Something Completely Different : British Television And American Culture /

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Between Emma Peel and the Ministry of Silly Walks, British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Jeffrey S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Televisieprogramma's.
Television programs.
Television broadcasting > Influence.
Television broadcasting.
Popular culture.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
popular culture.
Émissions televisees > États-Unis.
Television > États-Unis.
Culture populaire.
Popular Culture
Television programs > United States.
Television broadcasting > United States.
Television broadcasting > Great Britain > Influence.
United States.
Great Britain.
Computer network resources.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Between Emma Peel and the Ministry of Silly Walks, British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the American networks imported such series as The Avengers and Monty Python's Flying Circus; how American audiences received these uniquely British shows; and how the shows' success reshaped American television.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816689729

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