Texture, Realism, Performance: Exploring the Intersection of Transtexts and the Contemporary Sitcom
Texture, realism, performance: exploring the intersection of transtexts and the contemporary sitcom Book or Report Section Published Version Knox, S. and Derhy Kurtz, B. W. L. (2017) Texture, realism, performance: exploring the intersection of transtexts and the contemporary sitcom. In: Derhy Kurtz, B. W. L. and Bourdaa, M. (eds.) The Rise of Transtexts: Challenges and Opportunities. Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies. Routledge, pp. 49-67. ISBN 9781138944671 Available at http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/56220/ It is advisable to refer to the publisher’s version if you intend to cite from the work. See Guidance on citing . Publisher: Routledge All outputs in CentAUR are protected by Intellectual Property Rights law, including copyright law. Copyright and IPR is retained by the creators or other copyright holders. Terms and conditions for use of this material are defined in the End User Agreement . www.reading.ac.uk/centaur CentAUR Central Archive at the University of Reading Reading’s research outputs online Texture, Realism, Performance: Exploring the Intersection of Transtexts and the Contemporary Sitcom (Knox, Simone & Derhy Kurtz, Benjamin W.L.) Contemporary US sitcom is at an interesting crossroads: it has received an increasing amount of scholarly attention (e.g. Mills 2009; Butler 2010; Newman and Levine 2012; Vermeulen and Whitfield 2013), which largely understands it as shifting towards the aesthetically and narratively complex. At the same time, in the post-broadcasting era, US networks are particularly struggling for their audience share. With the days of blockbuster successes like Must See TV’s Friends (NBC 1994-2004) a distant dream, recent US sitcoms are instead turning towards smaller, engaged audiences.
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