Product Description: The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010- ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for the digital age, joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and anime...read more

Product Description: This book won the Ohio Professional Writer’s, Inc. 2014 Communication Competition Award Now in its second edition, The Televiewing Audience is a user’s guide for the only household appliance that doesn’t come with one. Watching television seems relatively effortless - it is, after all, a major form of entertainment in the U...read more

Examines the relationship between popular television fiction and wider society. This book gives insights into how and why socially sensitive story lines were taken up by different TV programmes from the late 1980s to the 2000s. It addresses production and reception processes across a range of programmes.

Product Description: This volume chronicles the phenomenon of a television program that commanded first place for much of the time since its premiere in September 1984. Each week in the United States it has consistently drew a loyal audience of up to 60 million people, breaking records for ratings and shares...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)