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Written by Jeremy Butler   
Friday, 01 December 2006

(Please note: references to chapters 12 and 13 were off by one. Consequently, all page numbers above 362 have had one added to them. Also, references to the glossary have been removed and several additions were made.)

A-Team, The, 149

ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation), 8, 118, 150, 263, 271, 278, 281, 339, 345, 364, 367, 368, 371, 372, 412

Abdul, Paula, 84, 411

abstract expressionism, 337

Academy Award, 332, 334, 337, 342

acoustic properties, 227, 228, 235, 240, 241

acting, 10, 43, 52, 60, 64-68, 71, 79, 80, 176, 226, 398

actor movement, 155, 158, 408

actualities, 146

Adaptation, 299

address

direct, 69, 87-90, 94, 115, 116, 127, 143, 230, 299, 397, 403, 408

indirect, 88, 91, 115, 397

Adler, Stella, 67, 276

Adobe Premiere, 199

ADR (automatic dialogue replacement), 230, 246

Adult Swim, 358

Advanced Television Systems Committee, see ATSC

Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The, 122, 280-281

Advertising Age, 373

Aerosmith, 303

Aetna U.S. Healthcare, 402

Ahead by a Century, 313

Alberti, John, 359

Alien, 304, 308

Alien3, 299

Alka-Seltzer, 385, 398, 408, 409

All My Children, 41, 42, 45, 46, 76, 138, 222, 238

All My Life, 292

All That Jazz, 290

Allen, Fred, 253

Allen, Karen, 26

Allen, Gracie, 80

Allen, Robert C., 18, 47, 48, 323, 462, 464

Alley, Robert S., 464

Altman, Rick, 250

Altoid, 371

Altria Group, 373

American Broadcasting Corporation, see ABC

Amazing Race, The, 120, 122

ambient sound, 233, 239, 240, 245, 249

American Bandstand, 292, 293

American Chopper, 96, 155, 245

American Family, An, 7, 9, 94, 120, 122, 129

American Home Products, 401

American Idol, 84, 123, 126

America's Next Top Model, 126

Ampex, 265, 267

Anacin, 393-395, 411

Andrejevic, Mark, 126, 129

Andy Griffith Show, The, 35, 235, 240

Anheuser-Busch, 376

Animaniacs, 358

animation, 199, 279, 304, 305, 325-360, 405, 406, 408, 409, 411, 412

abstract, 330, 334-338, 358

made-for-television, 340-346

naturalistic, 330-331, 334-338

applause, 219, 220, 239, 248, 464

Apple Computer, 367, 387, 388, 395, 396, 405

Apprentice, The, 121, 122

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 357

Arbitron, 419

aristocracy, 446

Armstrong, Louis, 156, 332

Arnaz, Desi, 261, 263

Arnold, Roseanne, see Barr, Roseanne

Arnold, Tom, 77, 79

Arrested Development, 77, 169, 230, 249

Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, 260

Artists Rights Foundation, 30

As the World Turns, 46, 63, 76, 142, 226, 402, 407-408

aspect ratio, 181, 183, 184, 187-189, 399

At Close Range, 303

Atlanta Braves, 108

Atlanta Falcons, 382

Attallah, Paul, 48

auditorium testing, 420

Aufderheide, Pat, 323

Austin City Limits, 288

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 303

auteur theory, 429, 430, 461

auteurism, 418, 429, 430, 462, 464

automatic dialogue replacement, see ADR

Avid Media Composer, 199

axis of action, 203, 206, 222, 225

Babylon 5, 269

back light, 151, 152

Bacon, Kevin, 184-186

Bad, 306, 307

Baehr, Helen, 128

Bakshi, Ralph, 355

Ball, Lucille, 261

Banks, Jack, 322

Barbera, Joe, 340

Barker, Bob, 91, 92, 114, 123, 145

Barnett, Steven, 128

Barr, Roseanne, 75, 77-80

Barrier, Michael, 360

Bartles & Jaymes, 379-380, 397

base

film, 167

ideological, 11

Batman Begins, 26

Batman: The Animated Series, 358

Battlestar Gallactica, 269

Baudrillard, Jean, 122

Bazin, André, 166

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 15, 293, 453

BBDO, 385

Beat It, 306

Beatles, The, 281, 294

Beautiful Stranger, 302, 303

Beavis and Butt-Head, 356

