This course investigates key periods, forms, and figures in American quality television. Topics include how television has been framed in relation to literature, theater, and cinema; how quality television engages with cultural hierarchies; the role of cable TV; and quality television's attention to social conflicts and debates in postwar American culture.

Antirequisite(s): The former Film Studies 3360F/G if taken in 2010-11.

Prerequisite(s): Film Studies 1020E or Film Studies 1022 or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.