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by Jonathan Gray (Editor); Jeffrey P. Jones (Editor); Ethan Thompson (Editor)


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A fascinating look into what happens when comedy becomes political and politics becomes comedy Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics and audience tastes have re-made television comedy, once considered a wasteland of escapist humor, into what is arguably the most popular source of political critique. From fake news and pundit shows to animated sitcoms and mash-up videos, satire has become an important avenue for processing politics in informative and entertaining ways, and satire TV is now its own thriving, viable television genre. Satire TV examines what happens when comedy becomes political, and politics become funny. A series of original essays focus on a range of programs, from The Daily Show to South Park, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to Saturday Night Live, Lil' Bush to Chappelle's Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. They all offer insights into what today's class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.

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  • Title Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
  • Author Jonathan Gray (Editor); Jeffrey P. Jones (Editor); Ethan Thompson (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New York University Press, New York
  • Date 2009-04-01
  • ISBN 9780814731994 / 0814731996
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 5.96 x 0.73 in (22.91 x 15.14 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Television and politics - United States, Political satire, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008045772
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.456

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About the author

Jonathan Gray (Editor)
Jonathan Gray is Hamel Family Distinguished Chair in Communication Arts, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author and editor of numerous books, including Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts (2010), Fandom, Second Edition (2017), Keywords for Media Studies (2017), and Satire TV (2009), as well as Television Studies (with Amanda D. Lotz), and A Companion to Media Authorship (with Derek Johnson). Jeffrey P. Jones (Editor)
Jeffrey P. Jones is Associate Professor of Communication & Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University. He is the author of Entertaining Politics: New Political Television and Civic Culture and co-editor of The Essential HBO Reader. Ethan Thompson (Editor)
Ethan Thompson is Professor of Media Arts at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is the author of Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture and co-editor of Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory and Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era. He directed the documentary TV Family about a forgotten forerunner to reality television.
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