{"product_id":"prestige-television-seth-friedman-9781978818279","title":"Prestige Television: Cultural and Artistic Value in Twenty-First-Century America","description":"\u003ci\u003ePrestige Television \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how a growing array of 21st century US programming is produced and received in ways that elevate select series above the competition in a saturated market. Contributing authors demonstrate that these shows are positioned and understood as comprising an increasingly recognizable genre characterized by familiar markers of distinction. In contrast to most accounts of elite categorizations of contemporary US television programming that center on HBO and its primary streaming rivals, these essays examine how efforts to imbue series with prestigious or elevated status now permeate the rest of the medium, including network as well as basic and undervalued premium cable channels. Case study chapters focusing on diverse series, ranging from widely recognized examples such as \u003ci\u003eThe Americans \u003c\/i\u003e(2013-2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Knick \u003c\/i\u003e(2014-15) to contested examples like \u003ci\u003eQueen of the South \u003c\/i\u003e(2016-2021) and \u003ci\u003eHow I Met Your Mother \u003c\/i\u003e(2005-2014), highlight how contributing authors extend conceptions of the genre beyond expected parameters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seth Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978818270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978818279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Seth Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069250302207,"sku":"9781978818279","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67f7458f-cf51-47a2-8afe-7fb8ad993b98.jpg?v=1685423668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prestige-television-seth-friedman-9781978818279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}