Television: styles and genres

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Joss Whedon's work presents various representations of home spaces that give depth to his stories and storytelling.

Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV history.

The zombie--popular culture's undead darling--shows no signs of stopping.

The 2018 Netflix series Altered Carbon is a vital contribution to the cyberpunk renaissance, among such titles as Snowpiercer or Blade Runner 2049.

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The Duffer Brothers' award-winning Stranger Things exploded onto the pop culture scene in 2016.

NBC's Hannibal only lasted for three seasons but became a critical darling and quickly inspired a ravenous fanbase.

In the early days of television, "e;comedy"e; often meant stale vaudeville routines and stand-up.

Joss Whedon's works, across all media including television, film, musicals, and comic books, are known for their commitment to gender and sexual equality.

Game of Thrones, one of the hottest series on television, leaves hundreds of critics divided on how "e;feminist"e; the show really is.

First published in 1967, The American Male explores broad social patterns and major societal trends as they affect men in America.

More than sixty years after the The Twilight Zone debuted on television, the show remains a cultural phenomenon, including a feature film, three television reboots, a comic book series, a magazine and a theatrical production.

Through its six-season run, television's Grimm used the extraordinary to illuminate the complexity of the ordinary.

Korea has fully stepped onto the global stage in stunning strides.

"e;The definitive Friends history"e; that explores all aspects of the classic hit television show (Entertainment Weekly).

In this book, originally published in Britain in 1971, and reissued here with a new preface, Eleanor Hamilton provides an enlightened and practical guide to the problems of sex and love for the increasing number of young men and women who wanted to enjoy a full and rich relationship before marriage, still frowned upon at the time.

In this book, originally published in Britain in 1971, and reissued here with a new preface, Eleanor Hamilton provides an enlightened and practical guide to the problems of sex and love for the increasing number of young men and women who wanted to enjoy a full and rich relationship before marriage, still frowned upon at the time.

Science fiction and horror television shows predict how the world might be different if zombies were real, or if artificial intelligence could develop consciousness.

In The Philosophy of The X-Files, Dean A.

In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor.

Given the limitless freedom of animation, why would anyone use it to make a sitcom about a struggling family-owned burger place?

From the beginning, both Robert Kirkman's comics and AMC's series of The Walking Dead have brought controversy in their presentations of race, gender and sexuality.

Despite the fact that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended over twenty-five years ago, there has yet to be a stand-alone assessment of the series.

Most horror film fans are familiar with the movie classics, from the early Universal archetypes to the Hammer landmarks--all of which have been celebrated in countless books and magazines.

The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film.

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The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades.

This is the first book to take a deep dive into the philosophical, social, moral, political, and religious issues tackled by Seth MacFarlane's marvelous space adventure, The Orville.

Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most inventive American films of the 1980s.

When Sydney Newman conceived the idea for Doctor Who in 1963, he envisioned a show in which the Doctor and his companions would visit and observe, but not interfere with, events in history.

Supernatural is one of the most successful horror TV shows ever, providing fifteen seasons of the adventures of Dean and Sam Winchester as they hunt monsters and save the world.

The BBC America series Orphan Black (2013-2017) won acclaim for its compelling writing, resonant themes and innovative special effects.

As properties of DC comics continue to sprout over the years, narratives that were once kept sacrosanct now spill over into one another, synergizing into one bona fide creative Universe.

The ever-popular "e;Whedonverse"e; television shows--Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse--have inspired hundreds of articles and dozens of books.

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Over its five seasons on the air, the televised series Outlander has combined romance, adventure, history, and time travel into a classic saga of love, war, and the ties that bind family together.

Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany plays a host of the show's main characters, all clones of an illegal experiment.

In 1995, Star Trek: Voyager brought a new dynamic to Star Trek's familiar, starship oriented, show.

This book explores vampire narratives that have been expressed across multiple media and new technologies.

NBC's Grimm is an understudied series full of compelling characters, including Monroe, the charmingly knowledgeable vegetarian who looks like a werewolf; Wu, the funny cop who beats his way to the truth; Adalind, the enjoyably vengeful, risk-taking witch; Trubel, the furious young loner accused of insanity; Kelly, a powerful older warrior-woman; Nick, a compassionate detective; Hank, Juliette, Rosalee and others.

Vampire narratives are generally thought of as adult or young adult fare, yet there is a long history of their appearance in books, film and other media meant for children.

Since the emergence of on-demand streaming platforms, television as a storytelling medium has drastically changed.

Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House has received both critical acclaim and heaps of contempt for its reimagining of Shirley Jackson's seminal horror novel.

The story of Star Trek's resurrection between the 1969 cancellation of the original series and the 1979 release of Robert Wise's Star Trek--The Motion Picture, has become legend and like so many other legends, it tends to get printed instead of the facts.

Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s.

Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters.

In recent decades, science fiction in both print and visual media has produced an outpouring of story lines that feature forms of simulated reality.

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One of FX's most successful original productions, Sons of Anarchy roared onto the screen in 2008 and dominated the cable network's programming for seven seasons.

This collection of new essays examines how the injection of supernatural creatures and mythologies transformed the hugely popular crime procedural television genre.