TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,Robin TI - State of play: contemporary "high-end" TV drama SN - 9780719073113 AV - PN1992.3.U5 N46 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Television programs KW - United States KW - Great Britain N1 - 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 ER -