Television category: 3830 books
Outlander's Sassenachs
Essays on Gender, Race, Orientation and the Other in the Novels and Television Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
A time travel epic featuring history and romance, Outlander—unlike most adventure series—is aimed at women audiences. The kilted male characters, the female narrator, the fantastic period costumes are atypical of male-gendered television. Both the show and the novels on which it is based address...
Out of Time
The Deaths and Resurrections of Doctor Who
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Doctor Who is one of television’s most enduring and ubiquitously popular series. This study contends that the success of the show lies in its ability, over more than half a century, to develop its core concepts and perspectives: alienation, scientific rationalism and moral idealism. The most extraordinary...
by John McCullough
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
For eight seasons between 2001 and 2010, Fox’s 24 garnered critical accolades and became one of the most watched and discussed shows in primetime. In an innovative premise, the show’s hour-long episodes were meant to represent a real-time hour of the story, so that each twenty-four-episode season...
Frasier
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
After America’s most pompous barhound left the Cheer’s gang in Boston, he returned to Seattle and found himself surrounded by an equally colorful cast of friends and family alike. For eleven seasons, radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane contended with his blue-collar ex-cop father Martin, English...
Bowler Hats and Kinky Boots
The Unoffical and Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
‘Always keep your bowler on in times of stress. And watch out for diabolical masterminds.’ The Avengers is one of the most stylish and influential television series of all time, blending action and adventure with outrageous villains and a camp sense of fun. It introduced the public to the central...
Mastering the Game of Thrones
Essays on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is a worldwide phenomenon, and the world of Westeros has seen multiple adaptations, from HBO’s acclaimed television series to graphic novels, console games and orchestral soundtracks. This collection of new essays investigates what makes this...
Cable Visions
Television Beyond Broadcasting
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Cable television, on the brink of a boom in the 1970s, promised audiences a new media frontier-an expansive new variety of entertainment and information choices. Music video, 24–hour news, 24-hour weather, movie channels, children's channels, home shopping, and channels targeting groups based on...
by Catherine Hapka
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Lost, the television series, takes place on a remote South Pacific island, where a plane crash has left 48 survivors stranded. These novelizations focus on survivors who are not main characters on the television series—adding depth to the show, and also offering new and compelling stories and characters...
Women in Game of Thrones
Power, Conformity and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Game of Thrones, one of the hottest series on television, leaves hundreds of critics divided on how “feminist” the show really is. Certainly the female characters, strong and weak, embody a variety of archetypes—widow queens, warrior women, damsels in distress, career women, priestesses, crones,...
The Making of Outlander: The Series
The Official Guide to Seasons Three & Four
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
See how the story of Jamie Frasier and Claire Beauchamp Randall comes to life on the screen with this official, photo-filled companion to the third and fourth seasons of the hit Starz television series based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander novels.
From its very first episode, the...
by Tara Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Collected from a truly expansive exploration of television’s most creative minds, Showrunners is an insider’s guide to creating and maintaining a hit show in today’s golden age of television. The official companion to the documentary Showrunners, this highly informative book features exclusive...
TV Female Foursomes and Their Fans
Featuring The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Living Single, Sex and the City, Girlfriends, Cashmere Mafia and Hot in Cleveland
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Living Single, Sex and the City, Girlfriends, Cashmere Mafia and Hot in Cleveland stand out as some of America’s favorite television series. Their lovable “female foursome” characters engage in witty banter as they challenge American stereotypes about sex,...
by Skip Pizzi, Graham Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers is the leading publication on the basics of broadcast technology. Whether you are new to the industry or do not have an engineering background, this book will give you a comprehensive primer of television, radio, and digital media relating to broadcast—it...
TIME Star Trek
Inside the Most Influential Science Fiction Series Ever
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Fifty years after the birth of the Star Trek phenomenon, the legacy is as alive as ever. In 2016 and 2017, both a new film and television installation will be added to the historic franchise, totaling thirteen feature films and six television series, causing Trekkies to rejoice around the world. The...