| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Are situation comedies really a laughing matter? Seinfeld: nothing but attitude -- The Simpsons: redefining the family sitcom --Moesha: hip-hop family values -- Will & Grace: changing social values -- Ally McBeal: is feminism a bygone? -- Interlude: so where's the sex and violence? Pt. 2. An overview. |
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Pt. 2. An overview of prime-time dramas. Law & Order: the cop show prescription for containing evil -- ER and medical dramas: moments of grace in the midst of chaos -- Beverly Hills 90210: the world according to teenage soaps -- Touched by an Angel: popular religious drama -- The X-Files: postmodern quests for reality. |
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Pt. 3. An overview of fact-based programming. Televised news: if it bleeds, it leads -- The Super Bowl: big money, big guys, and "the big guy upstairs". |
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Pt. 4. The commerce of television. Commercials, the real stars of the airways --The business behind the box: ". I'm mad as hell" revisited in the new millennium. |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Television broadcasting -- United States.
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Television programs -- Reviews.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Walter T.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Watching what we watch. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky. : Geneva Press, c2001 (OCoLC)647090121 |
| ISBN |
0664501931 |
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9780664501938 |
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