Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change

By: Jonathan Cohn and Jennifer Porst and Reba Wissner and Philip Scepanski and Barbara Selznick and David Scott Diffrient and Lindsay Giggey and Erin Copple Smith and Ron Becker and Erin Giannini and Mimi White and Brett Mills and Apryl Alexander and Christine Becker and Jorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard

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Synopsis: Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential “very special episode” format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era phenomenon of the “Very Special Seasons” of UnReal and 13 Reasons Why, this collection seriously and critically uses the “very special episode” to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781978821170
Related ISBNs:: 9781978821156, 9781978821163
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 08/19/21
Copyrighted By:: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Jonathan Cohn
Edited by:: Jennifer Porst