Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-210) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Why SFTV? -- A brief history of American SFTV -- Key series: Captain video and the development of a SFTV audience -- SFTV: industrial and narrative models -- Key series: the Twilight zone and the plastic anthology mode -- Cultural issues and SFTV -- Key series: Battlestar galactica: a new wagon train and its baggage -- SFTV audiences -- Key series: Farscape: character and audience -- Boundary crossings: SFTV in a hybrid mode -- Key series: Fringe: narrative at the borders -- Conclusion: new directions for SFTV -- SFTV: questions for discussion -- Notes -- A select SFTV videography -- A select SFTV bibliography.
