TV Milestones Series – serie
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46 produkter
Miami Vice
Häftad, 2010
282 kr
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There may be no more iconic image of mid-1980s network television than Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs speeding down Biscayne Boulevard in Crockett’s sleek black Ferrari on Miami Vice. With its unprecedented $1.3 million-per-episode budget and executive producer Michael Mann at the helm, Miami …
Twin Peaks
Av Julie Grossman, Will Scheibel
Häftad, 2020
294 kr
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Julie Grossman and Will Scheibel's enthusiastic book on the television series Twin Peaks takes fans through the world that Mark Frost and David Lynch created and examines its impact on society, genre, and the television industry. Grossman and Scheibel explore the influences of melodrama and film …
West Wing
Av Janet McCabe
Häftad, 2012
290 kr
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With its fast and furious dialogue, crackling wit, and political savvy, The West Wing became appointment TV for millions during its seven-season run between 1999 and 2006. The behind-the-scenes ensemble drama about Washington politics premiered on the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, was the …
Homicide: Life on the Street
Häftad, 2021
251 kr
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Renowned for its unique visual style, Homicide: Life on the Street fundamentally changed the police procedural genre. The show broke records, featured memorable characters, and launched careers--most notably that of David Simon, whose own nonfiction book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, …
Rifleman
Häftad, 2005
294 kr
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The Rifleman is perhaps the most significant and intelligent of the TV westerns from the late 1950s - an era when the western was the dominant television genre. With its story of a single father raising a son in 1880s New Mexico, ""The Rifleman"" offered many alternatives to the conventions of the …
Disney TV
Av J.P. Telotte
Häftad, 2004
294 kr
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The year 2004 marks the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney Company's network television series Disneyland/The Wonderful World of Color. The series, part of Walt Disney's quest to re-create American entertainment, premiered October 27, 1954, on ABC and was the longest-lived program in television …
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Av Marcia Landy
Häftad, 2005
294 kr
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One of the most innovative comedic programs to air on television, Monty Python's Flying Circus was a mix of the carnivalesque and the critical. The show has become famous for eschewing many of the conventions of situation comedy: the fully formed and coherent script, narrative closure, predictable …
Perry Mason
Häftad, 2005
294 kr
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Perry Mason was one of the most successful television programs from the 1950s and remains one of the most influential crime melodramas from any period. The show's influence goes far beyond its nine-year tenure (1957-66), the millions of dollars it generated for its creators and for CBS, and the …
Bewitched
Av Walter Metz
Häftad, 2007
277 kr
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The classic situation comedy ""Bewitched"" chronicled the everyday lives of Samantha, a witch, and Darrin Stephens, her mortal husband, dramatizing the often-humorous troubles caused by their ""mixed marriage."" For much of its eight-year run, Bewitched enjoyed strong popularity because of its …
Flip Wilson Show
Häftad, 2008
277 kr
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This title analyzes the social, political, and institutional context of ""The Flip Wilson Show"", which ran on NBC between 1970 and 1974.When ""The Flip Wilson Show"" debuted on NBC in 1970, the major legislative victories of the civil rights movement had been won, but the broadcast airwaves were …
I Love Lucy
Av Lori Landay
Häftad, 2010
294 kr
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This is an analysis of ""I Love Lucy"", one of the best loved sitcoms in the history of American television. ""I Love Lucy"" aired for six seasons between 1951 and 1957 as a top-rated weekly sitcom, and its characters appeared in thirteen hour-long specials between 1958 and 1960. In ""I Love …
Sex and the City
Häftad, 2009
294 kr
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This title examines the full run of ""Sex and the City"" and its production background, place in television history, innovations to the genre, and reception.With its bold depiction of four female friends navigating the pitfalls of Manhattan's dating scene, ""Sex and the City"", which aired on HBO …
Doctor Who
Av Jim Leach
Häftad, 2009
277 kr
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This is a comprehensive account of ""Doctor Who"" as a television series and product of popular culture. ""Doctor Who"", the iconic British science-fiction series following a time-traveling alien scientist, was first broadcast November 23, 1963, on BBC Television. Though modestly conceived and …
Angel
Häftad, 2009
277 kr
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Following the phenomenal success of the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the WB Network, writers and producers Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt moved their character Angel to his own spin-off series in 1999. While Angel, which followed its namesake vampire with a soul who had …
M*a*S*H
Häftad, 2008
294 kr
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Few American television series are as deeply entrenched in twentieth-century popular culture as M*A*S*H, a Korean War medical comedy characterized by its dark tone and finesse in tackling serious social and political issues. By the end of its run, M*A*S*H had been a mainstream hit for several …
Gilligan's Island
Av Walter Metz
Häftad, 2012
290 kr
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An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island addressing key questions about American social life in the 1960s.
