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A study of the quiz and game show format which has proved to be consistently popular with viewers since the growth of the medium in the 1950s.

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This book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained its popularity since the emergence of television, yet only now, in this volume, receives the sustained and scholarly attention that it warrants. -- Professor Garry Whannel, University of Bedfordshire This book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained its popularity since the emergence of television, yet only now, in this volume, receives the sustained and scholarly attention that it warrants.

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Genre and the Quiz Show; 2. Quiz Show Histories; 3. Quiz Show Theory: Approaching the Programme Text; 4. Knowledge in the Quiz Show; 5. The Quiz Show and Ordinary' People as Television Performers; 6. 'Asking the Audience': Quiz Shows and their Viewers; Conclusion; Bibliography.

The Quiz Show

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      Book details

      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 13 October 2008
      ISBN-13 9780748627530
      978-0748627530
      ISBN-10 0748627537
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      Television

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of the quiz and game show format which has proved to be consistently popular with viewers since the growth of the medium in the 1950s.

      Trade Review
      This book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained its popularity since the emergence of television, yet only now, in this volume, receives the sustained and scholarly attention that it warrants. -- Professor Garry Whannel, University of Bedfordshire This book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained its popularity since the emergence of television, yet only now, in this volume, receives the sustained and scholarly attention that it warrants.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Genre and the Quiz Show; 2. Quiz Show Histories; 3. Quiz Show Theory: Approaching the Programme Text; 4. Knowledge in the Quiz Show; 5. The Quiz Show and Ordinary' People as Television Performers; 6. 'Asking the Audience': Quiz Shows and their Viewers; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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