The Television Genre Book

Preface (1st Edition)Preface (2nd Edition)Acknowledgments Notes on ContributorsWhat is Genre?Genre Theory - Glen CreeberStudying Genre - Steve NealeTelevision and Genre - Steve NealeThe Uses and Limitations of Genre - Graeme TurnerGenre, Hybridity and Mutations - Graeme TurnerGenre, Format and 'Live' TV - Graeme TurnerGenre Study - Beyond the Text (Lost) - Jason Mittell DramaStudying Drama (G.W. Brandt/J. Tulloch) - Robin NelsonThe Single Play (The Wednesday Play/Play for Today - Glen Creeber)The Western (Alias Smith& Jones) - William Boddy, (Deadwood - Glen Creeber) The Action Series (Man from UNCLE/Avengers) - Toby Miller (24 - Glen Creeber) The Crime Series (Hill Street Blues) - Lez Cooke (CSI) (The Sopranos - Glen Creeber)Hospital Drama (ER) - Jason JacobsScience Fiction (Star Trek) - Luke Hockley (The X-Files - Cathy Johnson), (Dr. Who - Matt Hills)Drama-Documentary (Cathy Come Home/The Last Day - John Corner) The Mini-Series (Roots/The Singing Detective - Glen Creeber) Costume Drama (Pride& Prejudice) - Robin Nelson The Teen Series - Rachel Moseley (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Cathy Johnson).Postmodern Drama (Twin Peaks) - Adrian Page (Ally McBeal - Robin Nelson), (Heroes - Glen Creeber).Soap OperaStudying Soap Opera - Anna McCarthy (Dallas - Glen Creeber).Realism& Soap Opera (Soul City) Anna McCarthy.Soap Operas and their Audiences (A Country Practice) - John TullochThe Telenovela (Brazillian Soaps) - Thomas TufteComedyStudying Comedy - (Humour Theory) - Brett MillsThe Sketch Show (Monty Python's Flying Circus) - Steve Neale, (Brass Eye - Brett Mills)Situation Comedy part 1 - John HartleySituation Comedy part 2 (The Unruly Woman Sitcom) - Jane Feuer, (Sex and the City - Glen Creeber)The 'Gay'& 'Queer' Sitcom (Will& Grace) - Jane Feuer Contemporary Sitcom ('Comedy Vérité') (The Office - Brett Mills).Children's TelevisionStudying Children's Television (Goodnight, Mr. Tom) - Maire Messenger-DaviesThe Child Audience (Pre-school Programming) -

The Editor: Glen Creeber is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of <EM>Serial Television</EM> (2004), editor of <EM>Tele-Visions: An Introduction to Studying Television</EM> (2006) and of a study of <EM>The Singing Detective</EM> in the BFI TV Classics series (2007).