Television's second golden age : from Hill Street blues to ER : Hill Street blues, Thirtysomething, St. Elsewhere, China Beach, Cagney & Lacey, Twin Peaks, Moonlighting, Northern exposure, L.A. law, Picket fences : with brief reflections on Homicide, NYPD blue & Chicago hope, and other quality dramas
A gracefully written grabber overflowing with affection and canny detail. Fans of quality TV drama series will have a field day with Syracuse University professor Thompson s multidisciplinary examination of the return of the seri ous, literary, writer-based drama over the past 15 years. Allotting fu...
Bewaard in:
| Hoofdauteur: | |
|---|---|
| Formaat: | Livre papier |
| Taal: | Anglais |
| Gepubliceerd in: |
Syracuse, N.Y. :
Syracuse University Press
1997.
|
| Reeks: | The television series
|
| Onderwerpen: | |
| Opmerking: |
Originalement publié par : New York : Continuum, 1996 |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Samenvatting: | A gracefully written grabber overflowing with affection and canny detail. Fans of quality TV drama series will have a field day with Syracuse University professor Thompson s multidisciplinary examination of the return of the seri ous, literary, writer-based drama over the past 15 years. Allotting full chapters to breakthrough series Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere, Thompson reviews a bit more briefly the histories of 1980s classics Cagney & Lacey, Moonlighting, L.A. Law, thirtysomething, and China Beach and their quirky 1990s successors Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, and Picket Fences. The Future of Quality chapter describes the networks retreat from writer-based drama in the early 1990s and the return to it in series like NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, and the number one hit, ER. This survey will appeal to several audiences: People readers will relish the gossip; Fortune readers will zero in on the economics of quality versus junk-food television; and readers monitoring media transmogrifications will find Thompson s analysis of TV s institutionalization of quality drama fascinating. |
|---|---|
| Beschrijving item: | Originalement publié par : New York : Continuum, 1996 |
| Fysieke beschrijving: | 1 vol. (220 p.-[6] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliografie: | Bibliogr. p. [207]-209. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780815605041 (br.) 0815605048 (br.) |