Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-218) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : aims, scope, methods, and standpoints -- Mapping the territory : blurring the boundaries -- Distinctive product : three kinds of quality : The Sopranos, Shooting the past, Shameless -- State of play : the TV drama industry : new rules of the game -- Pushing the envelope : edgy TV drama, Queer as folk, Sex and the City, Carnivàle -- Techniques, technologies and cultural form -- Between global and national : 24 and Spooks, Buried and Oz -- Quality TV in context -- Singularity sustained : Blackpool, Casanova, State of play.
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