The TV Crime Drama

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Sue Turnbull (Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong)

The TV Crime Drama

Sue Turnbull (Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong)

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Edinburgh University Press
30 September 2014

Television

Series: TV Genres

The television crime drama has been a constant of the television landscape since it first migrated from film and radio onto the small screen in the 1950s. Since then, from Dixon of Dock Green to The Wire, from Minder to The Sopranos or Cracker to Dexter, the crime drama has continued to attract large audiences even as the depiction of the crime, the perpetrators and the investigators has changed. This book provides an historical analysis of the TV crime series as a genre by paying close attention not only to the nature of TV dramas themselves, but also to the context of production and reception. Rather than simply providing an overview, this book offers a series of case studies to illuminate key issues in the trajectory of the genre. Particular attention will be paid to the transnational career of the television crime drama, including the British and American product, as well as attention to crime drama series produced in other national contexts such as Europe and Australia. In terms of reception, this book includes original research on how the TV crime drama is perceived by audiences within the particular national context of Australia where American, British and European crime dramas vie for attention in the TV schedule alongside the local product. Finally, the future of the TV crime series is canvassed in a discussion of the changing television landscape and the shift to other forms of TV consumption enabled by new digital technologies.

By: Sue Turnbull (Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies University of Wollongong)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9780748640874
ISBN 10: 0748640878
Series: TV Genres
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 September 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures and Images; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Promiscuous Hybrids; 1. The Roots of Crime; 2. Gritty realism: The British Police Procedural; 3. Quality Control: The American Police Procedural; 4. The Detective as Hero; 5. The Specialists; 6. Women and Crime; Conclusion: Coming up next….

Sue Turnbull is Senior Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Wollongong.

Reviews for The TV Crime Drama

The depth of research is exemplary of the kind of deep analysis that helps show the inner workings of the genre, which, while also leavened with personal experiences, provides a well-rounded and accessible text. -- James Shelton, Oxford Brookes University * New Review of Film and Television Studies * Sue Turnbull’s genealogy of television crime dramas is an examplar of how to write about not only television programs, but the content of entertainment more generally. Textually engaged but not textually deterministic, informed and passionate, this is a book written by someone who knows, loves and understands television crime series. Buy it – or steal it – now. * Professor Alan McKee, Research Leader, School of Media, Entertainment and Creative Arts, QUT *