The DVD novel : how the way we watch television changed the television we watch /
Metcalf, Greg.
Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : Praeger,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.
Introduction -- Television is an object and a narrative form -- The singing detective and British television -- Steven Bochco and too many stories, not enough time -- Stealing the soap and longform network television -- Premium blend genre and longform network television -- Men behaving badly on cable -- Comedy on television -- Longform comedy on television -- Graphic novels and DVD novels -- David Milch and television as literature -- David Simon and fictional non-fiction television -- Endings.
Television series
Television viewers
DVD-Video discs