Honeymooners
Av Wayne State University Press
Häftad, 2009
277 kr
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This title examines the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of the Honeymooners in the context of postwar American values. "The Honeymooners" chronicles the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden and his wife, Alice, as they search for domestic happiness inside a confining …
Sopranos
Häftad, 2013
294 kr
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From its premiere in 1999, The Sopranos captivated viewers with its easily relatable protagonist who has troubles at work and home, and went on to be one of the most critically successful shows in television history. By demonstrating that TV could be at once artistic and profitable, complex and …
Hogan's Heroes
Häftad, 2011
294 kr
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Hogan's Heroes originally aired between 1965 and 1971 on CBS, corresponding to the most uncertain years of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. In an era when attitudes about the military, patriotism, and authority were undergoing a sea change, Hogan's Heroes did not offer direct commentary on …
Fugitive
Häftad, 2011
294 kr
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A social, cultural, historical, and institutional analysis of the classic original series, The Fugitive.
Dark Shadows
Häftad, 2011
294 kr
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While supernatural events have become fairly commonplace on daytime television in recent decades, Dark Shadows, which aired on ABC between 1966 and 1971, pioneered this format when it blended the vampires, werewolves, warlocks, and witches of fictional Collinsport, Maine, with standard soap opera …
Deadwood
Av Ina Rae Hark
Häftad, 2012
294 kr
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A definitive study of David Milch’s HBO series Deadwood in the context of the television western as a genre and the intersection of capital and violence in American history.
Donna Reed Show
Häftad, 2012
294 kr
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At a time when television offered limited opportunities for women, Donna Reed was an Oscar-winning Hollywood actress who became both producer (though largely uncredited) and star of her own television show. Distinct from the patriarchal family sitcoms of the era, The Donna Reed Show’s storylines …
Wire
Av Sherryl Vint
Häftad, 2013
294 kr
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Frequently described by creator David Simon as a novel for television, The Wire redefined the police serial format by unfolding its narrative across many episodes, constructing themes for each of its seasons, and refusing to portray individual crimes outside of their social context. While it never …
Batman
Av Matt Yockey
Häftad, 2014
294 kr
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ABC’s action-comedy series Batman (1966–68) famously offered a dual address in its wildly popular portayal of a comic book hero in a live action format. Children uncritically accepted the show’s plots and characters, who were guided by lofty ideals and social values, while adults reacted to the …
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
Av Ken Feil
Häftad, 2014
277 kr
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The highest-rated network program during its first three seasons, comedy-variety show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (NBC, 1968–1973) remains an often overlooked and underrated innovator of American television history. Audiences of all kinds - old and young, square and hip, black and white, straight …
L Word
Häftad, 2014
277 kr
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In January 2004, Showtime debuted The L Word, the first prime-time commercial drama to centre around lesbian characters. Over the course of six seasons, the show depicted the lives and loves of an evolving circle of friends in West Hollywood, California, and was widely read as evidence of changing …
24
Häftad, 2014
294 kr
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For eight seasons between 2001 and 2010, Fox’s 24 garnered critical accolades and became one of the most watched and discussed shows in primetime. In an innovative premise, the show’s hour-long episodes were meant to represent a real-time hour of the story, so that each twenty-four-episode season …
Maverick
Av Dennis Broe
Häftad, 2015
277 kr
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Airing on ABC from 1957 to 1962, Maverick appeared at a key moment in television Western history and provided a distinct alternative to the genre’s usual moralistic lawmen in its hero, Bret Maverick. A non-violent gambler and part-time con man, Maverick’s principles revolved around pleasure and not …
X-Files
Häftad, 2016
290 kr
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Premiering in 1993 on FOX Network, The X-Files followed the investigations of two FBI special agents, Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully as they pursued the supernatural, the bizarre, and the alien, as well as the government conspiracies at work to conceal the truth of their existence. For nine …
