This is a repository copy of Sensation/investigation: crime television and the action aesthetic. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/143384/ Version: Accepted Version Article: Tasker, Y orcid.org/0000-0001-8130-2251 (2016) Sensation/investigation: crime television and the action aesthetic. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 14 (3). pp. 304-323. ISSN 1740-0309 https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2016.1187027 © 2016 informa uK limited, trading as Taylor & francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in New Review of Film and Television Studies on 27 Jun 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2016.1187027. Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing
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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Sensation/Investigation: Crime Television and the Action Aesthetic Yvonne Tasker, Film, Television and Media Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Abstract: This article explores the interface between crime television and action television, arguing that action/crime is a significant mode which has typically been overlooked in studies of the genre.