Columbo: Class Struggle on TV Tonight

Columbo: Class Struggle on TV Tonight

Author: Lilian Mathieu

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-01-17

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9004512446

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Lilian Mathieu shows that the TV series Columbo owes its success to its implicit but formidable political dimension, as each episode is a class struggle between a rich, famous, cultured or powerful criminal and a humble and blunderer police officer.


Handbook of Post-Western Sociology: From East Asia to Europe

Handbook of Post-Western Sociology: From East Asia to Europe

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-04-03

Total Pages: 1056

ISBN-13: 9004529322

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Beyond hegemonic thoughts, the Post-Western sociology enables a new dialogue between East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) and Europe on common and local knowledge to consider theoretical continuities and discontinuities, to develop transnational methodological spaces, and co-produce creolized concepts. With this new paradigm in social sciences we introduce the multiplication of epistemic autonomies vis-à-vis Western hegemony and new theoretical assemblages between East-Asia and European sociologies. From this ecology of knowledge this groundbreaking contribution is to coproduce a post-Western space in a cross-pollination process where “Western” and “non-Western” knowledge do interact, articulated through cosmovisions, as well as to coproduce transnational fieldwork practices.


Netflix and the Re-invention of Television

Netflix and the Re-invention of Television

Author: Mareike Jenner

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-24

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 3319943162

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This book deals with the various ways Netflix reconceptualises television as part of the process of TV IV. As television continues to undergo a myriad of significant changes, Netflix has proven itself to be the dominant force in this development, simultaneously driving a number of these changes and challenging television’s existing institutional structures. This comprehensive study explores the pre-history of Netflix, the role of binge-watching in its organisation and marketing, and Netflix’s position as a transnational broadcaster. It also examines different concepts of control and the role these play in the history of ancillary technologies, from the remote control to binge-watching as Netflix’s iteration of giving control to the viewers. By focusing on Netflix’s relationship with the linear television schedule, its negotiations of quality and marketing, as well as the way Netflix integrates into national media systems, Netflix and the Re-invention of Television illuminates the importance of Netflix’s role within the processes of TV IV.


Columbo

Columbo

Author: David Martin-Jones

Publisher: EUP

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781474479790

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Offers a unique analysis of globally iconic and cult favourite television show, Columbo.


The Columbo Phile: A Casebook

The Columbo Phile: A Casebook

Author: Mark Dawidziak

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9781948986120

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When Columbo hit the airwaves in 1971, in quickly became the hottest TV detective series of the decade. Series creators Richard Levinson and William Link received an Emmy Award for their work; Peter Falk received three. The Columbo Phile offers fascinating behind-the-scenes information about the creation of the character, the writing of the devious mystery plots, and the altercations between perfectionist Peter Falk and the bottom-line concerns of Universal Studios. Originally published in 1989 and long out-of-print, this 30th Anniversary Edition of the essential Columbo book features a new preface by author Mark Dawidziak, an overview of post-1989 Columbo developments, including the twenty-four new ABC mysteries, and a personal remembrance of Peter Falk. It remains today the definitive guide to the rumpled Lieutenant Columbo and his career.


TV (The Book)

TV (The Book)

Author: Alan Sepinwall

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 1455588202

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Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible? For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this: What's the greatest TV show ever? That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing scoring system, they've created a Pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy to modern masterpieces like Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, from huge hits like All in the Family and ER to short-lived favorites like Firefly and Freaks and Geeks, TV (THE BOOK) will bring the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium. Sepinwall and Seitz's argument has ended. Now it's time for yours to begin!