01918nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10623353 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080618s2007 enka sb 001 0 eng d 2008299586 9780719073113 (pbk.) 9780719073106 (hardback) 9781847791825 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)652139398 n-us--- e-uk--- PN1992.3.U5 N46 2007eb Nelson, Robin, 1949- State of play [electronic resource] : contemporary "high-end" TV drama / Robin Nelson. Manchester : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007. 222 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-218) and index. Introduction : aims, scope, methods, and standpoints -- Mapping the territory, blurring the boundaries -- Distinctive product : three kinds of quality : The Sopranos, Shooting the past, Shameless -- State of play : the TV drama industry : new rules of the game -- Pushing the envelope : "edgy" TV drama, Queer as folk, Sex and the City, Carniv�ale -- Techniques, technologies and cultural form -- Between global and national : 24 and Spooks, Buried and Oz -- "Quality TV" in context -- Singularity sustained : Blackpool, Casanova, State of play. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Television programs United States. Television programs Great Britain. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10623353 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 159077 159077