Beck, 231

Becker, 464

Becker, Ronald, 464

Becky Sharp, 332

Begone Dull Care, 330

Behind the Music, 301

Being Boring, 302

Being John Malkovich, 299

Belle and Sebastian, 354

Belton, John, 251

Bennett, Tony, 463

Benz, Julie, 151

Bergen, Candice, 6

Berger, Arthur Asa, 463

Berkeley, Busby, 128, 226, 291

Berman, Chris, 112

BET (Black Entertainment Television), 288

Betacam SP, 169

Beverly Hills, 90210, 436

Beverly Hillbillies, The, 429, 430

Big Bang Baby, 289

Big Brother, 118, 123, 125

Bignell, Jonathan, 462

Billie Jean, 306

Bing Crosby Productions, 263

Biressi, Anita, 129

Birth of a Nation, The, 23

Björk, 299

Black or White, 8, 409, 460

black-and-white, 33, 72, 166, 173, 270-273, 308, 313, 399-401

BlackBerry, 288

Blade Runner, 387

Blaine, Jimmy, 341

Blair Witch Project, The, 166, 167, 172, 202

Blair, Gavin, 345

Bledel, Alexis, 8

Blip.tv, 15

blocking, 26, 89, 156, 165, 441

Bob Newhart Show, The, 62

Bogle, Donald, 459

Bohemian Rhapsody, 289

Boondocks, 357

Borchers, Hans, 464

Bordwell, David, 48, 158, 197, 225

Boreanaz, David, 154

Born to Run, 307, 310

Bosnia, 100

Boston Pops Orchestra, 233

Bosustow, Steve, 334

bourgeoisie, 446, 447

Boyd, William, 461

Boyd-Bowman, Susan, 463

Bradshaw, Terry, 111

brand parity, 393, 395

Brando, Marlon, 62, 66-68

Bravo, 24

Bray, John R., 328

Bray-Hurd Process Company, 328

Brazil, 154

Break Stuff, 302

Breathless, 212, 215

Brecht, Bertolt, 71, 72, 80, 246, 397

Brinkley, Joel, 192

Brilliant Disguise, 313

British Broadcasting Corporation, see BBC

broadcast standards and practices, 345

Brown, Mary Ellen, 455

Brunsdon, Charlotte, 18, 449, 464

Bryant, Jennings, 128

BSP, see broadcast standards and practices

Budd, Mike, 89, 367, 385, 412

Buddy Holly, 306, 309

Budweiser, 376

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 53, 57, 151, 155, 429, 459

bug, 273-275

Buggles, The, 287

bugs, 273-275, 327, 333, 336, 339, 348, 353, 358

Bugs Bunny Show, The, 339

Bugs Bunny Theater, The, 339

Bunim/Murray Productions, 95

Buñuel, Luis, 28, 215

Burke, Timothy, 359

Burger King, 376

Burgoyne, Robert, 463

Burke, Kevin, 359

Burning Bed, The, 76

Burns, Gary, 322

Burns, George, 70, 89, 121, 122, 128, 219, 230, 258, 322

Burt, George, 251

Burton, Julianne, 87, 127

Busted On the Job: Caught On Tape, 96

Butler, Jeremy, 18, 81, 226

Butler, Judith, 457-458

Byrne, David, 313

Byron, Lord, 429

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The, 308

cable television, 70, 98, 288, 346, 355, 357

Cadillac, 374

Cagney and Lacey, 34, 62

Caldwell, John, 396, 399

California Institute of Technology, 346

California Love, 306

Californication, 304

Call of Duty 2, 352

Calloway, Cab, 332

Calvert, Ben, 462

camera height, 177, 179, 191

camera movement, 178, 180, 181, 185, 222, 262, 400, 401, 441

camera obscura, 80, 160

camera operator, 125, 160, 161, 163, 164, 173, 180, 181, 272

Canary, David, 222-223

Candy Shop, 57

Cannell, Stephen J., 263

Cannon, 61

Cannon, Danny, 164

Caray, Harry, 108

Carell, Steve, 124

Carol Burnett Show, The, 244

cars, 124, 138, 147, 374, 380, 383, 384, 388-390, 411, 423, 424

cartoon, 149, 325-335, 337-346, 349, 351-360, 368, 405, 406, 408

Cartoon Network, 325, 352, 353, 356-358, 368

Cartwright, Nancy, 230

Casablanca, 24

Casey, Bernadette , 462

Casey, Neil, 462

Cassidy, David, 260

Cassidy, Hopalong, 260

Cattrall, Kim, 9

cathode ray tube, 257

Cattrall, Kim, 9

CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), 8

CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System), 3, 7, 30, 89, 100, 101, 108, 118, 142, 189, 258, 260, 261, 270, 271, 278, 282, 339, 364-368, 371, 372

