Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond

by Janet McCabe and Kim Akass

Book Overview

In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quality TV as 'best defined by what it is not': 'it is not "regular" TV'. Audacious maybe, but his statement renewed debate on the meaning of this highly contentious term. Dealing primarily with the post-1996 era shaped by digital technologies and defined by consumer choice and brand marketing, this book brings together leading scholars, established journalists and experienced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845115112
• ISBN13: 9781845115111
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"