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This book explores how news and information about the conflict in Northern Ireland was disseminated through the most accessible, powerful and popular form of media: television. -- .

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This book explores how news and information about the conflict in Northern Ireland was disseminated through the most accessible, powerful and popular form of media: television. -- .

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From the stage of the Grand Ole Opry to concert halls around the world, and on television'sHee HawandPrime Time Country, Cousin Minnie Pearl entertained fans and friends with her stories about Grinder's Switch and her jokes.

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Discusses the depiction of various issues facing the church of their times in programs such as "The Flying Nun (1967-1970)", "The Father Dowling Mysteries (1989-1990)", and "7th Heaven (1996-2007)". This title addresses the role of women in the church, clerics reconsidering their call, the sexuality of clerics, and the ecumenical movement.

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Chronicles the phenomenon of a television programme that has commanded first place in the ratings since its premier in 1984. This book provides detailed examination of the show's production, audience profiles, and international reviews and reactions to it.

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Now that television shows can live forever as DVD sets, the stories they can tell have changed; television episodes are now crafted as chapters in a season-long novel instead of free-standing stories. This book examines how this significant shift in storytelling occurred.

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This volume highlights North American animated television series broadcast between 1948 and 2016, providing credits for their original broadcast period and significant members of the cast and crew, as well as short descriptive and critical analyses.

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Explores the wide range of ethical issues raised by reality TV and then questions whether the genre is ultimately good or harmful for society.

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Explores the wide range of ethical issues raised by reality TV and then questions whether the genre is ultimately good or harmful for society.

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This collection examines the representation of female teachers on television from the advent of the medium to the present day, providing insight into its evolution across both time and genre.

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This edited volume explores the interiors of Breaking Badits homes and labs, elevators and liminal spaces, pools and ventilation ductsnot only as meaningful, conceptual backdrops to the action of the series but also as unexplored pathways into the characters own interior, mental spaces.

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The BBC television series Doctor Who has been a cherished cornerstone of science fiction for five decades. This edited collection provides critical analyses of the series, connecting popular culture and academia through its exploration of the rich intersection of language, lit...

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This collection grounds contemporary anxieties about race and class, domesticity and American exceptionalism in its nineteenth-century setting through a close reading of the Deadwood series.

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This collection grounds contemporary anxieties about race and class, domesticity and American exceptionalism in its nineteenth-century setting through a close reading of the Deadwood series.

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From angels to demons, "The Mythology of Supernatural" explores the religious roots and the ancient folklore of the otherworldly entities that brothers Sam and Dean Winchester face on the hit television show "Supernatural"--and that have inhabited the shadows of human imagination across countless cultures and centuries.

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An unauthorized book that reveals all the mistakes and inconsistencies in each episode of the most successful syndicated TV series of all time--Star Trek: The Next Generation. Includes trivia questions, fun facts, great lines, quizzes, brief plot synopses, and other features.

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This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990sthat of conspiratorial science fiction.

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If television programming is normally considered a wasteland, then "The Sopranos" may be thought of as a jungle: richly coloured, teeming with life, dark with mystery. This work helps us understand exactly why we can't get enough of Tony Soprano and that colourful mafia family that we hate to love and often love to hate.

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This is a history of the first 25 years of the groundbreaking program, The Today Show, from 1952-1977. The author looks at the aspects that contributed to Today's success-from the producers to the on air talent-and ultimately earned it a significant place in broadcast history....

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This book provides an up-to-date account of how reality TV has developed, why it has become the most popular genre on television today, and how the explosion in reality TV signals new developments in American media culture.