CD (compact disc), 15, 289

cel, 328, 333, 336, 355, 358

Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS), 17, 449

CGI (computer-generated imagery), 189, 254, 346, 348, 349, 352, 359, 360

Champion, Marge, 333

Chandler, Daniel, 421

Channels of Discourse, 47, 323, 462

Chaplin, Ralph, 237

Chappelle's Show, 98

Charles, Ray, 292

Charlie's Angels, 56, 62

Chase, David, 181

Cheers, 34, 139, 235, 262

Chevrolet, 379, 439-441, 444

chiaroscuro, 154, 157

Chiat/Day, 387

Chicago, 290

Chicago Hope, 139

Chicago White Sox, 108

Chicken Little, 331

Chion, Michel, 251

Chomsky, Noam, 452

Christian Broadcasting Network, see CBN

chroma, 172, 189

chroma key, 189

chrominance, 172

CHUM, 300

CinemaScope, 182

cinematographer, 160, 196, 248

cinematography, 59, 158-160, 192, 301, 392, 399

Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 409

Citizen Kane, 139, 166

CITY-TV, 300

Clampett, Bob, 355, 430

Clark, Dick, 292

classical Hollywood cinema, 23, 48

Clift, Montgomery, 67, 68

Clooney, George, 46

Close to Home, 278

Closer, The, 140, 241, 278

Close, Glenn, 230

CMT (Country Music Television), 288, 301

CNN, 274, 372

Coca-Cola, 362, 381, 392, 393, 401, 409, 411

Coke Classic, 381

Diet Coke, 411

New Coke, 381

code, 10, 54, 57, 58, 60, 63, 65, 68, 86, 122, 431, 435, 445

content analysis, 422-425

Colbert, Stephen, 98

Cold Case, 34, 281

Cold Hearted, 290

Colgate, 406

color television

introduction of, 270-272

Columbo, 62, 149-150

Comedy Central, 357

commercial, the 363-413

polysemy, 373-388

persuasive style, 388-412

compact disc, see CD

compositing, 269

compression, 162, 170, 244, 254

compression artifacts, 170

computer-generated imagery, see CGI

Conner, Bruce, 77, 78

Conrad, William, 26, 61

conspicuous consumption, 374, 375

continuity editing, 202, 215, 222, 224, 239, 321, 402

continuity person, 199

convergence, 18, 119, 364, 366, 454

Coors Light, 377

Cop Rock, 281, 399, 433

Cops, 94, 118, 120, 124, 125, 127, 155, 172

copyright, 189, 231, 274, 411, 452

Corel Bryce, 349

Corner, John, 17, 124-125, 462

Cosby, Bill, 7-9, 78, 188, 429

Cosby Show, The, 7-9, 78, 188

Cosell, Howard, 112

Cosmic Ray, 292

cost per mil, see CPM

Costello, Elvis, 54

costume design, 149, 150

Cottle, Captian Bob, 341

counter television, 389, 396, 397

Courage the Cowardly Dog, 356

Court TV, 368

Cover Girl Clean Sheer Stick, 378

Cow and Chicken, 356

Cox, Courteney, 35, 310

CPM (cost per mil), 370

Craig, Steve, 89, 357, 367, 412

