Abbott, Stacey, 355n4
ABC Network, 1 – 2, 92 – 94, 125, 192, 193, 240, 242, 262, 317
Abrams, J. J., 31, 60, 92 – 94, 97, 103, 119
Absolutely Fabulous, 143
academic publishing, 11 – 12, 349 – 352
Adaptation, 51
Adorno, Theodor, 95
aesthetics. See evaluation; poetics; television style
Akass, Kim, 369n5
Alias, 1 – 4, 11, 28, 43 – 44, 47, 49 – 50, 52, 60 – 61, 75, 92, 120, 139, 169, 206, 208 – 209, 251, 259, 302, 316 – 317, 355n1
Allen, Robert, 6, 136, 237, 344, 355n5, 372n4
All in the Family, 49, 143, 211
Allrath, Gaby, 366n19
AMC, 17, 34 – 35, 91, 151, 218, 256 – 257, 312
Americans, The, 150
Amos ’n’ Andy, 234 – 235
Anderson, Christopher, 355n4
Angel, 19 – 20, 31, 46, 47, 99, 116, 120, 123, 124, 139, 141, 169, 320, 321
antiheroes, 119, 142 – 163, 203, 231, 253, 366n27
Arrested Development, 17, 21, 38, 41, 42 – 43, 45, 49, 52 – 53, 58, 99, 137, 184, 204, 267, 269, 322, 324 – 325, 374n5
Askwith, Ivan, 360n28, 364n35, 377n7
authorship, 31 – 32, 86 – 117, 119, 149, 151, 196 – 197, 218, 262, 281, 298, 299, 306 – 307, 312 – 313, 332, 334 – 335, 339, 347, 351
A.V. Club, The, 35, 101, 114, 358n7, 362n16
Awake, 64 – 67
Baltimore, 100, 129, 192, 219 – 221, 245, 271, 330
Barnum, P. T., 42 – 43
Battlestar Galactica, 23, 25, 44 – 45, 49, 99, 101 – 102, 105, 139, 150, 167, 168, 182, 185, 189 – 191, 193, 264, 270, 283, 289 – 290, 300, 317
Baywatch, 43
BBC, 265
Bernie Mac Show, The, 49
Bérubé, Michael, 370n15
Better Call Saul, 312
Bewitched, 120
Blackadder, 143
Blanchet, Robert, 365n2, 365n10
blogs, 7, 11, 35, 59, 104, 110 – 111, 114 – 115, 128, 206, 227 – 228, 267, 293, 336, 350
Boardwalk Empire, 97
Bob Newhart Show, The, 268
Bogost, Ian, 360n38
Booth, Paul, 351, 356n6, 358n13, 375n11, 376n23, 376n1
Booth, Wayne, 105 – 106
Bordwell, David, 5 – 6, 17 – 18, 74, 106, 113, 115, 164 – 165, 167 – 168, 170, 175 – 177, 194
Bourdieu, Pierre, 213, 214 – 215, 216, 226, 228, 369 – 370n9
Braun, Lloyd, 92 – 94
Breaking Bad, 9, 17, 24, 25, 34, 46, 61, 91, 102, 105, 112 – 114, 132, 142, 150 – 163, 171, 191, 206, 217 – 226, 231, 232, 253 – 257, 265, 267, 295, 311 – 315, 317, 326, 347 – 349, 367n36
Brooker, Will, 357n11
Brotherhood, 149
Brown, Simon, 355n4
Brunsdon, Charlotte, 369n1, 370n15
Buckland, Warren, 359n18, 360n39
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1, 4, 19 – 20, 29, 34, 35, 43, 46, 47, 86 – 87, 94, 95, 97, 99, 115 – 116, 123, 137, 139, 141, 169, 192, 211, 251, 274, 297 – 298, 301, 320, 321
Burns, Ed, 100
Busse, Kristina, 364n39
Butler, Jeremy G., 357n15, 370n18
cable channels, 9, 17, 34 – 35, 36, 89, 91, 98, 149, 161, 192, 218, 238, 253, 264, 320, 358n11, 359n21
Cagney and Lacey, 120, 211, 251, 366n27
Caillois, Roger, 315 – 316
Caldwell, John Thornton, 362n8, 370n18
Calinescu, Matei, 368n10
Carroll, Noël, 75, 366n22, 368n8
Carter, Bill, 378n8
Chaddha, Anmol, 371n22
Chamberlain, Daniel, 369n3
characters, 22 – 23, 59, 70, 80 – 81, 84, 86 – 87, 118 – 163, 166, 173 – 174, 178 – 179, 187, 189 – 191, 192, 196, 201, 219 – 223, 229 – 231, 241, 249 – 250, 254, 268 – 269, 273, 278, 300 – 302, 305 – 306, 311 – 314, 327 – 329, 331 – 332, 347 – 348, 376 – 377n6; alignment, 129, 134, 142, 144, 146 – 147, 153 – 154, 156, 158, 162, 178 – 179, 185 – 186, 203, 253 – 254; allegiance, 134 – 135, 138, 141, 142 – 144, 146 – 148, 154, 155 – 160, 162, 163, 203, 220, 244, 253 – 254, 337 – 338, 347; change, 133 – 142, 253; mind reading, 132, 136, 156, 157, 161, 199, 203, 220, 224; recognition, 122 – 123, 125 – 126, 133, 139 – 140, 167, 181, 198, 200 – 201. See also antiheroes; performance
Chase, David, 29, 334 – 335, 337 – 338
Chatman, Seymour, 23 – 24, 106 – 107, 175
Chekhov, Anton, 24
Chicago Code, The, 98
C.K., Louis, 22, 109 – 110, 362n16, 366n13
cognitive poetics, 6, 70, 131, 132, 136, 145, 164 – 205. See also narrative comprehension
Columbo, 297
comics, 33, 37, 110, 111, 125, 234 – 236, 238, 243, 294, 296, 298
Community, 23, 35, 46, 101, 110 – 112, 274
Cook, Dane, 110
Corner, John, 370n15
Cougar Town, 67
Cranston, Bryan, 90, 152 – 153, 156, 161 – 163, 223 – 224
credit sequences, 27, 57, 62, 68, 73, 81, 90, 91 – 92, 93 – 94, 96, 99 – 100, 123, 124, 129, 191 – 192, 218, 270, 326, 334, 358n11, 361n2
Creeber, Glen, 356n6, 357 – 358n1
crime drama, 1, 22, 29 – 30, 34, 48, 64, 66, 68 – 74, 78 – 79 84 – 85, 98, 100, 127, 129, 142, 147 – 148, 150, 151, 154 – 160, 162, 172, 178, 186, 218 – 224, 248, 251, 252, 254, 257, 311, 329
Crossing Jordan, 92
CSI franchise, 1, 103, 127, 186, 211, 297, 330, 365n2
cultural hierarchies, 32, 37, 39, 98, 210 – 212, 213 – 214, 216 – 217, 235, 239, 241 – 242, 246, 250, 323
cultural politics, 3 – 4, 52, 115, 206, 209, 213 – 215, 230, 246 – 247, 289, 339 – 349
Curb Your Enthusiasm, 17, 21, 34, 42, 108 – 109, 143, 194 – 205
Cuse, Carlton, 93 – 94, 102 – 103, 105, 279, 284, 295, 304 – 307, 309, 323, 325, 328, 359n20, 363n19
CW, The, 252
D’Acci, Julie, 366n27
Daily Show, The, 211
Damages, 61, 75, 160, 186, 251, 253
Dasgupta, Sudeep, 370n12
David, Larry, 108 – 109, 143, 196 – 205, 271
Deadwood, 28, 34, 41, 99, 211, 321, 365n7
De Kosnik, Abigail, 365n9
Dern, Laura, 119
Desperate Housewives, 2, 49, 52, 300
Dexter, 17, 52, 143, 145 – 149, 178 – 180, 188, 192, 231, 267, 330
Dickens, Charles, 37, 40 – 41, 110, 323, 331
Dick Van Dyke Show, The, 49, 97, 216
Diff’rent Strokes, 49
digital video recorders (DVRs), 36 – 37, 165, 174, 190, 192, 198, 238 – 239, 264
Doctor Who, 52, 55, 99, 120, 140, 172, 186, 263, 265, 276, 297, 300, 362n3
Dolan, Marc, 355n4
Donahue, Ann, 103
Douglas, Susan J., 374n36
Dragnet, 22, 49, 71, 73, 78, 89, 129, 292 – 293, 297, 361n9
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, 104
Duchovney, David, 99
Duncan, Stephen V., 358n12
DVDs, 2, 8, 26 – 27, 36 – 41, 54 – 56, 67, 68 – 69, 101, 104, 165, 177, 187 – 188, 190, 238, 264, 268, 280 – 281, 293, 310, 322, 359n21, 361n7
Elementary, 173
episodic form, 1, 18 – 23, 27 – 29, 32 – 34, 36, 42, 45, 46, 63 – 64, 79 – 80, 82, 99, 127, 129, 130, 138, 169, 235 – 238, 243, 251, 258 – 259, 296 – 297, 333, 372n8
ER, 211
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 51
evaluation, 2, 31, 32, 37, 39, 98, 105, 206 – 232, 239, 246 – 247, 323, 362n12, 369 – 370n9
Evans, Elizabeth, 376n1
Event, The, 17, 25, 66, 94, 126
Everybody Loves Raymond, 216
Family Guy, 187
fandom, 213, 373n27; affirmational vs. transformational, 114 – 115, 248, 270, 275, 281, 316 – 317, 364n39; shipping, 103, 128, 278 – 280, 287. See also forensic fandom; participatory culture; viewing practices
Fawlty Towers, 143
Feuer, Jane, 355n4, 369n4, 372n9 – 10, 373n21
film: as compared to television, 2, 18, 31 – 32, 37, 43, 46, 50, 88, 94, 96, 119, 165, 175, 180, 191, 194, 212, 214, 218, 236, 244 – 245, 249, 274, 292, 294; film theory, 4 – 7, 17 – 18, 74, 88, 96, 106 – 107, 118, 122 – 123
Firefly, 17, 31, 32, 53, 143, 264, 321
Fish, Stanley, 207
Fiske, John, 251, 259, 357n12, 369 – 370n9, 371n20
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 350
forensic fandom, 43, 52, 59 – 60, 65, 66 – 67, 103, 108, 112 – 113, 114, 126, 247 – 249, 250, 266, 267, 272 – 273, 274, 277 – 278, 282, 288 – 291, 305, 308 – 309, 310, 314 – 315, 333, 336 – 337
Friday Night Lights, 24, 137, 257 – 258, 259
Frost, Mark, 361n2
Fury, David, 99
Game of Thrones, 17, 99, 124 – 125, 137, 197, 270, 353
games, 51, 108, 126, 140, 145, 269, 288, 300 – 303, 323, 360n38; alternate reality games, 268, 280, 286 – 287, 293, 303,
304, 307 – 309, 316 – 317; tie-in games, 35, 271, 272, 277, 292, 293, 300 – 303, 304 – 305, 306, 312 – 313, 315; videogames as compared to television, 51, 53 – 54, 57, 291, 371n19, 376 – 377n6. See also forensic fandom; paratexts; transmedia storytelling
Gamson, Joshua, 108
Gansa, Alex, 114
gender representation, 3, 68, 71 – 72, 84 – 85, 103 – 104, 111, 115, 149 – 150, 162, 206, 213 – 214, 230, 233 – 234, 246 – 260, 286, 345, 347 – 349, 366n27, 373n27, 374n36
Geraghty, Christine, 369n1, 370n15
Giles, David C., 365n10
Gillan, Jennifer, 359n16
Gilligan, Vince, 90, 102, 112 – 114, 119, 151 – 152, 218, 347
Gledhill, Christine, 371n2
Goddard, Drew, 99
Goldbergs, The, 89
Good Wife, The, 53, 122, 258 – 260, 353
Gordon, Howard, 114
Gorton, Kristyn, 373n23
Gray, Jonathan, 174 – 175, 215, 293, 357n11, 359n25, 363n20, 368n9, 369n8, 374n1
Grey’s Anatomy, 103
Grief, Mark, 229
Grillo-Marxuach, Javier, 307
Groundhog Day, 28
Guiding Light, The, 234
Gunn, Anna, 347 – 348
Gunning, Tom, 360n33
Hall, Michael C. 146, 179 – 180
Hammond, Michael, 356n6
Hannibal, 173 – 174
Happy Days, 267
Harmon, Dan, 101, 110 – 112, 362n16
Harper’s Island, 25, 66, 94, 126, 216, 264, 310
Harris, Neil, 42 – 43
Harry Potter, 183 – 184
Harsh Realm, 25
Hayward, Jennifer, 356n4, 360n29, 364n33
HBO, 17, 28 – 30, 34, 91, 124, 146, 218, 270, 334, 358n11, 372n9
Hebdidge, Dick, 215
Heffernan, Virginia, 368n19
Hennion, Antoine, 370n10, 370n12
Heroes, 23, 26, 124, 138, 206, 216, 303, 310, 311
Hills, Matt, 186, 357n11, 362n3, 363n20, 370n15
Hill Street Blues, 211, 243, 245, 251, 252, 259
Hilmes, Michele, 372n5
Hitchcock, Alfred, 46, 175, 177
Hogan, Patrick Colm, 367n3
Homeland, 9, 17, 108, 114, 135, 191, 251, 340 – 347, 349, 353
Homicide: Life on the Street, 218, 268
Honeymooners, The, 372n8
Horton, Donald, 365n10
House of Cards, 41
Howard, Douglas, 366n25
How I Met Your Mother, 17, 48, 49, 58 – 60, 136, 264
Hurwitz, Mitchell, 99
I Love Lucy, 89, 97, 120, 217, 235, 268
intertextuality, 7, 87, 100, 114, 122 – 123, 146, 151 – 152, 173 – 174, 184, 226, 262, 267 – 268, 269, 293, 316. See also paratexts; transmedia storytelling
Invasion, 94
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 21, 42, 143
Jancovich, Mark, 369n5
Jenkins, Henry, 277, 294, 295, 296, 298, 300, 303, 304 – 305, 314, 317 – 318, 356n8, 357n11, 359n23, 376n23
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 286
John from Cincinnati, 99
Jones, Steven E., 378n5
Justified, 17, 34, 67, 119, 157, 253
Karlyn, Kathleen Rowe, 366n27
Kelleter, Frank, 235, 357n12, 359n26, 371n22
Kennedy, Liam, 371n19
Killing, The, 52, 150, 172, 251
King, Robert, 53
King of the Hill, 98
Kingpin, 149
Klein, Amanda Ann, 373n20
Klinger, Barbara, 368n10
Kohan, Jenji, 103
Kompare, Derek, 37 – 38, 102, 357n12, 363n20, 368n10
Kotsko, Adam, 368n21
Kozloff, Sarah 355n4
Kring, Tim, 23
L.A. Law, 259
Lancaster, Kurt, 363n17
Lang, Anouk, 363n24
Larry Sanders Show, The, 143
Last Resort, 320 – 321
Lavik, Erlend, 370n17
Law and Order franchise, 22, 29, 127
legitimation. See cultural hierarchies; evaluation
Levine, Elana, 213 – 214, 246 – 247, 248, 250, 359n15, 359n17, 359n24, 362n12, 370n12, 372n7, 373n15
Lieber, Jeffrey, 92 – 94
Lindelof, Damon, 92 – 94, 102 – 103, 105, 118, 279, 283, 284, 295, 304 – 307, 309, 323, 328
literature: as compared to television, 2, 18, 37, 40 – 41, 87 – 88, 111, 119, 124 – 125, 130, 183 – 184, 191, 212, 214, 236, 240, 249, 270, 292, 323, 332; literary theory, 4 – 5, 6, 96, 105 – 106, 107, 118, 145, 216, 246 – 247, 249 – 250; tie-in books, 280, 293, 296 – 299, 302, 306, 309, 315
Lord of the Rings, 270 – 271, 302, 304
Lorre, Chuck, 98
Lost, 8, 9, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 38 – 40, 43 – 44, 45, 46, 47, 49 – 50, 51 – 52, 53, 60, 63 – 64, 92 – 94, 99, 102 – 103, 105, 108, 118, 121 – 123, 125 – 126, 130, 136 – 137, 138, 139, 140, 168 – 170, 172, 174 – 175, 178, 181 – 182, 186, 189, 191 – 193, 206, 211, 248 – 250, 259, 262, 263 – 266, 268 – 269, 271 – 290, 295, 301 – 302, 303 – 311, 313 – 316, 321, 323 – 329, 331 – 332, 346 – 347, 353, 372n10
Lostpedia, 8, 272, 274, 276 – 287, 316, 328, 357n14
Lotz, Amanda, 215, 253, 359n16, 366n27, 367n36, 369n8, 374n36
Louie, 22, 108 – 110, 353, 365 – 366n13
Lyons, James, 369n5
Macdonald, Dwight, 95
Mad Men, 17, 34, 91, 97, 136, 137, 143, 144 – 145, 151, 164, 181, 206 – 207, 218, 227 – 232, 246, 253, 265, 269, 271, 312
Malcolm in the Middle, 21, 49, 152 – 153
Mamet, David, 99
Man from U.N.C.L.E., 373n27
Mann, Denise, 362n6
Marshall, C. W., 371n19
Marshall, Kelli, 378n20
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 294
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 240 – 243, 373n15
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The, 97, 242, 324
Matrix, The, 51, 298, 303, 314
Mayer, Vicki, 362n8
Mazdon, Lucy, 356n6
McCabe, Janet, 369n5
McGee, Ryan, 250
McKee, Alan, 370n15
McKelvey, Tara, 378n14
McNutt, Myles, 363n18
Medium, 66
melodrama, 20, 22, 57, 68, 209, 233 – 260, 280, 347, 352, 373n20
Memento, 51
memory, 6, 22, 23, 120, 122, 131, 133, 136, 139, 140, 156 – 158, 161, 170, 177, 179, 180 – 194, 195, 198, 200, 202, 203, 223, 265, 325 – 326, 347, 368n16; surprise memory, 191 – 192
Mendelsohn, Carol, 103
Meslow, Scott, 366n16
Mike and Molly, 98
Milch, David, 99
Moore, Ron, 101, 102, 105, 190
Morgan, Darin, 99
Müller, Hans-Harald, 107, 363n25
Mumford, Laura Stempel, 372n12, 378n16
Murder, She Wrote, 299 – 300
Murphy, Caryn, 240
mysteries, 19, 25 – 26, 28, 38, 44, 48, 51 – 52, 57 – 58, 60, 61, 65 – 67, 68, 70, 74, 76, 78, 82, 83 – 85, 102, 103, 108, 170, 172 – 173, 175 – 176, 178, 189, 252, 308 – 310, 323 – 324, 326 – 327, 329
narrative complexity, 3, 4, 11, 17 – 22, 26, 28, 41 – 54, 74 – 75, 179, 195, 204 – 205, 216 – 226, 228, 249, 251, 259, 290
narrative comprehension, 6, 21, 23 – 24, 38, 50 – 52, 60 – 61, 62, 65 – 67, 69, 70, 74, 75 – 76, 78 – 79 , 82, 105 – 110, 115 – 117, 122 – 124, 130 – 132, 140, 161, 164 – 205, 249, 259, 261, 263 – 264, 274 – 275, 277, 288 – 289, 290, 296, 299, 333, 336; and surprise, 51 – 52, 121, 123, 139 – 140, 168 – 169, 172 – 173, 176, 177, 179, 190 – 191
narrative endings, 33 – 34, 148, 159 – 160, 267, 310, 319 – 349
narrative events, 23 – 25, 167, 172, 177, 236 – 238, 266 – 268, 273, 296 – 298, 302 – 303, 311, 313
narrative hypotheses, 25 – 26, 70, 131 – 132, 161 – 162, 169, 170 – 173, 175 – 176, 197, 199, 201, 278; anticipation, 60 – 61, 84, 105, 113, 121, 135, 139 – 140, 148, 168, 171 – 173, 175 – 179, 189, 191, 197 – 200, 202 – 203, 205, 273, 322, 323, 373n18; curiosity, 26, 106, 154, 170 – 171, 172, 175, 178 – 179, 201, 333; suspense, 26, 49, 73, 74, 139, 171 – 172, 175, 176 – 177, 179, 204, 209, 237, 244, 373n18; theorizing, 26, 27, 40, 86 – 87, 113, 173, 276, 281 – 283, 326. See also narrative comprehension
narrative norms: extrinsic, 17, 19, 32, 34, 42, 74, 91, 119, 124 – 125, 150, 167 – 168, 171 – 172, 175 – 176, 221, 239 – 240, 242, 245, 258, 259 – 260, 334 – 335; intrinsic, 21, 23, 28, 44 – 45, 48, 56 – 66, 74, 76, 82, 85, 105, 125 – 126, 130, 167, 168 – 169, 186, 199, 201, 204, 224, 229, 325, 337
narrative space, 269 – 274, 275, 300, 304 – 305
narrative statements, versus enigmas, 24 – 25, 59 – 60, 65 – 66, 83 – 84, 86 – 87, 170, 171, 178, 267, 327
narrative techniques: cliffhangers, 21, 28, 39, 73, 74, 168, 188, 208, 209 – 210, 237, 351; cutaways, 58, 187; erotetic narrative, 75, 83 – 84; fantasy sequences, 49, 131; focalization, 49, 72, 77 – 78, 124, 185 – 186, 249; multiple dimensions, 64 – 66, 130, 250, 266, 274 – 275, 326 – 329; narrative special effects, 43 – 45, 168 – 169, 324 – 325, 333, 360n35; retelling, 26, 49, 77, 181 – 182, 184 – 185, 186, 236 – 237, 242, 296 – 297, 302; split screens, 2, 28, 59, 62, 209, 265 – 266; voice-over narration, 10, 43, 49, 58 – 60, 61, 62, 68 – 79, 85, 131 – 132, 146, 154, 178, 183 – 186, 188, 193, 361n9. See also narrative temporality
narrative temporality: analepses, 26, 48 – 50, 58 – 61, 68, 154, 169 – 170, 186, 219, 264 – 266; ellipses, 26, 44 – 45, 48, 62, 237; flashbacks, 10 – 11, 20, 22, 25, 26, 48 – 49, 50 – 51, 58, 59, 63 – 64, 74 – 80, 85, 93, 113, 123, 126 130, 136, 137, 146, 156, 168 – 169, 184 – 187, 190 – 191, 223, 237, 249, 259, 264, 265 – 266, 274, 305, 342, 346; flash-forwards, 43, 48, 68 – 69, 112, 121, 130, 168 – 169, 175, 264, 274, 353; story vs. discourse vs. screen time, 2, 26 – 28, 48, 62, 168, 239, 263 – 266; time-travel, 26, 47, 130, 140, 172, 250, 265. See also narrative techniques
narratology, 5, 10, 52, 106 – 107, 118, 249, 333
Nations, Gregg, 283
Ndalianis, Angela, 360n37
Nelson, Robin, 356n4, 357 – 358n1
Netflix, 38, 41, 322, 324, 359n21
Newhart, 324 – 325
Newman, Michael, 213 – 214, 246 – 247, 248, 250, 356n6, 359n15, 359n17, 359n24, 362n12, 365n2, 370n12, 372n7
Nine, The, 186
Nurse Jackie, 150
Nussbaum, Emily, 99, 262, 328, 379n22
NYPD Blue, 29
O.C., The, 243
Office, The, 9, 24, 49, 97, 98, 143, 168, 299, 303, 311
Once Upon a Time, 274
operational aesthetic, 41 – 53, 60, 80, 108 – 110, 125 – 126, 128, 148, 163, 167, 168 – 170, 171, 172, 174 – 175, 176 – 178, 196 – 197, 200, 202 – 205, 231, 248 – 249, 259, 324 – 326, 329 – 332, 338, 360n33
Orange Is the New Black, 20, 41, 103, 136
Örnebring, Henrik, 377n17
O’Sullivan, Sean, 40 – 41, 356n6, 358n10, 358n14
Oz, 143
parasocial relationships, 124, 127 – 128, 130, 141 – 142, 148 – 149, 314, 365n10
paratexts, 7 – 8, 27, 37, 40, 59, 101 – 103, 104 – 105, 107, 108, 110 – 116, 121, 128, 140, 166, 175, 181, 193 – 194, 197, 239, 261 – 291, 292 – 318, 322, 332, 339 – 340, 348, 349, 372n12
Parks and Recreation, 45, 67, 97, 121
participatory culture, and online fandom, 8 – 9, 35 – 36, 40 – 41, 43, 101, 110, 115, 116, 127, 181, 193, 239, 265 – 266, 268, 269, 270, 272 – 275, 277 – 289, 291, 300, 303, 308 – 309, 316 – 318, 359n23
Peacock, Steven, 355n4, 369n1, 369n3
Pearson, Roberta, 133 – 134, 136, 141, 365n2
performance, 22, 51, 67, 72, 81, 88, 90, 97, 109, 118, 119 – 122, 124 – 125, 135 – 136, 144 – 145, 152 – 153, 156, 161, 163, 178, 179, 200, 201, 220, 224, 231, 256 – 257
Plec, Julie, 103
podcasts, 101 – 103, 105, 111, 112, 114 – 115, 128, 305, 307
poetics, 4 – 9, 18 – 31, 41, 53 – 54, 55 – 68, 119, 142, 164 – 166, 180, 195, 207, 237 – 238, 339 – 340, 347, 356n8. See also cognitive poetics; narrative techniques
Polan, Dana, 358n14
Potter, Tiffany, 371n19
Prestige, The, 51
Pretty Little Liars, 120
Prison Break, 301
procedural: as episodic form, 1, 22, 32, 66, 67, 127, 142, 251 – 252, 264, 297; logic, 51, 53 – 54, 218, 248
Psycho, 46
psychology. See cognitive poetics; narrative comprehension
Pulp Fiction, 51
Pushing Daisies, 20, 61, 66, 183 – 184, 321
quality television, 210 – 212, 214 – 215, 216, 228, 232, 290, 323
racial representation, 3, 114, 206, 209, 345, 346
Radway, Janice, 84
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 297
realism, 11, 43 – 44, 66, 109, 147, 148, 204, 208 – 209, 221 – 222, 244 – 246, 247 – 248, 265, 270, 273, 311, 324, 329, 330 – 331, 360n35, 371n20, 371n22
reality television, 9, 31, 32, 92, 98, 187
recaps, 27, 187 – 191, 193 – 194, 198, 242, 266 – 267, 351
reception studies, 6 – 9, 165, 276 – 277, 303 – 304
reflexivity. See operational aesthetic
Return of Jezebel James, The, 99
Reunion, 17, 25, 48, 126, 319 – 320
Revenge, 10 – 11, 25, 61, 75, 150, 154, 170 – 171, 243, 244
Revolution, 310
Rhimes, Shonda, 103
Roediger, Henry, 368n16
Romano, Ray, 119
Rose, Frank, 377n7
Rubicon, 320
Running Wilde, 108 – 109
Russo, Julie Levin, 377n18
Ruston, Scott, 369n3
Scandal, 103
Schatz, Thomas, 355n4
science fiction, 53, 93, 101, 120, 167, 183, 247, 248, 250, 265, 270 – 271, 273, 280, 297, 306, 310, 311
Sconce, Jeffrey, 19, 42, 356n6, 377n14
Scrubs, 46, 49, 51, 122, 131, 187, 211, 322
Seinfeld, 4, 17, 20 – 21, 41 – 42, 46, 51, 53, 67, 89, 109, 123, 143, 148, 195 – 196, 198 – 199, 204, 271, 324, 325
Seitz, Matt Zoller, 335 – 336, 337, 370n16
serial articulation, 3, 346 – 347, 348
serial form, 18 – 23, 27 – 28, 29 – 30, 40 – 41, 46, 76, 82 – 83, 88 – 89, 105, 110, 130, 136, 142, 148 – 149, 172, 173, 180 – 181, 234 – 239, 243, 244, 251, 295, 319, 333, 336, 339, 351 – 352
series reboots, 47 – 48, 169, 297
Sewell, Philip W., 369n4
Sex and the City, 150
Shapiro, Stephen, 371n19
Sherlock, 173
Sherlock Holmes, 173, 289, 292
Sherman-Palladino, Amy, 99, 103
Shield, The, 17, 34, 90, 98, 143, 148, 149, 155, 157, 253, 300
Shimpach, Shawn, 356n6
showrunners, 87, 90 – 92, 93 – 94, 99, 101 – 104, 109, 110 – 117, 118, 119, 298, 304 – 307, 316, 323, 362n16, 363n19
Simon, David, 99, 100, 114, 115, 218, 221, 262, 323, 331
Simpsons, The, 21, 34, 35, 46, 51, 55, 276, 300
sitcoms, 11, 20, 31, 32, 34, 42, 49, 58, 67, 98, 109 – 110, 120, 126, 143, 152, 183, 184, 187, 204, 235, 240 – 242, 264, 296, 311, 372n8
Six Feet Under, 11, 17, 24, 31, 45, 49, 63, 137, 146, 168, 191, 211, 244, 324, 325, 353, 372n9
Sliding Doors, 274
Smallville, 173
Smith, Aaron, 377n7
Smith, Greg, 320, 355n5, 356n6, 365n2, 369n1, 370n15
Smith, Murray, 122 – 123, 127, 129, 134, 142 – 143, 145, 364n2, 365n2, 366n20, 366n22
soap operas, 6, 9, 11, 22, 25, 32, 41, 55, 110, 120, 126 – 127, 136, 149, 168, 181, 233 – 246, 247 – 248, 250, 289, 372n10, 372n12
social media: and television producers, 101, 103 – 104, 111 – 112, 293; and television viewers, 35, 206, 293, 347 – 348
Sons of Anarchy, 101, 143, 253
Sopranos, The, 4, 17, 28 – 30, 34, 49, 97, 120, 135 – 136, 137, 143, 144, 148, 149, 150, 151, 155, 162, 164, 191 – 192, 193 – 194, 211, 218, 231, 244, 253, 267, 271, 301, 332 – 338, 353
South Park, 23
Spartacus, 120
spoilers, 6, 8, 140, 166, 174 – 175, 176 – 178, 180, 190
Sports Night, 31
spy programs, 1 – 4, 47, 208 – 209, 248, 251, 302, 343
Star Trek, 52, 123 – 124, 263, 270, 273, 276, 297, 300, 316, 373n27
Stein, Louisa, 364n39
St. Elsewhere, 49, 211, 243, 267 – 268, 288, 324
Stockwell, Peter, 356n9, 367n3
storytelling, definition of, 10, 263
storyworld, 10, 12, 19, 20 – 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 35, 39, 42, 48, 52, 56, 61, 74, 78 – 79, 108, 111, 116, 120, 126, 129, 140, 166 – 167, 171 – 172, 176 – 177, 184, 194, 222 – 223, 235, 258, 261 – 262, 265, 269 – 270, 273, 274 – 275, 280 – 282, 288 – 290, 294, 296 – 297, 298, 300, 302, 304 – 306, 308, 310, 311 – 313, 314 – 316, 324 – 325, 326 – 327, 332, 335, 338, 345, 358n6
Straczynski, J. Michael, 101
Strauven, Wanda, 360n34
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 108
Supernatural, 46
Survivor, 92
suspense. See narrative hypotheses
Sutter, Kurt, 101
Swanson, Dorothy Collins, 369n4
teen dramas, 48, 68 – 69, 71, 73 – 75, 81, 84 – 85, 86, 137, 183, 251 – 252, 257
television genres, 4, 6, 10, 18, 31, 32, 46, 53, 56, 66, 68 – 69, 71, 73 – 74, 84 – 85, 86, 97, 98, 120, 126 – 127, 150, 167 – 168, 169, 176, 183, 209, 212, 233 – 252, 257 – 260, 273, 276, 289, 297, 302, 304, 306, 310, 311 – 312, 316, 326, 328, 352
television industry: labor and contract issues, 81, 88, 104, 119 – 120, 123, 176, 334, 361n13; program development and production, 32 – 33, 56, 89 – 95, 97 – 99, 261, 271 – 272, 294 – 295, 319 – 322; scheduling, 4, 26, 33, 36, 41, 165, 192 – 193, 233, 234 – 243, 263 – 264, 293, 322
television pilots, 10 – 11, 39, 56 – 85, 89, 92 – 93, 125, 151 – 152, 154, 178, 188, 219, 319, 324, 361n2
television studies, 3 – 4, 35 – 36, 95, 96, 164, 166, 196, 205, 206, 210 – 216, 251, 339 – 340, 349 – 350, 367n4, 370n12
television style, 1 – 2, 18, 44, 50, 57 – 58, 61, 62, 65, 69 – 74, 76 – 78, 90, 113, 177, 185, 187, 208 – 209, 218 – 219, 221 – 222, 229, 241 – 242, 245 – 246, 249, 257 – 258, 334 – 335, 336, 337 – 338, 341, 370nn17 – 18
Television Without Pity, 35, 267
television writers. See authorship; showrunners
Terriers, 62 – 63, 90, 111, 136, 302, 320
Thomas, Rob, 69 – 70, 73, 81, 361n13
Thompson, Ethan, 368n17
Thompson, Robert, 211, 356n5, 369n5
Toy Story, 302
Trahair, Lisa, 360n33
transmedia storytelling, 10, 59, 93, 249, 261, 272, 277, 280, 290 292 – 318, 327
True Blood, 31
TV Tropes (wiki), 43, 119, 167, 276, 357n16
24, 1 – 4, 25, 28, 39, 48, 52, 62, 108, 114, 171, 206 – 210, 227, 270, 297, 302, 345 – 346, 355n1
Twilight Zone, The, 51, 142, 183
Twin Peaks, 4, 18, 25, 28, 31, 52, 57 – 58, 241, 246, 277 – 278, 298 – 299
Twitter, 35, 101, 103, 111, 128, 163, 166, 206, 270
Two and a Half Men, 22, 35, 98, 121
Unit, The, 99
United 93, 176
UPN, 34, 68 – 69, 71, 73 – 74, 252
Usual Suspects, The 51
Vaage, Margrethe Bruun, 148, 365n2, 365n10, 366n21, 367n4
Vampire Diaries, The, 103
VanDerWerff, Todd, 231, 337, 362n16, 364n37, 374n39
Venkatesh, Sudhir, 371n22
Vermeule, Blakey, 132, 145, 160
Veronica Mars, 11, 17, 20, 34, 39, 49, 52, 53, 55, 61, 68 – 85, 120, 129, 137, 150, 154, 175 – 178, 183, 185, 187 – 188, 206, 251 – 252, 259, 271, 320, 322
video, online and streaming, 26, 38, 40 – 41, 104, 165, 239, 264, 289 – 290, 293, 307, 308 – 309, 312 – 313, 322, 324, 359n21, 361n7. See also DVDs; digital video recorders (DVRs); VCRs
viewing practices: binge viewing, 39, 40, 41, 165, 180 – 181, 189, 238 – 239; paratextual engagement, 105, 107 – 108, 110 – 115, 128, 130, 166, 173, 174, 181, 195, 197, 239, 247, 261 – 291, 294 – 295, 303, 347 – 348; rewatching, 2, 36, 38, 44, 140, 165, 171, 175, 177 – 178, 180, 192; serial engagement, 79 – 80, 132 – 133, 165 – 166, 173, 191, 195, 201, 238 – 239, 241 – 242, 246 – 247, 250, 274 – 276, 295, 319 – 320, 325, 328, 341 – 342, 344 – 345. See also forensic fandom; evaluation; memory; narrative comprehension; narrative hypotheses; participatory culture; spoilers
voice-over narration. See narrative techniques
Wallace, David Foster, 142
Warhol, Robyn, 234, 246 – 250, 252, 260, 356nn5 – 6, 373n24
West Wing, The, 4, 11, 31, 34, 49 – 51, 75, 91, 98, 122, 211, 244, 259
Whannel, Paddy, 215
Whedon, Joss, 31, 32, 67, 87, 94, 95, 97 – 98, 99, 104, 115 – 116, 119, 298, 320, 321
wikis, 6, 7, 8, 40, 60, 166, 264, 267, 268, 276 – 287, 289, 316. See also Lostpedia; TV Tropes
Wilcox, Rhonda, 361n4
Williams, Linda, 244 – 245, 248, 250, 371n21, 371n2, 373n20, 378n7
Williams, Raymond, 215
Wilson, William Julius, 371n22
Winter, Terence, 97
Wire, The, 9, 17, 24, 25, 28 – 30, 34, 37, 39, 99, 100, 114, 115, 129, 130 – 131, 133, 137, 138, 143, 148, 172, 181, 192, 193, 206, 217 – 226, 232, 244 – 245, 248, 253, 258, 268, 269, 271, 323 – 326, 329 – 332, 345 – 346
Wohl, Richard, 365n10
Wonder Years, The, 49
Writers Guild of America, 93, 104, 363n22
X-Files, The, 4, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 46, 52, 53, 60, 99 – 100, 128, 211, 218, 301
Zunshine, Lisa, 366n14