Despite its enduring popularity with both broadcasters and
audiences, the quiz show has found itself marginalised in studies
of popular television. This book offers a unique introduction to
the study of the quiz show, while also revisiting, updating and
expanding on existing quiz show scholarship. Ranging across
programmes such as Double Your Money, The $64,000 Dollar Question,
Twenty-One, The Price is Right, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and
The Weakest Link to the controversial 'Quiz TV Call' phenomenon,
the book explores programmes with a focus on question and answer.
Topics covered include the relationship between quiz shows and
television genre; the early broadcast history of the quiz show;
questions of institutional regulation; quiz show aesthetics; the
social significance of 'games'; 'ordinary' people as television
performers, and questions of quiz show reception (from
interactivity to on-line fandom). Key Features *Represents one of
few book-length studies of the quiz show *Offers an accessible
introduction to the genre for undergraduate students *Draws upon
new archival research in order to contribute to knowledge about the
early history of the quiz show *Demonstrates why the quiz show
matters to Television Studies *Brings together key approaches in
the field with new interventions and areas of study (such as the
quiz show in the multi-platform age, and the study of 'ordinary'
people as performers).
General
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
TV Genres |
| Release date: |
October 2008 |
| First published: |
March 2009 |
| Authors: |
Su Holmes
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7486-2753-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Television
|
| LSN: |
0-7486-2753-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780748627530 |
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