Very Special Episodes
Televising Industrial and Social Change
Herausgeber: Cohn, Jonathan; Porst, Jennifer
Very Special Episodes
Televising Industrial and Social Change
Herausgeber: Cohn, Jonathan; Porst, Jennifer
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Very Special Episodes explores various examples of the "very special episode" to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture. Through the study of this unique television format, this anthology traces the history of television’s engagement with many of the most important political, aesthetic, economic, and social movements that continue to challenge our society today.
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Very Special Episodes explores various examples of the "very special episode" to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture. Through the study of this unique television format, this anthology traces the history of television’s engagement with many of the most important political, aesthetic, economic, and social movements that continue to challenge our society today.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2021
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 463g
- ISBN-13: 9781978821163
- ISBN-10: 1978821166
- Artikelnr.: 62161845
- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2021
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 463g
- ISBN-13: 9781978821163
- ISBN-10: 1978821166
- Artikelnr.: 62161845
JONATHAN COHN is an assistant professor in digital cultures at the University of Alberta. He is the author of The Burden of Choice: Recommendations, Subversion, and Algorithmic Culture (Rutgers University Press). JENNIFER PORST is an assistant professor of media arts at the University of North Texas. She is the author of Broadcasting Hollywood: The Struggle Over Feature Films on Television (Rutgers University Press).
