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  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    In the bestselling traditions of Seinfeldia and Top of the Rock comes a fascinating deep dive into the longest-running live-action sitcom in television history, from its humble beginnings to its evolution as a critically acclaimed cult classic comedy**.**Charlie, Dennis, Mac, Sweet Dee, and Frank are deplorable characters. They will never mature, become more self-aware, or less self-involved. That ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill

    The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul

    The complete critical companion to AMC’s Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated series Better Call Saul from the author of Breaking Bad 101 and The Sopranos SessionsAcross six critically acclaimed seasons, Better Call Saul surprised audiences and subverted Breaking Bad fans’ expectations for what a prequel/sequel series could be. Bob Odenkirk reprised his role as the morally compromised defensive ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls

    Edited by Ann Hood ...
    Fifteen leading writers explore what Gilmore Girls means to them in this delightful celebration of a contemporary TV classic.Fast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly rewatchable, Gilmore Girls has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. More than twenty years later, it has become ... Read more

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  • 101 Fascinating Canadian Film and TV Facts

    by Thom Ernst ...
    Series Book 3 - 101 Fascinating Facts
    101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans.Did you know who performed the first on screen nude scene in a Canadian feature? What David Cronenberg film was raided for obscenity? What famous American television host credits SCTV as his sole inspiration for comedy? Why Oliver Reed was arrested while shooting The Brood? What iconic Canadian television series was syndicated ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Rainbow Age of Television

    An Opinionated History of Queer TV

    A fun and accessible blend of pop culture, entertainment, and queer history that celebrates LGBTQ+ television and examines the past, present, and future of queer representation on the small screenThe Rainbow Age of Television is a fun and accessible blend of pop culture, entertainment, and queer history that celebrates LGBTQ+ television and examines the past, present, and future of queer ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Cue the Sun!

    The Invention of Reality TV

    The rollicking saga of reality television—an ambitious cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning New Yorker writer“Written with a storyteller’s verve, a journalist’s skepticism, a critic’s astuteness, and a fan’s loving eye.”—Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayWho invented reality television, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Moving Pictures

    A History of American Animation from Gertie to Pixar and Beyond

    by Darl Larsen ...
    Take a deep dive into the history of cinematic animation in the United States with the book that Publishers Weekly says is "a lively chronicle of a perennially evolving medium."Animated films started with simple sequential drawings photographed one at a time—little bits of comedic fluff to make amateur title scenes or surreal escapist sequences. Today, animation is a worldwide industry valued at ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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  • Creating Reading Rainbow

    The Untold Story of a Beloved Children's Series

    Reading Rainbow is one of the most successful PBS children’s series in television history, earning numerous national and international awards including 26 Emmy’s and a Peabody Award. But perhaps more important than anything else, Reading Rainbow helped generations of children cultivate a love for books.Reading Rainbow is very much a story of humble beginnings and enormous perseverance. Over five ... Read more

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  • K-Drama School

    A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television

    by Grace Jung ...
    From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television**—**but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them?From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a ... Read more

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  • Martin McDonagh

    Series series Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists
    This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines Martin McDonagh’s body of work, the key critical contexts for understanding and exploring his career, analysis of productions, and includes an exclusive interview with the director of his most recent stage work.Analysis of McDonagh’s writing is broken down into three periods – ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Creating the Viewer

    Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem

    by Justin Wyatt ...
    A study of the largely hidden world of primary media market research and the different methods used to understand how the viewer is pictured in the industry.The first book on the intersection between market research and media, Creating the Viewer takes a critical look at media companies’ studies of television viewers, the assumptions behind these studies, and the images of the viewer that are ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Companions of Doctor Who

    Edited by David Bushman, Ken Deep ...
    Series series Doctor Who
    "Don't be alone, Doctor," Amy Pond tells the Eleventh Doctor in "The Angels Take Manhattan," and of course the irony is that in one sense the Doctor is always alone--a Gallifreyan whose regenerative powers mean he will outlast nearly everyone near and dear to him -- while at the same time he is rarely without one or more trusted companion by his side. This is a book about those companions--those ... Read more

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  • Dangerous Innocence

    White Men, Mass Culture, and the Southern Outsider's Appeal, 1960–2020

    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    Dangerous Innocence investigates how prevailing constructions of white masculinity in the U.S. South help feed and reinforce systems of racial inequity. Tracing the rise of the “southern outsider” in literature and on television from 1960 to 2020, William P. Murray probes white Americans’ enduring desire to assert their own blamelessness even though such acts of self-justification facilitate ... Read more

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  • Is Harpo Free?

