Title: Genre and television : from cop shows to cartoons in American culture /
Authors: Mittell, Jason
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Television series United States.; Television program genres United States.
Contents: 1. Television genres as cultural categories -- 2. Before the scandals--genre hisoriography and the cultural history of the quiz show -- 3. From Saturday morning to around the clock--the industrial practices of television cartoons -- 4. Audiences talk genres--talk shows and the intersections of taste and identity -- 5. Policing genres--Dragnet's texts and generic contexts -- 6. Making fun of genres--the politics of parody and genre mixing in Soap and The Simpsons.