State of play :
Nelson, Robin, 1949-
State of play : contemporary "high-end" TV drama / Robin Nelson. - Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 2007. - 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-218) and index.
Introduction : aims, scope, methods, and standpoints -- Mapping the territory, blurring the boundaries -- Distinctive product : three kinds of quality : The Sopranos, Shooting the past, Shameless -- State of play : the TV drama industry : new rules of the game -- Pushing the envelope : "edgy" TV drama, Queer as folk, Sex and the City, Carnivàle -- Techniques, technologies and cultural form -- Between global and national : 24 and Spooks, Buried and Oz -- "Quality TV" in context -- Singularity sustained : Blackpool, Casanova, State of play.
9780719073113
2008299586
Television programs--United States.
Television programs--Great Britain.
PN1992.3.U5 / N46 2007
State of play : contemporary "high-end" TV drama / Robin Nelson. - Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 2007. - 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-218) and index.
Introduction : aims, scope, methods, and standpoints -- Mapping the territory, blurring the boundaries -- Distinctive product : three kinds of quality : The Sopranos, Shooting the past, Shameless -- State of play : the TV drama industry : new rules of the game -- Pushing the envelope : "edgy" TV drama, Queer as folk, Sex and the City, Carnivàle -- Techniques, technologies and cultural form -- Between global and national : 24 and Spooks, Buried and Oz -- "Quality TV" in context -- Singularity sustained : Blackpool, Casanova, State of play.
9780719073113
2008299586
Television programs--United States.
Television programs--Great Britain.
PN1992.3.U5 / N46 2007