From the Book - Second edition.
Introduction: An Owner's Manual for Television / Ethan Thompson and Jason Mittell --
Better Call Saul: The Prestige Spinoff / Jason Mittell --
Empire: Fashioning Blackness / Racquel Gates --
House: Narrative Complexity / Amanda D. Lotz --
Looking: Smartphone Aesthetics / Hunter Hargraves --
Mad Men: Visual Style / Jeremy G. Butler --
Nip/Tuck: Popular Music / Ben Aslinger --
One Life to Live: Soap Opera Storytelling / Abigail De Kosnik --
Sopranos: Episodic Storytelling / Sean O'Sullivan --
24: Challenging Stereotypes / Evelyn Alsultany --
Bala Loca: Producing Representations / David Miranda Hardy --
Being Mary Jane: Cultural Specificity / Kristen J. Warner --
Buckwild: Performing Whiteness / Amanda Ann Klein --
Glee/House Hunters International: Gay Narratives / Ron Becker --
Grey's Anatomy: Feminism / Elana Levine --
Master of None: Negotiated Decoding / Ritesh Mehta --
Orange Is the New Black: Intersectional Analysis / Mary Celeste Kearney --
Amazing Race: Global Othering / Jonathan Gray --
America's Next Top Model: Neoliberal Labor / Laurie Ouellette --
East Los High: Televised Empowerment / Mary Beltrán --
Eurovision Song Contest: Queer Nationalism / Anikó Imre --
Fox & Friends: Political Talk / Jeffrey P. Jones --
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Feminist Comedy / Amber Day --
Hunt with John Walsh: True Crime Storytelling / Amanda Keeler --
Parks and Recreation: The Cultural Forum / Heather Hendershot --
Ernie Kovacs Show: Historicizing Comedy / Ethan Thompson --
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life: TV Revivals / Myles McNutt --
I Love Lucy: The Writer-Producer / Miranda J. Banks --
Modern Family: Product Placement / Kevin Sandler --
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Franchising Femininity / Suzanne Leonard --
Roseanne: Programming Flow / Taylor Cole Miller --
Tales from the Crypt: Content Regulation / Luke Stadel --
Toy Box: Transmedia and Transgenerational Marketing / Derek Johnson --
Battlestar Galactica: Fans and Ancillary Content / Suzanne Scott --
Everyday Italian: Cultivating Taste / Michael Z. Newman --
Gossip Girl: Transmedia Technologies / Louisa Stein --
High Maintenance and The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl: Indie TV / Aymar Jean Christian --
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Layered Comedy / Philip Scepanski --
NFL Broadcasts: Interpretive Communities / Melissa A. Click, Holly Willson Holladay, and Amanda Nell Edgar --
Pardon the Interruption: Sports Debate / Ethan Tussey --
Walking Dead: Adapting Comics / Henry Jenkins.
An owner's manual for television / Ethan Thompson and Jason Mittell
I. TV form: aesthetics and style : Homicide: realism / Bambi L. Haggins ; House: narrative complexity / Amanda D. Lotz ; Life on Mars: transnational adaptation / Christine Becker ; Mad Men: visual style / Jeremy G. Butler ; Nip/Tuck: popular music / Ben Aslinger ; Phineas & Ferb: children's television / Jason Mittell ; The Sopranos: episodic storytelling / Sean O'Sullivan ; Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!: metacomedy / Jeffrey Sconce
II. TV representations: social identity and cultural politics : 24: challenging stereotypes / Evelyn Alsultany ; The Amazing Race: global othering / Jonathan Gray ; The Cosby Show: representing race / Christine Acham ; The Dick Van Dyke Show: queer meanings / Quinn Miller ; Eva Luna: Latino/a audiences / Hector Amaya ; Glee/House Hunters International: gay narratives / Ron Becker ; Grey's Anatomy: feminism / Elana Levine ; Jersey Shore: ironic viewing / Susan J. Douglas
III. TV politics: democracy, nation, and the public interest : 30 Days: social engagement / Geoffrey Baym and Colby Gottert ; America's Next Top Model: neoliberal labor / Laurie Ouellette ; Family Guy: undermining satire / Nick Marx ; Fox & Friends: political talk / Jeffrey P. Jones ; M*A*S*H: socially relevant comedy / Noel Murray ; Parks and Recreation: the cultural forum / Heather Hendershot ; Star Trek: serialized ideology / Roberta Pearson ; The Wonder Years: televised nostalgia / Daniel Marcus
IV. TV industry: industrial practices and structures : Entertainment Tonight: tabloid news / Anne Helen Petersen ; I Love Lucy: the writer-producer / Miranda J. Banks ; Modern Family: product placement / Kevin Sandler ; Monday Night Football: brand identity / Victoria E. Johnson ; NYPD Blue: content regulation / Jennifer Holt ; Onion News Network: flow / Ethan Thompson ; The Prisoner: cult TV remakes / Matt Hills ; The Twilight Zone: landmark television / Derek Kompare
V. TV practices: medium, technology, and everyday life : Auto-tune the news: remix video / David Gurney ; Battlestar Galactica: fans and ancillary content / Suzanne Scott ; Everyday Italian: cultivating taste / Michael Z. Newman ; Gossip Girl: transmedia technologies / Louisa Stein ; It's fun to eat: forgotten television / Dana Polan ; One Life to Live: soap opera storytelling / Abigail de Kosnik ; Samurai Champloo: transnational viewing / Jiwon Ahn ; The Walking Dead: adapting comics / Henry Jenkins.
