The DVD novel
Subtitle: how the way we watch television changed the television we watch
By: Greg Metcalf
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780313385810; 9780313385827
Subjects: DVD-Video discs; Television viewers; Attitudes; Television series; Social aspects; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Television is an object and a narrative form; title: The singing detective and British television; title: Steven Bochco and too many stories, not enough time; title: Stealing the soap and longform network television; title: Premium blend genre and longform network television; title: Men behaving badly on cable; title: Comedy on television; title: Longform comedy on television; title: Graphic novels and DVD novels; title: David Milch and television as literature; title: David Simon and fictional non-fiction television; title: Endings.