Genius on Television
Subtitle: Essays on Small Screen Depictions of Big Minds
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780786497737
Subjects: Television programs
Description: "This collection of new essays explores why TV geniuses fascinate us and how they shape our perceptions of what it mean to be highly intelligent by examining series like Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory, Bones, Elementary, Fringe, House, The Mentalist, Monk, Sherlock, Leverage and others, scholars discuss how television reflects and informs our understanding of genius"--