Reaching back to the beginnings of television, The Greatest Cult
Television Shows offers readers a fun and accessible look at the
100 most significant cult television series of all time, compiled
in a single resource that includes valuable information on the
shows and their creators. While they generally lack mainstream
appeal, cult television shows develop devout followings over time
and exert some sort of impact on a given community, society,
culture, or even media industry. Cult television shows have been
around since at least the 1960s, with Star Trek perhaps the most
famous of that era. However, the rise of cable contributed to the
rise of cult television throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and now,
with the plethora of streaming options available, more shows can be
added to this categorization Reaching back to the beginnings of
television, the book includes such groundbreaking series as The
Twilight Zone and The Prisoner alongside more contemporary examples
like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Hannibal. The authors provide
production history for each series and discuss their relevance to
global pop culture. To provide a more global approach to the topic,
the authors also consider several non-American cult TV series,
including British, Canadian, and Japanese shows. Thus, Monty
Python's Flying Circus appears alongside Sailor Moon and Degrassi
Junior High. Additionally, to move beyond the conception of "cult"
as a primarily white, heteronormative, fanboy obsession, the book
contains shows that speak to a variety of cult audiences and
experiences, such as Queer as Folk and Charmed. With detailed
arguments for why these shows deserve to be considered the greatest
of all time, Olson and Reinhard provide ideas for discussion and
debate on cult television. Each entry in this book demonstrates the
importance of the 100 shows chosen for inclusion and highlights how
they offer insight into the period and the cults that formed around
them.
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