Preface and Acknowledgments
A Very Special Introduction
JONATHAN COHN AND JENNIFER PORST
1 Listen to Save Lives: Music and the Atomic Bomb in Cold War Very Special
Episodes
REBA WISSNER
2 Blackface on a White Christmas: Bewitched’s "Sneaky Racism"
JONATHAN COHN
3 Conspicuous Morality: Very Special Episodes, the War on Drugs, and
Broadcast Deregulation
PHILIP SCEPANSKI
4 "Due to Its Subject Matter": Creating the Very Special Teen Sex Talk in
1980s Sitcoms
BARBARA SELZNICK
5 "Thanksgiving Orphans": Cheers and Very Special Holiday Episodes of
Television
JENNIFER PORST
6 Very Spooky Episodes: Roseanne, Working-Class Monsters, and the Playful
Perversions of Halloween TV
DAVID SCOTT DIFFRIENT
7 A Very Special Visit to the "Old Neighborhood": Containing the Los
Angeles Uprising on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
LINDSAY GIGGEY
8 The Night the Lights Went out at (Most of) NBC: Producing a Network with
1994’s Must See TV Blackout Stunt
ERIN COPPLE SMITH
9 Ellen, "The Puppy Episode," and a Special TV Milestone?
RON BECKER
10 "And Was There a Lesson in All This?": Weaponizing—and Subverting—the
Very Special Episode
ERIN GIANNINI
11 Animating Entertainment, or Very Special Media Reflexivity
MIMI WHITE
12 Liveness and the Live Episode in Television Comedy
BRETT MILLS
13 Too black-ish? Banned Very Special Episodes
APRYL ALEXANDER AND JENNIFER PORST
14 Knife Crime and Passion: A Very Special Episode of EastEnders
CHRISTINE BECKER
15 UnREAL, Sexual Assault, and the Very Special Season
JORIE LAGERWEY AND TAYLOR NYGAARD
Notes on Contributors
Index
A Very Special Introduction
JONATHAN COHN AND JENNIFER PORST
1 Listen to Save Lives: Music and the Atomic Bomb in Cold War Very Special
Episodes
REBA WISSNER
2 Blackface on a White Christmas: Bewitched’s "Sneaky Racism"
JONATHAN COHN
3 Conspicuous Morality: Very Special Episodes, the War on Drugs, and
Broadcast Deregulation
PHILIP SCEPANSKI
4 "Due to Its Subject Matter": Creating the Very Special Teen Sex Talk in
1980s Sitcoms
BARBARA SELZNICK
5 "Thanksgiving Orphans": Cheers and Very Special Holiday Episodes of
Television
JENNIFER PORST
6 Very Spooky Episodes: Roseanne, Working-Class Monsters, and the Playful
Perversions of Halloween TV
DAVID SCOTT DIFFRIENT
7 A Very Special Visit to the "Old Neighborhood": Containing the Los
Angeles Uprising on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
LINDSAY GIGGEY
8 The Night the Lights Went out at (Most of) NBC: Producing a Network with
1994’s Must See TV Blackout Stunt
ERIN COPPLE SMITH
9 Ellen, "The Puppy Episode," and a Special TV Milestone?
RON BECKER
10 "And Was There a Lesson in All This?": Weaponizing—and Subverting—the
Very Special Episode
ERIN GIANNINI
11 Animating Entertainment, or Very Special Media Reflexivity
MIMI WHITE
12 Liveness and the Live Episode in Television Comedy
BRETT MILLS
13 Too black-ish? Banned Very Special Episodes
APRYL ALEXANDER AND JENNIFER PORST
14 Knife Crime and Passion: A Very Special Episode of EastEnders
CHRISTINE BECKER
15 UnREAL, Sexual Assault, and the Very Special Season
JORIE LAGERWEY AND TAYLOR NYGAARD
Notes on Contributors
Index
Preface and Acknowledgments
A Very Special Introduction
JONATHAN COHN AND JENNIFER PORST
1 Listen to Save Lives: Music and the Atomic Bomb in Cold War Very Special
Episodes
REBA WISSNER
2 Blackface on a White Christmas: Bewitched’s "Sneaky Racism"
JONATHAN COHN
3 Conspicuous Morality: Very Special Episodes, the War on Drugs, and
Broadcast Deregulation
PHILIP SCEPANSKI
4 "Due to Its Subject Matter": Creating the Very Special Teen Sex Talk in
1980s Sitcoms
BARBARA SELZNICK
5 "Thanksgiving Orphans": Cheers and Very Special Holiday Episodes of
Television
JENNIFER PORST
6 Very Spooky Episodes: Roseanne, Working-Class Monsters, and the Playful
Perversions of Halloween TV
DAVID SCOTT DIFFRIENT
7 A Very Special Visit to the "Old Neighborhood": Containing the Los
Angeles Uprising on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
LINDSAY GIGGEY
8 The Night the Lights Went out at (Most of) NBC: Producing a Network with
1994’s Must See TV Blackout Stunt
ERIN COPPLE SMITH
9 Ellen, "The Puppy Episode," and a Special TV Milestone?
RON BECKER
10 "And Was There a Lesson in All This?": Weaponizing—and Subverting—the
Very Special Episode
ERIN GIANNINI
11 Animating Entertainment, or Very Special Media Reflexivity
MIMI WHITE
12 Liveness and the Live Episode in Television Comedy
BRETT MILLS
13 Too black-ish? Banned Very Special Episodes
APRYL ALEXANDER AND JENNIFER PORST
14 Knife Crime and Passion: A Very Special Episode of EastEnders
CHRISTINE BECKER
15 UnREAL, Sexual Assault, and the Very Special Season
JORIE LAGERWEY AND TAYLOR NYGAARD
Notes on Contributors
Index
A Very Special Introduction
JONATHAN COHN AND JENNIFER PORST
1 Listen to Save Lives: Music and the Atomic Bomb in Cold War Very Special
Episodes
REBA WISSNER
2 Blackface on a White Christmas: Bewitched’s "Sneaky Racism"
JONATHAN COHN
3 Conspicuous Morality: Very Special Episodes, the War on Drugs, and
Broadcast Deregulation
PHILIP SCEPANSKI
4 "Due to Its Subject Matter": Creating the Very Special Teen Sex Talk in
1980s Sitcoms
BARBARA SELZNICK
5 "Thanksgiving Orphans": Cheers and Very Special Holiday Episodes of
Television
JENNIFER PORST
6 Very Spooky Episodes: Roseanne, Working-Class Monsters, and the Playful
Perversions of Halloween TV
DAVID SCOTT DIFFRIENT
7 A Very Special Visit to the "Old Neighborhood": Containing the Los
Angeles Uprising on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
LINDSAY GIGGEY
8 The Night the Lights Went out at (Most of) NBC: Producing a Network with
1994’s Must See TV Blackout Stunt
ERIN COPPLE SMITH
9 Ellen, "The Puppy Episode," and a Special TV Milestone?
RON BECKER
10 "And Was There a Lesson in All This?": Weaponizing—and Subverting—the
Very Special Episode
ERIN GIANNINI
11 Animating Entertainment, or Very Special Media Reflexivity
MIMI WHITE
12 Liveness and the Live Episode in Television Comedy
BRETT MILLS
13 Too black-ish? Banned Very Special Episodes
APRYL ALEXANDER AND JENNIFER PORST
14 Knife Crime and Passion: A Very Special Episode of EastEnders
CHRISTINE BECKER
15 UnREAL, Sexual Assault, and the Very Special Season
JORIE LAGERWEY AND TAYLOR NYGAARD
Notes on Contributors
Index