Research Catalog

Title

It's not TV : watching HBO in the post-television era / edited by Marc Leverette, Brian L. Ott & Cara Louise Buckley.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Leverette, Marc.
• Ott, Brian L.
• Buckley, Cara Louise.

Description

256 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Since first going on the air in 1972, HBO has continually attempted to redefine television as we know it. Today, pay television (and HBO in particular) is positioned as an alternative to network offerings, consistently regarded as the premier site for what has come to be called "quality television." This collection of new essays by an international group of media scholars argues that HBO, as part of the leading edge of television, is at the center of television studies interests in market positioning, style, content, technology, and political economy. The contributors focus on pioneering areas of analysis and new critical approaches in television studies today, highlighting unique aspects of the "HBO effect" to explore new perspectives on contemporary television from radical changes in technology to dramatic shifts in viewing habits. It 's Not TV provides fresh insights into the "post-television network" by examining HBO 's phenomenally popular and pioneering shows, including The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City as well as its failed series, such as K Street and The Comeback. The contributors also explore the production process itself and the creation of a brand commodity, along with HBO 's place as a market leader and technological innovator.

Subject

Home Box Office (Firm)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The not TV industry / Marc Leverette -- Para-television and discourses of distinction / Avi Santo -- And now no word from our sponsors / Tony Kelso -- Will yingshuiji buzz help HBO Asia / Shawn McIntosh -- It's not TV, it's HBO's original programming / Janet McCabe and Kim Akass -- The not TV text / Brian L. Ott -- Carnivale / David Marc -- Challenging sitcom conventions / Lisa Williamson -- Cocksucker, motherfucker, tits / Marc Leverette -- Baltimore on the wire / Blake D. Ethridge -- The not TV audience / Cara Louise Buckley -- K street / Conor McGrath -- Praise you like I should / Rhiannon Bury -- Fashion(able/ing) selves / Cara Louise Buckley and Brian L. Ott -- No country for the infirm? / Joanna L. Di Mattia.

ISBN

• 9780415960373 (hardback)
• 9780415960380 (pbk.)
• 9780203928868 (e-book)
• 0415960371 (hardback)
• 041596038X (pbk.)
• 0203928865 (e-book)

LCCN

^^2007039971

OCLC

• 173480660
• SCSB-10794654

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library