Naslov
Repetition, familiarity, and aesthetic pleasure: formulaic generic television series

Autori
Vidmar Jovanović, Iris

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Cognition, Emotion, and Aesthetics in Contemporary Serial Television

Urednik/ci
Nannicelli, Ted ; Perez Hector

Izdavač
Routledge

Grad
London : Delhi

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
256-272

ISBN
9781032037158

Ključne riječi
Tv aesthetics, familiarity, junk fiction, characters

Sažetak
The longevity of some of the longest running genre fiction television series suggests that these shows inspire and reward a continual viewers’ interest over extensive period of time. Now in its twentieth season, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 1999-) is still ripping success and inviting millions of viewers with each new episode, as do numerous similar crime fiction series. Criminal Minds (CBS) has been around since 2005, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (CBS) was originally released in 2003 and is still pilling up episodes, Bones (Fox) run for 12 years, as did NYPD Blue (NBC). Hospital dramas routinely hold attention for over a decade, as evidenced by ER (NBC 1994-2009), and some courtroom dramas such as The Practice (ABC1997-2004) and L.A Law (NBC 1986-1994)) compiled well over hundreds of episodes before their termination. My aim in this paper is to explore what sustains such long-term interest, given that viewers are usually well familiar with genre-characteristic story-lines, repeatedly found in series pertaining to the same genre, and with series-specific manner of implementing such stories, repeatedly instantiated in episodes pertaining to the same series.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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