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.
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.
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