Index 0-9 Aristotle 37 9/11 18, 149 Arrested Development 10, 232 aspect ratio 207, 282 authorship 11, 16, 126, 150, 266 A authorial tropes 14 ABC 1, 2 absurdism 55, 72, 231, 247, 256, 263 B afect 14, 41, 145, 153, 279 backlash 4, 24, 44, 61, 66, 75, 77, Allen, Woody 77 170–173, 176, 224, 268, All in the Family 9, 138 287 American Dream 183, 187 Ball, Lucille 42, 43, 52 Anders, Andrea 227 Baxendale, Helen 62, 186, 205 Aniston, Jennifer 12, 23, 48, 49, 61, BBC 234, 245 69, 86–93, 102–104, 106, BBC America 234, 240 115, 117, 118, 141–143, Bergson, Henri 40 146, 155, 157, 184, 286 Big Bang Teory, Te 12, 15, 16, 134, Ansari, Aziz 172, 173 139, 144, 162, 243 anti-jokes 256 Birang, Bijan 260 Applegate, Christina 50, 208 black hair 90 Archer 199 Black-ish 25, 175, 183 © Te Editor(s) (if applicable) and Te Author(s) 2019 291 S. Knox and K. H. Schwind, Friends, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25429-2 292 Index blackness. See politics of Chinese Dream discourse 260 representation Chinese television 263 Branagh, Kenneth 35 Citizen Kane 126 Bright, Kevin S. 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, class. See politics of representation 18, 21, 22, 25, 35, 46, 62, clickbait 4, 150, 200, 212 84, 85, 113, 116–118, 131, Clooney, George 102 135, 136, 147, 150, 154, clowning 42, 52, 108 171, 179, 188, 193, 195, Coates, Ta-Nehisi 180, 181 199, 211, 223, 227, 231, Cohen, Ted 192 267, 279, 280, 282 cold open 70, 72, 241 Bright/Kaufman/Crane Productions colour-blind casting 183 16 colourism 188 Bringing Up Baby 49 Columbo 126 Brock Akil, Mara 179 Comeback, Te 140 2 Broke Girls 175 comedic types Brooklyn Nine-Nine 174 Chandler Bing 37, 66 Bufy the Vampire Slayer 8 Joey Tribbiani 51, 62, 110 Burgess, Titus 181 Monica Geller 50, 51, 140 Burrows, James 15, 16, 46, 58, 84, Phoebe Bufay 51, 55 85, 116, 117, 146, 147, Rachel Green 47 150, 155, 156, 193, 280, Ross Geller 58, 93 288 comedy 2. See also comedic types; humour business 41 C comedic moments 36, 47, 48, 52, Cahill, Eddie 186 53, 55, 60, 94, 103, 119, Calhoun, Wil 13 256 Carell, Steve 76 comedic persona 37, 48–50, 53, Carmichael, Jerrod 6 60, 66, 68, 75, 78, 94, 233, casting 22, 65, 83, 84, 102, 108, 255 174, 188, 225, 240–242, comedic sensibility 22, 26, 36, 254, 256–259, 267 39, 44–46, 49, 50, 54, 58, CBS 1, 2, 232, 233, 244 60, 63, 66, 68–70, 72, 73, Central Perk 3, 14, 46, 48, 49, 60, 75–77, 89, 230, 231, 236, 66, 67, 129, 139, 140, 149, 242–244, 248, 254–256, 151, 152, 202, 204, 208 258, 260, 267, 283, 287 Channel 5 283 industry 41 Charmed 226 Vaudevillian strand 42 Cheers 15, 78, 84, 151, 243 Comedy Central 2, 130, 131, 283 Index 293 Community 10 dialogue 6, 15, 16, 36, 48, 50, 59, competitiveness 52, 53, 71 62, 66, 68, 71, 72, 74, 91, controlling images 185. See also poli- 93, 96, 97, 103, 105, 141, tics of representation 174, 210, 213, 239, 241, Angry Black Woman 186 242, 244, 251, 253–256, Black Lady 190, 191 258, 260, 261, 266 Jezebel 185 Die 2 256 Mammy 185 Dream On 279 Sapphire 185 dubbing 26, 225, 250–254, 256– Strong Black Woman 185 258, 267 Welfare Mother 185 Dunham, Lena 179, 181 Welfare Queen 185 Coolidge, Jennifer 228 Cosby Show, Te 43, 52, 183, 184, E 188 ‘Easter eggs’ 14, 150 Costanzo, Paulo 227, 230 Egypt, Friends reception in 247 couple dynamics 54, 255 