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Science fiction television programs.

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"We hear everywhere that we are in a golden era of television. Prestige dramas are the stars of streaming services and cable networks alike, luring viewers into binge watching hours of programming with writing, production values, and acting talent typically associated with feature-length films. In Second Lives, Michael Szalay focuses our attention on a highly influential subset of prestige television that he calls the black-market drama, and he tethers the new renaissance of television to this genre. The black-market drama is a genre that was inaugurated by the HBO series The Sopranos. At its most basic level, it consists of shows in which part or all of a (usually) white, middle-class family leads two lives, one routine and the other typically illegal and dangerous. Those lives might involve black markets or money laundering, a secret past or closeted identity, addiction, prostitution, espionage, or an alternate reality. And those secret lives might be kept from a variety of people, from other family members to neighbors to the state. What matters is that second lives allow characters to awaken from the slumber of their first lives. We, the audience, awaken too. For Szalay, these black-market dramas are the key to understanding how TV, once the lowest of the low, came to be esteemed as never before"--

Fiction television programs --- Television series --- Television programs

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From Star Trek to Farscape and Stargate SG-1, and the epic series Babylon 5, Jan Johnson-Smith shows how, in line with national political upheavals in the 1960s, this vibrant and perplexing genre set about developing the myth of the Western frontier into deep space. Looking at the sense of wonder that infuses science fiction, she traces the genre back to the heroic journeys of the Classical epic as well as to the notion of the sublime so deeply embedded in the American consciousness. Drawing on Caldwell's notion of televisuality, she shows how sfx and cgi technologies have made it possible to

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J.P. Telotte's 'Science Fiction Theatre' explores the historical and cultural significance of the television series 'Science Fiction Theatre' from the 1950s, highlighting its role as a precursor to iconic shows like 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Star Trek'. The book provides an analysis of how this early series helped shape the science fiction genre on television, dealing with themes of postwar interest in science and technology. Telotte examines the economic, political, and social contexts that influenced the production and reception of the series, and how it set the stage for more mature science fiction storytelling. This scholarly work is designed for readers interested in media studies, television history, and the science fiction genre.

Science fiction television programs --- Television and history

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Comme média de masse, la télévision est l'un des vecteurs privilégiés des imaginaires. Quand la fiction télévisuelle s'empare du Siècle des Lumières, quelles représentations des savoirs, croyances et valeurs de l'époque de Voltaire et de l'Encyclopédie nous propose-t-elle ? Cet ouvrage s'interroge sur la médiation par l'image télévisuelle d'une période de notre histoire qui, plus que toute autre peut-être, s'inscrit fortement dans la conscience collective nationale. Depuis plus de 50 ans, les dramatiques, les téléfilms historiques, les docufictions, les feuilletons et les séries de la télévision française invitent le téléspectateur dans les salons et les alcôves du siècle de la philosophie et du plaisir. L'important n'est pas tant de vérifier si ces représentations sont historiquement justes que de s'interroger sur la manière singulière dont se met en place une culture commune. Les auteurs de cet ouvrage mobilisent ici les ressources des sciences de l'information et de la communication, de l'histoire, de la sociologie et des études littéraires qu'ils mettent au service d'une commune volonté de décrypter ce qui, dans les images que nous nous forgeons du passé, nous permet de mieux vivre ensemble.

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