TV Formats Worldwide Localizing Global Programs Edited by Albert Moran intellect Bristol, UK / Chicago, USA Contents PARTI: INTRODUCTION 7 Chapter 1: Introduction: 'Descent and Modification' 9 Albert Moran PARTII: MODELLINGAND THEORY-BUILDING 25 Chapter 2: Rethinking the Local-Global Nexus Through Multiple Modernities: The Case of Arab Reality Television 27 Marwan M. Kraidy Chapter 3: When TV Formats are Translated 39 Albert Moran Chapter 4: Imagining the National: Gatekeepers and the Adaptation of Global Franchises in Argentina 55 Silvio Waisbord and Sonia Jalfin PARTIII: INSTITUTIONALAPPROACHES 75 Chapter 5: Trading in TV Entertainment: An Analysis 77 Katja Lantzsch, Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen and Andreas Will Chapter 6: The Rise of the Business Entertainment Format on British Television 97 Raymond Boyle Chapter 7: Collaborative Reproduction of Attraction and Performance: The Case of the Reality Show Idol 113 Yngver Njus Chapter 8: Auditioning for Idol: The Audience Dimension of Format Franchising 129 Doris Baltruschat TV Formats Worldwide PART IV: COMPARATIVECROSS-BORDERSTUDIES 147 Chapter 9: Adapting Global Television to Regional Realities: Traversing the Middle East Experience 149 Amos Owen Thomas Chapter 10: How National Media Systems Shape the Localization of Formats: A Transnational Case Study of The Block and Nerds Fe in Australia and Denmark 163 Pia Majbrit Jensen Chapter 11: Transcultural Localization Strategies of Global TV Formats: The Office and Stromberg 187 Edward Larkey Chapter 12: Tearing Up Television News Across Borders: Format Transfer of News Parody Shows between Italy and Bulgaria 203 Gabriele Cosentino, Waddick Doyle and Dimitrina Todorova PARTV: NATIONAL IMAGININGS 221 Chapter 13: Defining the Local: A Comparative Study of News in Northern Ireland 223 Sujatha Sosale and Charles Munro Chapter 14: Independent Television production, TV Formats and Media Diversity in China 241 Michael Keane and Bonnie Liu Chapter 15: A Place in the Sun: Global Seriality and the Revival of Domestic Television Drama in Italy 255 Milly Buonanno Chapter 16: Idol in a Small Country: New Zealand Idol as the Commoditization of Cosmopolitan Intimacy 271 Barry King Chapter 17: From Global to Glocal: Australianizing the Makeover Format 291 Tania Lewis Afterword 307 Manuel Alvarado Notes on Contributors 313 Index 321 6.