The Television Genre Book

by Glen Creeber (Editor), Glen Creeber (Editor), Toby Miller (Editor), John Tulloch (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.83

  As with film, genre is central to the industry and the visual form that is television. This book - written by many of the leading figures in television studies and including over twenty international contributors - provides an accessible and transparent introduction to the subject's central debates, issues, and concerns. The central analysis is supported with in-depth grey-box studies and relevant information of a varied range of key programs such as: The Jerry Springer Show , The Simpsons , Star Trek , Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , Twin Peaks , Walking with Dinosaurs , and The Singing Detective and channels such as CNN, Discovery, and MTV.Fully illustrated and following the format of the bfi's The Cinema Book , it comes with selected reading guides and full bibliographies that are intended to help students at all levels. An essential and authoritative guide to a major area within media and television studies, this ambitious book will both help explain and expand our knowledge of an important and fast-growing area of study.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $11.92

  This is a fully updated and expanded edition of a bestselling textbook. It is revised in response to feedback from users of the first edition. It now includes new sections on animation and reality TV. Case studies updated to include 24 , Lost , The Office , The X Factor and many more. It is richly illustrated with images from the programmes discussed.This fully revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive introduction to television genre, addressing genre as a concept and key television genres, including drama, comedy, crime series, news and reality TV, with case studies of classic and contemporary TV programmes and contributions from leading TV scholars.