Television

Fame, the hugely popular 1980 musical film inspired by New York's High School of the Performing Arts, was adapted as a weekly NBC television series in 1982.

Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor.

The popular definition characterizes celebrity as a product of manufacture rather than merit.

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond made its television debut in 1959, nine months before Rod Serling's classic The Twilight Zone, and paved the way for a generation of television programs devoted to paranormal topics such as the occult, ESP, and ghost stories.

This work offers a complete episode guide and comprehensive history of Second City Television.

This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon.

Starring internationally renowned actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse and Catherine Schell, the British-made Space: 1999 was the only truly original space adventure of the mid-1970s.

Before the unprecedented televised presidential debates of 1960, most Americans were able to relate to their leaders in little more than an historical context.

Joss Whedon once identified himself as an "e;angry, hard-line atheist"e; who is nevertheless "e;fascinated by the concept of devotion.

If the made-for-television movie has long been regarded as a poor stepchild of the film industry, then telefilm horror has been the most uncelebrated offspring of all.

This book explores the mechanisms that have driven the evolution of televisual comedy from the classic sitcom, a genre deeply rooted in its theatrical origins, toward a more mature stage of television's history.

On September 19, 1962, The Virginian made its primetime broadcast premiere.

The heroes, villains, and monsters portrayed in such popular science fiction television series as Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Doctor Who, and Torchwood, as well as Joss Whedon's many series, illustrate a shift from traditional, clearly defined characterizations toward much murkier definitions.

The fictionalized Los Angeles of television's Angel is a world filled with literature--from the all-important Shansu prophecy that predicts Angel's return to a state of humanity to the ever-present books dominating the characters' research sessions.

To paraphrase silent movie queen Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's classic 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, "e;The epic miniseries are big!

This reference work presents useful information for every known film and television episode drawn from a Louis L'Amour work.

The object of much debate, attention, and scholarship since it first aired more than 20 years ago, The Simpsons provides excellent, if unexpected, fodder for high school and college lesson plans.

This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations.

This book combines the academic and practical aspects of teaching by exploring the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught, internationally, through both interdisciplinary and discipline-based approaches.

A powerful, behind-the-scenes look at some of America's all-time favorite television programs during their darkest hours, this study examines how various hit series have absorbed the death of a lead actor during production.

This work examines the Gilmore Girls from a post-feminist perspective, evaluating how the show's main female characters and supporting cast fit into the classic portrayal of feminine identity on popular television.

Studying the Star Trek myth from the original 1960s series to the 2009 franchise-reboot film, this book challenges frequent accusations that the Star Trek saga refuses to represent queer sexuality.

When media coverage of courtroom trials came under intense fire in the aftermath of the infamous New Jersey v.

In the early days of television, many of its actors, writers, producers and directors came from radio.

Perhaps best known for his highly acclaimed, short-lived Comedy Central program Chappelle's Show, Dave Chappelle is widely regarded as one of today's most culturally significant comedians.

The face of 1980s television was shaped by a man who stayed behind the scenes.

This book analyzes the evolution of film and television comedy from the 1930s through the present, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each.

By the end of its five-year run on television, The Muppet Show had transformed its motley cast from fistfuls of felt to multi-media celebrities.

No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as has Comedy Central's South Park.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer transcended its cult-comic roots to achieve television success, spawning the spinoff series Angel and an academic movement along the way.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer earned critical acclaim for its use of metaphor to explore the conflicts of growth, power, and transgression.

This book addresses the pervasive representation of women with unique visionary abilities in postfeminist television series and films from the 1990s to the present.

As monsters in popular media have evolved and grown more complex, so have those who take on the job of stalking and staking them.

This work provides a detailed account of lead character Tony Soprano's psychological journey through all episodes of all six seasons of the popular HBO show The Sopranos.

Seemingly the most fantastical of television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer proves on close examination to be firmly rooted in real-world concerns.

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"e;A powerful, timely and much-needed reminder of what can be achieved when community needs, government policy, and technological resources are aligned.

He concludes with a discussion of the recent international success of documentary television as one of Canada's leading cultural exports, examining the effects of globalization and looking forward to the future of this genre.

The first half of Rewind and Search looks at the makers -- the producers, directors, writers, story editors, and actors -- while the second half deals with the decision-makers, issues, policy, and ethos that affect the making of CBC television, including drama.

The book is an attempt to put a human face on one of the most maligned creatures in broadcasting the Censor!

';[Not] the typical celebrity memoir.

You think your life is nuts?

The Ultimate Guide to Friends is your must-have, 100% unofficial companion to the hit 90's TV show.

From the bestselling author of The Ex-Husband, a tense, twisty and emotional thriller which asks: Do we ever really know our children?

In the summer of 2013 David Suchet will film his final scenes as Hercule Poirot.

Coronation Street is the world's longest-running TV soap-opera and a hugely popular national institution.

Vic Reeves' vivid, enchanting, and utterly hilarious childhood memoir is a comic masterpiece.

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For the first time ever a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson.

The rules of entertainment have changed.