The television genre book
By: edited by Glen Creeber ; associate editors, Toby Miller and John Tulloch
Edition: 3rd edition.
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781844575275; 9781844575268
Subjects: Television program genres
Description: "Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings together leading international scholars to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the debates, issues and concerns of the field. Structured in eleven sections, The television genre book introduces the concept of 'genre' itself and how it has been understood in television studies, and then addresses the main televisual genres in turn: drama, soap opera, comedy, news, documentary, reality television, children's television, animation and popular entertainment." -- Back cover.
Notes: Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

"This third edition is illustrated throughout with case studies of classic and contemporary programming from each genre, ranging from The Simpsons to Buffy the vampire slayer and from Monty Python's flying circus to Who wants to be a millionaire?. It also features new case studies on contemporary shows, including The only way is Essex, Homeland, Game of thrones, Downton Abbey, Planet earth, Grey's anatomy and QVC, and new chapters covering topics such as constructed reality, travelogues, telefantasy, stand-up comedy, the panel show, 24-hour news, Netflix and video on demand." -- Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: what is genre?; title: Genre theory / Glen Creeber; title: Studying genre / Steve Neale; title: Television and genre / Steve Neale; title: Genre development: Henri Focillon's Four stages of evolution / Terry Bailey; title: The uses and limitations of genre / Graeme Turner; title: Genre, hybridity and mutation / Graeme Turner; title: Life on Mars: genre hybridity with a twist / Robin Nelson; title: Genre and format / Glen Creeber; title: Genre study: beyond the text / Jason Mittell; title: Lost / Jason Mittell; title: Studying television drama / Robin Nelson; title: The crime series / Mareike Jenner; title: The Sopranos / Glen Creeber; title: The detective series / Mareike Jenner; title: Dexter / Mareike Jenner; title: Sherlock / Mareike Jenner and Lisa Richards; title: The police procedural / Lez Cooke; title: CSI / Glen Creeber; title: The wire / Mareike Jenner; title: The action series / Toby Miller; title: 24 / Glen Creeber; title: Homeland / Lisa Richards; title: The western / William Boddy; title: Deadwood / Glen Creeber; title: Teen drama / Rachel Moseley; title: Glee/skins / Rachel Moseley; title: Hospital drama / Jason Jacobs; title: Grey's anatomy / Mareike Jenner; title: House, M.D. / Mareike Jenner; title: Drama-documentary / John Corner; title: Cathy come home/The day after / John Corner; title: Costume drama / Robin Nelson; title: Jane Austin adaptations / Robin Nelson; title: Downton Abbey / Glen Creeber; title: Telefantasy / Catherine Johnson; title: Buffy the vampire slayer / Catherine Johnson; title: Game of thrones / Helen Wheatley; title: Science fiction / Luke Hockley; title: Star Trek / Luke Hockley; title: The x-files / Catherine Johnson; title: Doctor Who / Matt Hills; title: Postmodern drama / Adrian Page; title: Twin Peaks / Adrian Page; title: Ally McBeal / Robin Nelson; title: Heroes / Glen Creeber; title: Studying soap opera / Anna McCarthy; title: Dallas / Glen Creeber; title: Realism and soap opera / Anna McCarthy; title: Soul city / Anna McCarthy; title: EastEnders / Glen Creeber; title: Soap operas and their audiences / John Tulloch; title: A country practice / John Tulloch; title: The telenovela / Thomas Tufte; title: Brazillian telenovelas / Thomas Tufte; title: Studying comedy / Brett Mills; title: Humour theory / Brett Mills; title: Comedy and 'child-directed speech' / Ian Wilkie; title: The sketch show / Steve Neale; title: Monty Python's flying circus / Steve Neale; title: Stand-up comedy / Ian Wilkie; title: Situation comedy, part 1 / John Hartley; title: The unruly woman sitcom / Jane Feuer; title: Situation comedy, part 2 / Jane Feuer; title: Sex and the city / Glen Creeber; title: The 'gay' and 'queer' sitcom / Jane Feuer; title: Will and Grace / Jane Feuer; title: Contemporary sitcom: 'comedy vérité' / Brett Mills; title: The office/BrassEye / Brett Mills; title: The panel show / Brett Mills; title: QI / Brett Mills; title: Children's television as genre / Jason Mittell; title: Studying children's television / Máire Messenger Davies; title: Horrible histories / Lisa Richards; title: The child audience / Máire Messenger Davies; title: Pre-schoolers: a special audience / Máire Messenger Davies; title: Sesame Street / Glen Creeber; title: Moral panics / Paul Wells; title: Teletubbies / Paul Wells; title: Children and advertising / Merris Griffiths; title: Studying television news / Justin Lewis; title: "The propaganda model of news': Herman and Chomsky / Justin Lewis; title: The Glasgow Media Group / Jackie Harrison; title: Analysing television news / Justin Lewis; title: How to analyse a tv news programme / John Hartley; title: Constructing news values / Jackie Harrison; title: Gatekeeper studies / Jackie Harrison; title: Objectivity and television news / Jackie Harrison; title: The aesthetics of twenty-four-hour news / Glen Creeber; title: The BBC and impartiality / Jackie Harrison; title: The globalisation of television news / John Hartley; title: Cable news network (CNN) / John Hartley; title: Citizen journalism / Jackie Harrison; title: Al-Jazeera / Jackie Harrison; title: Studying documentary / John Corner; title: Big fat gypsy weddings / Glen Creeber; title: Form and content in documentary study / John Corner; title: Documentary realism / John Corner; title: Observational ('fly-on-the-wall') documentary / Stella Bruzzi; title: New reflexive documentary: 'The Broomfield film' / Stella Bruzzi; title: Educational programming / K. J. Donnelly; title: Discovery Channel and Walking with dinosaurs / K. J. Donnelly; title: Natural history programming / Brett Mills; title: Planet earth / Brett Mills; title: The travelogue / Glen Creeber; title: Introduction / Jon Dovey; title: Big Brother / Jon Dovey; title: Studying reality tv / Annette Hill; title: Audiences and reality tv / Annette Hill; title: Docusoaps / Stella Bruzzi; title: The Osbournes / Glen Creeber; title: Reality talent shows; title: Strictly come dancing / Annette Hill; title: Constructed reality shows / Glen Creeber; title: The only way is Essex / Glen Creeber; title: Makeover shows / Annette Hill; title: Supernanny / Annette Hill; title: The great British bake off / Lisa Richards; title: Studying animation / Paul Wells; title: TV animation: a brief overview / Paul Wells; title: TV anime and Japanese aesthetics / Paul Wells; title: Children's cartoons / Paul Wells; title: Cartoon controversies / Paul Wells; title: Adult animation / K. J. Donnelly; title: Adult swim / Paul Wells; title: The Simpsons and South Park / K. J. Donnelly; title: The populist debate / Toby Miller; title: The quiz show / William Boddy; title: Who wants to be a millionaire? / William Boddy; title: The celebrity talk show / Jane Shattuc; title: The tonight show / Jane Shattuc; title: The confessional talk show / Jane Shattuc; title: The Oprah Winfrey show / Jane Shattuc; title: Sport / Rod Brookes / The super bowl / Rod Brookes; title: Music on television / K. J. Donnelly; title: Music television (MTV) / K. J. Donnelly; title: Ordinary television / Frances Bonner; title: Daytime TV / John Hartley; title: Advertising / Daniel Chandler; title: The Levi's 501 'launderette' commercial / Daniel Chandler; title: QVC / Glen Creeber; title: Conclusion: genre and video on demand / Mareike Jenner.