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Transatlantic television drama : industries, programs, and fans
Title
Transatlantic television drama : industries, programs, and fans / edited by Matt Hills, Michele Hilmes, and Roberta Pearson.
ISBN
9780190663124
019066312X
9780190663131
0190663138
9780190663162
9780190663148
9780190663155
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary
"This collection explores the current wave of US/UK television dramas, focusing on industry strategies, performance styles, issues of 'quality,' and audience receptions. It covers key programs including Black Mirror, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones and Sherlock. Issues of national identity, streaming services, and transnational fan cultures are all explored"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: flying the flag for contemporary transatlantic television drama / Matt Hills, Michele Hilmes and Roberta Pearson
Making Masterpiece matter: the transnational cultural work of America's longest-running prime-time drama series / Michele Hilmes
BBC America: cloning drama for a transnational network / Chris Becker
Branding bridges: sky Atlantic, 'quality' imports and brand integration / Sam Ward
Traveling Without a passport: "original" streaming content in the transatlantic distribution ecosystem / Karen Petruska and Faye Woods
Sherlock and Elementary: the cultural and temporal value of high-end and routine transatlantic television drama / Roberta Pearson
Mainstream trends and masterpiece traditions: ITV's Downton Abbey as a hit heritage drama for Masterpiece in the US / Eva Redvall
Boundary collisions in HBO-BBC transnational coproduction: Rome and Parade's End / Robin Nelson
Meta-commentary and mythology: episodes as a performance of transatlantic TV / Jonathan Bignell
Game of Thrones: investigating British acting / Gary Cassidy and Simone Knox
Black Mirror as a Netflix original: programme brand "overflow" and the multi-discursive forms of transatlantic TV fandom / Matt Hills
Contextualizing quality US television programs for the UK: The Guardian's media and televisions blogs and the role of critics / Paul Rixon
Fans, fezzes and freebies: branding British television series at the San Diego Comic Con / Lincoln Geraghty
From imagined communities to contact zones: American monoculture in transatlantic fandoms / Lori Hitchcock Morimoto
Crossing over the Atlantic: SuperWhoLock as transnational/transcultural fan text / Paul Booth.
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