| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 PROGRAMMING THE CRISIS: The Police Drama in the Post-Network Era; 3 THE POLICE DRAMA IN TRANSITION: Reconstituting the Cultural Forum in the 1980s; 4 STOP MAKING SENSE: Reflection, Realism, and Community in Homicide; 5 DO THE RIGHT THING: NYPD Blue and the Making of the Model Citizen; 6 ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER: Crime and the Commerce of Law & Order; 7 THIS COP'S FOR YOU: The Multiple Logics of the 21st Century Police Drama; 8 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres in American television. In TV Cops, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick argues that, perhaps more than any other genre, the police series in all its manifestations-from Hill Street Blues to Miami Vice to The Wire-embodies the full range of the cultural dynamics of television. Exploring the textual, industrial, and social contexts of police shows on American television, this book demonstrates how polices drama play a vital role in the way we understand and engage issues of social orde |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery television programs -- United States -- History and criticism
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Television cop shows -- United States -- History and criticism
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Detective and mystery television programs
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Television cop shows
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203855027 |
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0203855027 |
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