{"product_id":"televisions-second-golden-age-from-hill-street-blues-to-er-television-and-popular-culture-0815605048","title":"Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to ER (Television and Popular Culture)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0815605048\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thompson, Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of 'quality TV drama series' will have a field day with Syracuse University professor Thompson's multidisciplinary examination of 'the return of the seri-ous, literary, writer-based drama' over the past 15 years. Allotting full chapters to breakthrough series Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere, Thompson reviews a bit more briefly the histories of 1980s classics Cagney \u0026amp; Lacey, Moonlighting, L.A. Law, thirtysomething, and China Beach and their 'quirky' 1990s successors Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, and Picket Fences. 'The Future of Quality' chapter describes the networks' retreat from writer-based drama in the early 1990s and the return to it in series like NYPD Blue, Law \u0026amp; Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, and the number one hit, ER. This survey will appeal to several audiences: People readers will relish the gossip; Fortune readers will zero in on the economics of quality versus junk-food television; and readers monitoring media transmogrifications will find Thompson's analysis of TV's institutionalization of quality drama fascinating.\"-Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51974574473504,"sku":"NEW0815605048","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/televisions-second-golden-age-from-hill-street-blues-to-er-television-and-popular-culture-0815605048","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}