This paper vindicates the current US television drama as an example of quality television able to entertain the audience and to stimulate its intelligence as well with complex dramatic structures and thematic density. The starting point is Robert S. Thompson's statement that in the eighties the US television began his second golden age. Next we will analyze four network dramas, two remarkable for their thematic quality (The west wing and Buffy, the vampire slayer) and two for their fascinating plot structures (24 and Lost)
After decades of academic debate on the differences between television and cinema aesthetics, televi...
Across the industry, television underwent massive changes during the first years of the twenty-first c...
This thesis explores the changing perceptions of telefantasy’s legitimacy over two periods of televi...
Something has happened in the world of television drama. For the last decade and a half America has ...
Television is an ever-evolving and multi-dimensional medium, being at once a technology, an industry...
The notion of ‘quality television’ has undergone endless revisions over the last three decades. Give...
Dealing primarily with the post-1996 era shaped by digital technologies and defined by consumer choi...
Book synopsis: In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quali...
Joyard (2003) refers to the past decade as the Golden Age of the American series, mostly in connect...
‘The greatest successes of television have been triumphs of transmission, not of invention....’ Gilb...
Serial Television focuses on contemporary television drama, offering detailed accounts of hugely pop...
Few innovations of the 20th century can top the television in overall effect on culture and daily li...
© 2021 Andrew David LynchQuality Television is a genre that prioritises realism and cultural distinc...
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology of analysis of TV series, taking into account ...
Seeing It on Television: Televisuality in the Contemporary US ‘High-end’ Series is co-authored by Do...
After decades of academic debate on the differences between television and cinema aesthetics, televi...
Across the industry, television underwent massive changes during the first years of the twenty-first c...
This thesis explores the changing perceptions of telefantasy’s legitimacy over two periods of televi...
Something has happened in the world of television drama. For the last decade and a half America has ...
Television is an ever-evolving and multi-dimensional medium, being at once a technology, an industry...
The notion of ‘quality television’ has undergone endless revisions over the last three decades. Give...
Dealing primarily with the post-1996 era shaped by digital technologies and defined by consumer choi...
Book synopsis: In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quali...
Joyard (2003) refers to the past decade as the Golden Age of the American series, mostly in connect...
‘The greatest successes of television have been triumphs of transmission, not of invention....’ Gilb...
Serial Television focuses on contemporary television drama, offering detailed accounts of hugely pop...
Few innovations of the 20th century can top the television in overall effect on culture and daily li...
© 2021 Andrew David LynchQuality Television is a genre that prioritises realism and cultural distinc...
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology of analysis of TV series, taking into account ...
Seeing It on Television: Televisuality in the Contemporary US ‘High-end’ Series is co-authored by Do...
After decades of academic debate on the differences between television and cinema aesthetics, televi...
Across the industry, television underwent massive changes during the first years of the twenty-first c...
This thesis explores the changing perceptions of telefantasy’s legitimacy over two periods of televi...