Overview

The Persistence of Television examines more than 60 years of television - including popular shows such as Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, and NYPD Blue - to identify the elements that have entertained and informed viewers from the beginning of mass broadcasting to the present day, proposing that most television viewing is rooted in traditional programming that is received in conventional ways. On-screen faces, programmes and genres, and production practices drawn from British, American and Australian television services are examined to demonstrate how continuity persists in the face of change. There's no denying the excitement or the value of the new, but the contributors to this book argue that it runs in tandem with enduring aspects of the already existing.

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Author:   Jason Jacobs (University of Queensland, Australia) ,  Frances Bonner (University of Queensland, Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350089693

ISBN 10:   1350089699
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   10 November 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section A: The set-up 1. What Television Means 2. Familiarity and Liveness a. Familiarity b. Mundane liveness c. Special event liveness 3. The faces on screen a. Analyzing the face b. Different professions c. The ageing face d. The voice Section B: Non-fictional persistence 4. Light Entertainment a. Game and panel shows b. Talk shows 5. Natural History a. The development of the genre b. Discovery and other global channels c. David Attenborough d. Springwatch Section C: Fictional persistence 6. Reboots, Remakes and Revivals a. The significance of the different terms b. Sitcoms c. Twin Peaks d. Doctor Who 7. Adaptation a. P.G. Wodehouse b. John le Carre 8. Crime a. Dennis Franz: becoming Sipowicz b. New Tricks: the culmination of long careers c. Gerard Kennedy: an Australian variant. 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Jason Jacobs is Head of School, School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, Australia. He has an international reputation as a historian of television drama, its institutions, technology and aesthetics. His books include The Intimate Screen (2000), Body Trauma TV (2003), Deadwood (2012) and a forthcoming study of David Milch. Frances Bonner is Honorary Research Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on non-fiction television, celebrity and adaptation. Her books include Fame Games (with Graeme Turner and P. David Marshall, 2000), Ordinary Television (2003) and Personality Presenters: Television’s Intermediaries with Viewers (2011).

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