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A collection of idiosyncratic essays about Doctor Who, comics, popular culture, life, language, philosophy, childhood an......more
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This book profiles characters who were featured in some of the most popular television shows of the 1980s. Each entry in......more
In the early days of television, suburban families welcomed TV into their homes as an electronic babysitter that would a......more
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In About Time, the whole of Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as we......more
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A rich, fact-filled collectible, packed with vibrant history, amazing trivia, and rare photographs, The Twilight Zone En......more
Personal genome testing, gene editing for life-threatening diseases, synthetic life: once the stuff of science fiction, ......more
This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network’s hit television series Arrow--based on DC Comic’s Green Arrow--......more
AMC s Breaking Bad is among the most beloved, critically acclaimed American television series of our time. Created by Vi......more
A love letter to the people that built The Daily Show and make it work night after night (Vulture), this is the New Yor......more
Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC’s Mad Men. Foreword by Megan Abbott, Edgar A......more
This book focuses on Breaking Bad’s fascinating characters and complex story lines, while also looking at how the progra......more
A fully-authorized, comprehensive collection that guides the reader through Miller s revue writing in the 1950s and 1960......more
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Bette Davis as a madam. Orson Welles hosting The Twilight Zone. Mae West voicing a cartoon character. Shirley Temple pla......more
This book critically analyzes the portrayals of Black women in current reality television. Audiences are presented with ......more
Two decades after its groundbreaking debut, millions of fans worldwide remain enthralled with the incredible exploits of......more
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More than 20 years after it was first broadcast, The X-Files still holds the public imagination. Over nine seasons and t......more
Television today is better than ever. From The Sopranos to Breaking Bad, Sex and the City to Girls, and Modern Family to......more
Though unjustly neglected by English-language audiences, Spanish film and television not only represent a remarkably inf......more
What happens when television is part of your cultural DNA? Twelve writers talk about their influences, and they re more ......more
A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the sm......more
Cartoon Research presents The Amazing Transformations of Tom Terrific. Pioneering animator and Tom Terrific creator, G......more
Paula Marie Seniors’s Beyond Lift Every Voice and Sing is an engaging and well-researched book that explores the realiti......more
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After America’s most pompous barhound left the Cheer’s gang in Boston, he returned to Seattle and found himself surround......more
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Exploring the archetypal representation of the straight girl with the queer guy in film and television culture from 1948......more
After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural ......more
Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the......more
Having spent most of his career working with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Martin Esslin appraises America......more
This biographical encyclopedia covers every actor and actress who had a regular role in a Western series on American tel......more
This book is concerned with the difficulties faced by modern Westerners in their search for a meaningful life. It sheds ......more
Since the earliest blossoming of British television drama, scriptwriter Nigel Kneale has been a seminal figure. His BBC ......more
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Shard Cinema tells an expansive story of how moving images have changed in the last three decades, and how they have cha......more
September 8, 2016 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of the world s most successful science fiction televis......more
In 2006, the Al Jazeera Media Network sought to penetrate the United States media sphere, the world’s most influential n......more
There are some two hundred TV markets in the country, but only one--Boston, Massachusetts--hosted a Golden Age of local ......more
THE book the Time Lords (including the Doctor) read when studying at the Academy, the full-color in-world history that p......more
The New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld--"A wildly entertaining mus......more
The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen Diaries The megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live ......more
MONTY PYTHON FAQ: ALL THAT’S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT SPAM GRAILS SPAM NUDGING BRUCES AND...more
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Examines a landmark television series in its feminist rewriting of the noir police procedural. Although it lasted only f......more
How a Show, and the Support of Its Fandom, Changed--and Saved--Lives Supernatural, a three-time People’s Choice Award wi......more
From Archie Bunker to John-Boy Walton, this book profiles characters who were featured in some of the most popular telev......more
Illustrated throughout with color images of the period, Psychedelic Celluloid covers over 300 British and European films......more
Beginning in the 1960s through its heyday in the 1970s and beyond, the telefilm stands as an important cultural artefact......more
The contradictions and complexities of the cyborg therefore hold particular appeal to programme makers of dramatic TV na......more
This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection--the first of its kind--invites us to recon-sider the politics and scope ......more
This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection--the first of its kind--invites us to recon-sider the politics and scope ......more
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 New York Times Bestseller New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the ......more
A new world of religious satire illuminated through the layers of religion and humor that make up the The Simpsons, Sout......more
Sean Connery began the sixties spy movie boom playing James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Their success insp......more
New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letter......more
New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letter......more
This book argues that fictional television can educate audiences on complex communities and issues long after it has fad......more
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Soap operas have captured loyal, often lifelong viewers since the first American daytime serial debuted in 1949. In this......more
Television was one of the forces shaping the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, when a blockbuster TV series co......more
Drawing worldwide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, programmes like The Killing, Borgen, The Bridge and The Lega......more
When Kenneth Johnson’s science fiction miniseries V premiered in 1983, it netted more than 40 percent of the television ......more
Elaborate cinematic universes and sophisticated marketing tie-ins are commonplace in entertainment today. It’s easy to f......more
This book explores how news and information about the conflict in Northern Ireland was disseminated through the most acc......more
This book focuses on the emergence of female characters in typically male roles, particularly in the crime and prison dr......more
Television has long been a symbol of social and cultural decay, yet many in postwar Europe saw it as the medium with the......more
Aren’t we all TV critics? It’s a question that overlooks the importance of professional critics whose print and online c......more
The story of Yasutsune "Tony" Hirashiki’s ten years in Vietnam--beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer ......more
Widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time, The Sopranos is also considered one of the most si......more
Can you live your life by what The Twilight Zone has to teach you? Yes, and maybe you should. The proof is in this light......more
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Law and Order Special Victims Unit (SVU) is more popular than any other American police procedural television series, bu......more
Critically acclaimed as one of the best television shows ever produced, the HBO series The Wire (2002-2008) is a landmar......more
Critically acclaimed as one of the best television shows ever produced, the HBO series The Wire (2002-2008) is a landmar......more
Food Television and Otherness in the Age of Globalization examines how food television represents cultural difference in......more