TV, the Industry, and Fans
- Author Mark Jancovich; James Lyons
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2008th
- Edition 2008
- Pages 204
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher British Film Institute, London, UK
- Date May 30, 2003
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780851709413 / 0851709419
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.08 x 0.56 in (23.67 x 15.44 x 1.42 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Television programs - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.457
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- Choice, 06/01/2004, Page 1876
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