New Book: Television in Transition

Please find below details for the new book Television in Transition: The Life and
Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

"With Trenchant insight and far-reaching interpretation, Shawn Shimpach confronts
transformations in the media landscape that are dramatically changing the fundamental
experience of TV today...This is destined to be a major work in television studies" Dana
Polan, New York University

Combining an exciting methodology alongside high-interest case studies, Television in
Transition offers a guide to a medium that has weathered the challenges of first-run
syndication, a multi-channel universe, netlets, major media conglomerates, deregulation,
and globalization--all in the space of twenty years. This is a highly original
explanation of how innovation takes place within the television industry's management of
predictability, risk, and familiarity.

-Examines a return in television programming to action narratives with individual
(super) heroes intended to navigate this new, international, multi-channel universe

-Explores how television programming "translates" to new spatial geographies

-Looks at the value of a program's "afterlife," the continued circulation, repackaging
and repurposing of programming beyond its initial iteration

-Features illustrative case studies of popular programs including Highlander: The
Series, Smallville, 24, and Doctor Who

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Television in Transition: The Life and Afterlife of the Narrative Action Hero
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