| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 520 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Television and popular culture
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Television and popular culture.
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| Summary |
"TV finales fascinate us because they bring universes to an end--in the case of long-running shows, very complicated universes--exposing in the process our cultural obsessions, our 'reading' practices, our imagined identities, our fascination with television. This volume brings together the work of 63 scholars in 71 essays, each essay discussing a different television finale"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
As the world turns / Sam Ford -- Ashes to ashes / Karen Hellekson -- Babylon 5 / Ensley F. Guffey -- Barney Miller / David Scott Diffrient -- Battlestar Galactica / Martha P. Nochimson -- Boston legal / Barbara Villez -- Breaking bad / K. Dale Koontz -- Buffy the vampire slayer / Elizabeth L. Rambo -- Carnivàle / Erika Johnson-Lewis -- Cheers / Mitchell E. Shapiro -- The Colbert report / Keith Brand -- Dark shadows / Jeff Thompson -- Dawson's Creek / Lori Bindig Yousman -- Dexter / Sue Turnbull and Renee Middlemost -- The Dick Van Dyke show / Mark Dawidziak -- Downton Abbey / David Hinckley -- ER / Stephen Spignesi -- Family ties / Alice Leppert -- Friends / Shelley Cobb and Hannah Hamad -- Fringe / Stacey Abbott -- The fugitive / Douglas L. Howard -- Gilmore girls / Katheryn Wright -- Girls / Eric Gould -- Hill Street blues / Ronald Wilson -- Homicide / Jonathan Nichols-Pethick -- House M.D. / Douglas Snauffer -- How I met your mother / Clinton Bryant and Katheryn Wright -- Howdy Doody / Michael Donovan -- Jericho / Jeffrey Bussolini -- Justified / Stephanie Graves -- The l word / Teresa Forde -- The Larry Sanders show / Dean DeFino -- Life on Mars (UK) / Trisha Dunleavy -- Lost / Nikki Stafford -- Mad men / Douglas L. Howard -- The Mary Tyler Moore show / Dana Heller -- M*A*S*H / David Scott Diffrient -- Moonlighting / Karin Beeler -- Newhart / Cynthia Burkhead -- Nichols / David Bianculli -- Nurse Jackie / Joanne Morreale -- The office (UK) / Asokan Nirmalarajah -- The office (US) / J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- Oz / Bill Yousman -- Prime suspect / Deborah Jermyn -- The prisoner / Joanne Morreale -- Quantum leap / Lincoln Geraghty -- Rectify / Eric Gould -- Roseanne / Michele Byers -- Seinfeld / Zeke Jarvis -- Sex and the city / Kim Akass -- The shield / Douglas L. Howard -- 6 feet under / Eric Gould -- Smallville / Stan Beeler -- Sons of anarchy / Amanda Potter -- The Sopranos / Gary R. Edgerton -- Spaced / Lynne Hibberd -- St. Elsewhere / Robert J. Thompson -- Star Trek: the next generation / Jason P. Vest -- That was the week that was / David Bianculli -- Rock / Amy M. Damico -- The tonight show starring Johnny Carson / Bill Brioux -- Torchwood / Lynnette Porter -- True blood / Teresa Forde -- Twin Peaks / Adam Ochonicky -- Veronica Mars / Joseph S. Walker -- The West Wing / Gary Gravely -- Will and Grace / Brett Mills -- The wire / Paul R. Wright -- Xena: warrior princess / Amanda Potter -- The X-files / Lorna Jowett. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Television series -- History and criticism.
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Television series. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Howard, Douglas L., 1966- editor.
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Bianculli, David, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Television finales. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018 9780815636045 (DLC) 2018031406 |
| ISBN |
9780815654476 (electronic book) |
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0815654472 (electronic book) |
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9780815636045 |
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9780815611059 |
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0815611056 |
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