Madeleine Liseblad is an assistant professor at Middle Tennessee State’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media and she received her Ph.D. from Arizona State’s Cronkite School. Liseblad has extensive professional experience in journalism and conducts mainly historical research centering on television news.

“This analysis of the role of American TV news consultants in the UK in the 1990s is an excellent overview of the impact of consultants on the BBC and ITV. Professor Liseblad’s analysis is a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the impact of the American style of TV journalism in Europe. The combination of analysis of consultant archives and interviews with both consultants and journalists adds insight to our understanding of the Americanization of TV news around the world.”—Sam Swan, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee

• List of Illustrations – Preface – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Research Scope and Approach – The American Format: Inviting the Viewer into the Action – European and British Broadcasting: Informational Public Service, Fearful of Americanization – Crossing the Atlantic: American Consultants Tackling Research, Training; Similarities and Differences between the BBC and ITV – The News: All-Encompassing Changes – Visibility and Likability: Changing Talent Roles – Unstoppable Movement: Strong Societal Forces at Play – Good Storytelling: Contextualizing the British Transformation, Surprises and Implications – Appendix – Interview Subjects – Frank N. Magid Associates, Partial Client List – Bibliography – Index.

Madeleine Liseblad is an assistant professor at Middle Tennessee State’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media and she received her Ph.D. from Arizona State’s Cronkite School. Liseblad has extensive professional experience in journalism and conducts mainly historical research centering on television news.

“This analysis of the role of American TV news consultants in the UK in the 1990s is an excellent overview of the impact of consultants on the BBC and ITV. Professor Liseblad’s analysis is a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the impact of the American style of TV journalism in Europe. The combination of analysis of consultant archives and interviews with both consultants and journalists adds insight to our understanding of the Americanization of TV news around the world.”—Sam Swan, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee

• List of Illustrations – Preface – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Research Scope and Approach – The American Format: Inviting the Viewer into the Action – European and British Broadcasting: Informational Public Service, Fearful of Americanization – Crossing the Atlantic: American Consultants Tackling Research, Training; Similarities and Differences between the BBC and ITV – The News: All-Encompassing Changes – Visibility and Likability: Changing Talent Roles – Unstoppable Movement: Strong Societal Forces at Play – Good Storytelling: Contextualizing the British Transformation, Surprises and Implications – Appendix – Interview Subjects – Frank N. Magid Associates, Partial Client List – Bibliography – Index.

Madeleine Liseblad is an assistant professor at Middle Tennessee State’s School of Journalism and Strategic Media and she received her Ph.D. from Arizona State’s Cronkite School. Liseblad has extensive professional experience in journalism and conducts mainly historical research centering on television news.

“This analysis of the role of American TV news consultants in the UK in the 1990s is an excellent overview of the impact of consultants on the BBC and ITV. Professor Liseblad’s analysis is a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the impact of the American style of TV journalism in Europe. The combination of analysis of consultant archives and interviews with both consultants and journalists adds insight to our understanding of the Americanization of TV news around the world.”—Sam Swan, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee

• List of Illustrations – Preface – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Research Scope and Approach – The American Format: Inviting the Viewer into the Action – European and British Broadcasting: Informational Public Service, Fearful of Americanization – Crossing the Atlantic: American Consultants Tackling Research, Training; Similarities and Differences between the BBC and ITV – The News: All-Encompassing Changes – Visibility and Likability: Changing Talent Roles – Unstoppable Movement: Strong Societal Forces at Play – Good Storytelling: Contextualizing the British Transformation, Surprises and Implications – Appendix – Interview Subjects – Frank N. Magid Associates, Partial Client List – Bibliography – Index.