Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-227) and index.
Contents
Television genres as cultural categories -- Before the scandals--genre historiography and the cultural history of the quiz show -- From Saturday morning to around the clock--the industrial practices of television cartoons -- Audiences talk genres--talk shows and the intersections of taste and identity -- Policing genres--Dragnet's texts and generic contexts -- Making fun of genres--the politics of parody and genre mixing in Soap and The Simpsons.
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