Ellen 137 Coupling (UK) 234, 235, 240, 241 ensemble cast 12, 68, 94, 106, 107, Coupling (USA) 234, 235, 238–244 231, 242 Cox, Courteney 12, 51, 53–55, 69, Episodes 233, 234 71, 75, 76, 84, 85, 91, 118, Epps, Sheldon 191 119, 184, 207, 278, 286 ER 2, 102 Cracker (UK) 238 Eshgh Ta’til Nist 26, 225, 259, 260, Cracker (USA) 238 265, 266 Crane, David 12, 13, 46, 49, 52, 57, Everybody Loves Raymond 137 61–63, 66, 77, 85, 94, 118, 211, 227, 228, 279 Critchley, Simon 40 F cultural proximity 234, 237, 242, 247 Facebook 4, 199, 223, 268, 285 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3, 232 failure 25, 54, 55, 60, 62, 86, 197, 225, 226, 228, 231, 232, 234, 235, 239, 244, 245, D 249, 250, 252, 254, 268, Dallas 20 284, 288 David, Larry 13, 200 Falling in Love 264 Days of Our Lives 110, 225 Family Ties 43, 52 de Matteo, Drea 227, 230 Fat Monica 75, 76 Deutsche Synchron 253 femininity 47, 52. See also politics of Dharma & Greg 15, 138, 139 representation 294 Index frst scene 22, 46, 48, 51, 56, 60, 62, Gofman, Erving 100, 101 63, 66, 75, 94. See also pilot Goldberg, Adam 227, 228 episode Goldberg-Meehan, Shana 13, 227 format Golden Girls, Te 256 copyright 264 Good Place, Te 174 creative borrowing 26, 265, 267 Grace and Frankie 175 format adaptation 25, 225, Grande, Greg 131, 133, 149, 161 233–237, 244, 246, 252, growing up 49, 70, 100 263, 265, 284 push-pull factor 240 USA–UK format adaptation 235 H Format Recognition and Protection habitus 197 Association (FRAPA) 265 Haddish, Tifany 6 fourth wall 24, 87, 125, 137, 139, Hairpin, Te 172 140, 142, 144, 145, 148, Handmaid’s Tale, Te 26, 277, 278, 154, 158, 159 280, 281 Fox 1, 2, 162, 178, 179 Happy Endings 12 Frankfurt School 246 Harris, Aisha 5 Frasier 15, 134, 145, 178, 243, 252 HBO 10, 11, 180, 238, 244, 257 Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Te 137, 178, hedonism 64, 227 187, 188, 198, 206 Hobbes, Tomas 37 Freud, Sigmund 38, 41 Hollywood hegemony 246 Friendsfest 1, 2, 130, 153, 284 Honeymooners, Te 126 Howery, Lil Rel 6, 179 How I Met Your Mother 12, 120, G 134, 138, 139, 175, 232, Geller Cup 53, 71, 140 263 genre 2, 3, 7–12, 14, 16, 21, 25, 36, Hulu 26, 162, 277 39, 43, 45, 50, 53, 70, 74, humour 14. See also comedy 77, 83, 110, 117, 119, 127, behavioural 42 153, 170, 176, 179, 187, dad 51, 59 199, 200, 202, 203, 209, dated 75 226, 227, 233, 236, 239, embarrassment 94, 101 246, 251, 253, 260, 267, incongruity theory 37 268, 283, 284 mom 52 German television 252, 257 relief theory 37, 38 Girlfriends 179 specifcities of 22, 267 Girls 170, 172, 179–181 superiority theory 37 GLAAD Media Award 178 tonality 36, 37, 39, 78 Glover, Donald 180, 181 Hyde Pierce, David 243 Index 295 I Kaufman, Marta 12, 13, 15, 21, I Love Lucy 42, 43, 52 22, 45–47, 49, 50, 52, 55, I Love my Family 265 57, 58, 61–63, 66, 78, 84, India 2, 267, 283 85, 94, 102, 118, 171, 175, cultural context 26 179, 180, 201, 211, 227, television market 246 268, 279, 288 Insecure 25, 188, 210 Kemper, Ellie 181 Insomnia Café pitch 46 Kinnear, Greg 186 Instagram 4, 223, 268, 285–287 Klein, Dana 192 intersectionality 4, 171, 196, 211 Kudrow, Lisa 12, 51, 56, 57, 105, intertextuality 12, 78, 223 118, 119, 207, 257, 263, intimacy 17, 19–21, 38, 39, 45, 48, 286 58, 68, 128, 129, 137, 147, 149–151, 154–157, 159, 160, 162, 