Television

Clear all moorings, one-half impulse power and set course for a mare incognitum... A popular culture artifact of the New Frontier/Space Race ...

British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels:the anti-Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiec...

Over fourteen seasons, the television series Supernatural has developed a devoted following of both fans and scholars. The show has addressed some ...

Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV hist...

The Wire (2002-2008) was a searing exploration of post-9/11 America. It detailed the struggles of those living in America's disintegrating industri...

Doc Savage is the prototype of the modern fictional superhero. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the ...

Television comedy traces its roots to vaudeville, radio and film, from which it developed its own unique forms to make the audience laugh. These...

Starting in 1996, U.S. television saw an influx of superhuman female characters who could materialize objects like Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, d...

This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition,...

Following on author Peter Rollins' motto If it isn't popular, it isn't culture, this collection of new essays considers Vince Gilligan's award-w...

From the French and Indian War to the Civil War, well over a hundred years of American history is reflected through the lives of six bold and fa...

Emma Peel wearing her kinky boots. Amanda King and her poppy seed cake. Julie Barnes at her hippie pad. Honey West with her pet ocelot. Televisi...

L. Frank Baum's novel, The Wizard of Oz, has spawned 39 official sequels, over 100 unofficial sequels, well nearly 40 films, several TV series, mus...

While many fans remember The Lone Ranger, Ace Drummond and others, fewer focus on the facts that serials had their roots in silent film and that...

This book finally casts a spotlight upon some almost forgotten, short-lived sitcoms--those which aired for a single season. Many books have already...

From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for their negative r...

Since the early 2000s, zombies have increasingly swarmed the landscape of popular culture, with ever more diverse representations of the undead ...

Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book t...

The Paramilitary Hero on Turkish Television: A Case Study on Valley of the Wolves explores the representation and reception of nationalism and masc...

This book offers an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to fiction, reality, and narrativity applied to television series from all over th...