Genre and Television : from Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture (Paperback)

Introduction: Genres that Matter 1. Television Genres as Cultural Categories2. Before the Scandals: Genre Historiography and the Cultural History of the Quiz Show3.From Saturday Morning to Around the Clock: The Industrial Practices of Television Cartoons4. Audiences Talk Genres: Talk Shows and the Intersections of Taste and Identity5.Policing Genres: Dragnet's Texts and Generic Contexts6. Making Fun of Genres-The Politics of Parody and Genre Mixing in Soap and The Simpsons Conclusion: Some Reflections on Reality TelevisionNotesAppendicesIndex