177, 200, 203, L 206–208, 211, 229, 232, Late Show with David Letterman 252 234, 236, 241, 243, 248, Latin American telenovelas 237 258, 266, 279, 280, 283 Law & Order 3, 145 strategy of intimacy 21–23, 25, Lear, Norman 9, 126 26, 36, 50, 54, 74, 75, 87, LeBlanc, Matt 12, 23, 51, 63, 91, 93, 101, 115, 134, 138, 65, 69, 72, 85, 86, 106, 148, 155, 162, 201, 228, 110–115, 118, 225, 228, 254, 259, 267, 268, 279, 230, 232, 233 281 Lee, Ki Hong 6 iPartment 26, 225, 260–266 LGBTQ + issues. See politics of Iranian viewers 260 representation irony 22, 56, 66, 72, 109, 174 Littlefeld, Warren 84, 116, 280 Living Single 178, 179, 184, 206 Lookingglass Teatre Company 85 J Louis, C.K. 77 James, Kendra 171 Lyle, Amaani 5, 191 Jay-Z 3, 6 Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Jezebel 172, 200 Productions 5, 6, 173 Joey 25, 62, 149, 223, 225, 227–229, 231–233, 243, 266, 284 M Macpherson, Elle 186 K Mad About You 102, 137, 225 Kant, Immanuel 37 Magna Doodle 14, 149, 229 296 Index Magnum, P.I. 107 Netfix 2, 5, 66, 162, 170, 174, 178, Man with a Plan 233 200, 233, 238, 252, 282 Married … with Children 251 New Adventures of Old Christine, Te Martin 178, 206 126 Mary Tyler Moore Show, Te 9, 12, Newcomb, Horace 19, 128, 155, 43, 137 202, 279 masculinity 52, 58, 59, 61, 62, 66, New Girl 12, 138 77, 97, 108, 135. See also New Yorker, Te 172 politics of representation New York Times, Te 172, 210 hegemonic 8 Nietzsche, Friedrich 37 toxic 63, 64 Nussbaum, Emily 171, 172, 175 M*A*S*H 43 Maude 9, 19, 126, 128 McCormack, Eric 84 O McLean, Nick 136, 188 Ofce, Te 242, 265 #MeToo 6, 24, 170, 172 Ofce – An American Workplace, Te Miller, Kelsey 5, 6 3, 12, 199, 238, 242 misogynoir 183, 189 Oldman, Gary 102, 109 Moesha 206 One Day at a Time 174, 178 Mofat, Steven 234, 235, 239, 241, outrage culture 213 244 Mom 162 Mondler 55, 91 P Moonlight (flm) 188 Parks and Recreation 76 Moonlight (music video) 3, 178, 185 Parsons, Karyn 187 Moss, Elisabeth 277, 278 Paskin, Willa 172 MTM 9, 126 Peep Show 3 Müntefering, Matthias 253 performance Murphy Brown 226, 287 acting 83, 84 Must-See TV 2, 7, 227, 228, 235 acting of the line 92, 93, 106, 109 being ‘in the moment’ 109 N body language 48, 89, 108 narrative transparency theory 247, cadence 49, 105, 257 248, 267 ‘comic twinkle’ 109 NBC 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 85, 95, 102, corpsing 105 137, 174, 180, 182, 201, determinants of acting 23, 117 225, 227, 228, 232–235, directing 258 238–240, 242, 244, 245, 280 emotional truth 113 Index 297 illusion of the frst time 103, 109, lighting for black skin 188 118 normalisation 211 improvisation 3, 284 Otherness 62 naturalism 72, 87 sexuality 171, 185, 186 objective 94 transphobia 170 pitch 49, 106 unruly woman 43, 52 realism 21, 23, 72, 86, 97, 109, whiteness 176, 192, 200, 213 119, 257, 258 Poniewozik, James 171 rehearsals 117, 118 postfeminism 131 slapstick 95 ProSieben 251 star image 109 super objective 95 truth 110, 114 Q unit 88 quirkiness 55, 67 verb 88, 89, 96 Perry, Matthew 12, 51, 53, 55, 66, 69, 91, 107, 111, 118, R 142–144, 158, 194, 207 Racialicious 172 Persuaders!, Te 256 racism 169, 185, 193 Pigulla, Franziska 257 enlightened racism 183 pilot episode 46, 58, 64, 75, 94, 230, Rae, Issa 6, 25, 198 231, 262 regime of looking 148, 149, 155 pitch.