    And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen

    by Matthew Cipa ...
    Series series SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
    Is Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, such as free will, causality, and personal identity. Rather than using films and television programs as vehicles for philosophical arguments, the book instead celebrates the artistic ways in which they give life to various metaphysical concepts and how the ... Read more

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  • Screening the Operatic Stage

    Television and Beyond

    Series series Opera Lab: Explorations in History, Technology, and Performance
    An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology.From the early days of television broadcasts to today’s live streams, opera houses have embraced technology as a way to reach new audiences. But how do these new forms of remediated opera extend, amplify, or undermine production values, and what does the audience gain or lose ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • TOM SELLECK

    From Hawaiian Shores to Hollywood Hills

    In the pantheon of leading men, few actors have captivated audiences with the same brand of rugged charisma and undeniable star power as Tom Selleck. TOM SELLECK: From Hawaiian Shores to Hollywood Hills takes readers on an in-depth journey with the acclaimed actor, chronicling his path from a small-town California upbringing to becoming one of television and film's most celebrated icons.Before the ... Read more

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  • KEANU REEVES

    The Silver Screen's Timeless Hero

    In the annals of Hollywood, few actors have captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences quite like Keanu Reeves. "KEANU REEVES: The Silver Screen's Timeless Hero" is a captivating exploration of the life and career of this enigmatic icon, whose enduring appeal transcends generations and genres.From his humble beginnings in Toronto to his meteoric rise to fame with influential roles in films ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Funny Boy

    The Richard Hunt Biography

    "The most sensational, perpetual teenager in the world.” —Jim Henson"To know him was to love him, and we do." —Mark HamillFunny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography tells the life story of a gifted performer whose gleeful irreverence, sharp wit and generous spirit inspired millions. Richard Hunt was one of the original main five performers in the Muppet troupe. He brought to life an impressive range of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Film as a Medium of Seduction

    Introduction to the Seduction-Theory of Film

    The seduction-theory defines film in a broader sense as a medium of seduction, based on the French concept of séduction. It is a theoretical approach influenced by continental philosophy and classical film theory, linked to a three-stage analytical model. The book introduces the theoretical foundations and, using various classical and contemporary examples from film history, presents a genuine ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • David Simon's American City

    by Mikkel Jensen ...
    This book examines the television serials created by influential showrunner David Simon. The book argues that Simon’s main theme is the state of the contemporary American city and that all of his serials (barring one about the Iraq War) explore different facets of the metropolis. Each series offers distinctly different visions of the American city, but taken together they represent a sustained and ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Babylon Berlin, German Visual Spectacle, and Global Media Culture

    Series series Visual Cultures and German Contexts
    The essays in this collection address the German television series Babylon Berlin and explore its unique contribution to contemporary visual culture.Since its inception in 2017 the series, a neo-noir thriller set in Berlin in the final years of the Weimar republic, has reached audiences throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas and has been met with both critical and popular acclaim. As a visual ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Horrifying Children

    Hauntology and the Legacy of Children’s Television

    Horrifying Children examines weird and eerie children's television and literature via critical analysis, memoir and autoethnography.There has been an explosion of interest in the impact of children's television and literature of the late twentieth century. In particular, the 1970s, '80s and '90s are seen as decades that shaped a great deal of the contemporary cultural landscape. Television of this ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Adapting Bridgerton

    Essays on the Netflix Show in Context

    The beloved television show Bridgerton breaks racial barriers as it explores an alternate history in which biracial Queen Charlotte elevated people of color to dukes and earls, welcoming new perspectives in Regency London.Essays in this work examine in detail the hit Netflix series. Topics covered include Bridgerton's unique, racially conscious casting and its effect on common tropes and roles; ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • A Good Bad Boy

    Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up

    An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of 90’s stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded of their own inescapable mortality, and robbed of an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD