TY - BOOK ID - 137985924 TI - Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change AU - Cohn, Jonathan AU - Porst, Jennifer AU - Wissner, Reba AU - Scepanski, Philip AU - Selznick, Barbara AU - Diffrient, David Scott AU - Giggey, Lindsay AU - Copple Smith, Erin AU - Becker, Ron AU - Giannini, Erin AU - White, Mimi AU - Mills, Brett AU - Alexander, Apryl AU - Becker, Christine AU - Lagerwey, Jorie AU - Nygaard, Taylor PY - 2021 SN - 1978821174 PB - Rutgers University Press DB - UniCat KW - Literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137985924 AB - Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential "very special episode" format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era phenomenon of the "Very Special Seasons" of UnReal and 13 Reasons Why, this collection seriously and critically uses the "very special episode" to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture. ER -