TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,Robin ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - State of play: contemporary "high-end" TV drama AV - PN1992.3.U5 N46 2007eb PY - 2007/// CY - Manchester, New York PB - Manchester University Press, Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave KW - Television programs KW - United States KW - Great Britain KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10623353 ER -