Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to Er Thompson Robert
Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to Er Thompson Robert Fans of 'quality TV drama series' will have a field day with Syracuse University professor Thompson's multidisciplinary…
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Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to Er Thompson Robert
Fans of 'quality TV drama series' will have a field day with Syracuse University professor Thompson's multidisciplinary examination of 'the return of the seri-ous, literary, writer-based drama' over the past 15 years. Elsewhere, Thompson reviews a bit more briefly the histories of 1980s classics Cagney & Lacey, Moonlighting, L.A. Allotting full chapters to breakthrough series Hill Street Blues and St.
'The Future of Quality' chapter describes the networks' retreat from writer-based drama in the early 1990s and the return to it in series like NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, and the number one hit, ER. Law, thirtysomething, and China Beach and their 'quirky' 1990s successors Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, and Picket Fences. This survey will appeal to several audiences: People readers will relish the gossip;