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Boardwalk Empire: The Untold History of Television
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Popular Television in Eastern Europe During and Since Socialism
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50 Years Of Television In Australia
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The Frankenstein Legend: A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff: In The Books, Plays, Movies, Television, Radio, Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Animation
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Byte Sized Television: Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet
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Prestige Television: Cultural and Artistic Value in Twenty-First-Century America
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Envisioning Media Power: On Capital and Geographies of Television
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Television Studies: The Key Concepts
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The Many Lives of The Twilight Zone: Essays on the Television and Film Franchise
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Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status
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Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999
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Transmasculinity on Television
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Channeling Wonder: Fairy Tales on Television
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A History of Regional Commercial Television in Australia
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You Are My Happy Ending: Schitt's Creek and the Legacy of Queer Television
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The Art and Craft of TV Directing: Conversations with Episodic Television Directors
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Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
Follow the Witch Through Decades of American Entertainment Deviant mistress of the dark arts. Goddess worshipper dancing in the moonlight. Crystal-wielding bookworm with a black hat and broom. We recognize the witch because
Adapting Television Drama: Theory and Industry
This book explores adaptation in its various forms in contemporary television drama. It considers the mechanics of adaptation as an ever-more prevalent form of production, most notably in the reworking of literary sources for television. It also e
Television News and the Elderly: Broadcast Managers' Attitudes Toward Older Adults
This concise survey investigates the television general managers' and news directors' attitudes towards the elderly in the United States. Originally published in 1997, it raises important issues of ageing in relation to the media with specific foc
Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation: Big Business Critiqued in the Films and Television Programs
Screenwriter, director, producer and comic book author Joss Whedon is best known for his television series and films featuring villainous vampires, angry gods and even bloggers who wish to rule the world. Within these works is a prevalent yet comm
New Dimensions of Doctor Who: Adventures in Space, Time and Television
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Children, Youth, and American Television
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Contemporary Westerns: Film and Television since 1990
Though one of the most popular genres for decades, the western started to lose its relevance in the 1960s and 1970s, and by the early 1980s it had ridden into the sunset on screens both big and small. The genre has enjoyed a resurgence, however, a
Renegade Hero or Faux Rogue: The Secret Traditionalism of Television Bad Boys
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