Essential readers in contemporary media and culture
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Overview: producing an aristocracy of culture in American television / Christopher Anderson -- Films / Dana Heller -- Oz / Michele Malach -- The Sopranos / David Thorburn -- Six feet under / Kim Akass and Janet McCabe -- The wire / Brian G. Rose -- Deadwood / Horace Newcomb -- Tanner '88 / Joanne Morreale -- From the earth to the moon / Michael Allen -- Band of brothers / Thomas Schatz -- Angels in America / Gary R. Edgerton -- Overview: at home on the cutting edge / Bambi Haggins and Amanda D. Lotz -- Comedy talk shows / Jeffrey P.Jones -- The Larry Sanders show / George Plasketes -- Sex and the city / Ron Simon -- Curb your enthusiasm / David Lavery -- Overview: it isn't TV, it's the "real king of the ring" / Toby Miller and Linda J. Kim -- Overview: form and function / Thomas A. Mascaro -- America undercover / Susan Murray -- Erotica / Jeffrey P. Jones -- Theatricals / Carolyn Anderson -- What has HBO ever done for women? / Janet McCabe and Kim Akass -- HBO's ongoing legacy / Gary R. Edgerton and Jeffrey P. Jones