Overview

Full Product Details

9780190663131

Table of Contents

Reviews

For anyone interested in the relationship between British and American television, this book is a must-read. It significantly updates and expands the existing literature in the field and manages to address a wide variety of aspects that emerge in the transnational relationship between the two countries. Hills, Hilmes, and Pearson have managed to bring together the top names in the study of the transatlantic relationship to investigate developments in the production, in the textual construction, and in fan and audience practices based on British and American television drama. --Elke Weissmann, Reader in Film and Television, Edge Hill University As we experience what many now call a golden age of television drama, this wonderful collection provides a valuable contribution to the long history of drama exchange between Britain and the United States. Focusing on imports, adaptation, and co-productions, it represents a worthwhile addition to reading lists, at a watershed moment when the way we locate and consume drama is undergoing radical change. --Jeanette Steemers, Professor of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King's College London

"""This is a varied and wide-ranging collection that shows almost unfailing excellence (unsurprisingly given the calibre of many of the authors included); it is a valuable addition to this rapidly expanding field."" -- Shannon Wells-Lassagne, Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies ""For anyone interested in the relationship between British and American television, this book is a must-read. It significantly updates and expands the existing literature in the field and manages to address a wide variety of aspects that emerge in the transnational relationship between the two countries. Hills, Hilmes, and Pearson have managed to bring together the top names in the study of the transatlantic relationship to investigate developments in the production, in the textual construction, and in fan and audience practices based on British and American television drama."" --Elke Weissmann, Reader in Film and Television, Edge Hill University ""As we experience what many now call a golden age of television drama, this wonderful collection provides a valuable contribution to the long history of drama exchange between Britain and the United States. Focusing on imports, adaptation, and co-productions, it represents a worthwhile addition to reading lists, at a watershed moment when the way we locate and consume drama is undergoing radical change."" --Jeanette Steemers, Professor of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King's College London"

Author Information

Matt Hills is Professor of Media and Film at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Participatory Culture based there. His monographs include Fan Cultures, The Pleasures of Horror, Triumph of a Time Lord and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event. He has published more than a hundred journal articles/book chapters on media fandom. Michele Hilmes is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught media studies for more than twenty years. Her books include Hollywood and Broadcasting: From Radio to Cable, Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922-1952, Network Nations: A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting, and Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States. Roberta Pearson is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Nottingham. Her books include Many More Lives of the Batman, Star Trek and American Television, Reading Lost: Perspectives on a Hit Television Show and Cult Television.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available