Crazy, 303, 429

Cream, 9, 96, 383, 390

Creeber, Glen, 48, 463

Crest, 256, 405, 406

Crimson Tide, 424

Cronkite, Walter, 89, 102

Cross Crunch, 87, 88

Crow, Sheryl, 308

CRT, 257

Cruise, Tom, 86

Crusader Rabbit, 340-342

CSI, 12, 278

Crime Scene Investigation, 34, 164, 171, 177, 269

Miami, 34, 148, 151

NY, 372

Csupo, Gabor, 355, 356

cultural studies, 17, 322, 425, 449, 451, 457-462

Cunningham, Chris, 154

CW, The, 3, 7, 364

D'Acci, Julie, 18, 464

Da Funk, 299

Daffy Duck, 339, 345, 358

Dahlgren, Peter, 453, 464

Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The, 90, 98, 454

Dallas, 40, 44, 45, 76, 436

Daly, Carson, 300

Dancing in the Dark, 291, 310

DangerMouse, 354

Dating Game, The, 118, 120

Davis, Kristin, 9

DAW (digital audio workstation), 228-229, 242

Dawson's Creek, 233

Day After, The, 31, 43

Dayan, Daniel, 226

Daydream Believers, 294

Days of Wine and Roses, The, 254

DBS (direct broadcast satellite), 365, 366

De Beers, 374

Dead Man Walking, 30

Deadwood, 40, 58, 430

Dean, James, 67, 68

Dee, Sandra, 57

decoding, 18, 450

decoupage, 212

Deee-Lite, 304

deep space, 156, 166

Delsarte, Françoise, 63, 65

demographic, 356, 368, 412

Denisoff, Serge, 322

depth of field, 163, 164

designated market area, see DMA

Desilu Productions, 365

Desperate Housewives, 4, 34, 40, 370, 371

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, 24

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, 24

Devo, 292, 356

Dexter's Laboratory, 356

dialogue, 10, 12, 58, 60, 62, 68, 92-94, 157, 217, 221, 229, 230, 233, 234, 239, 240, 247, 278, 306, 307, 341, 343, 344, 359, 389, 391, 403, 405, 427, 444

diaspora, 460

Dick Van Dyke Show, The, 153

Dickens, Charles, 40

diegesis, 249, 280

diegetic space, 249

digital audio workstation, see DAW

Digital Betacam, 169

digital television, see DTV

digital video, see DV

digital video recorder, see DVR

Digital8, 168

director, 429

DirecTV, 170

Dirty Diana, 306

disc jockey, 294

discourse, 7, 11, 17, 18, 47, 48, 81, 119, 129, 323, 340, 345, 346, 360, 373, 374, 379, 412, 447-452, 457, 458, 459-460, 462

Disney, Walt, 255, 263, 325, 329-339, 352, 358, 360, 367, 373, 453

Disneyland, 263, 334, 339

dissolve, 202, 214-215, 238

Divorce Court, 120

Divx, 254, 255

DJ, 294, 297, 298, 302, 315, 316, 320

DMA (designated market area), 412

documentary, 15, 85, 93, 96-98, 119-122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 166, 167, 173, 181, 273, 292, 433

Dodge, 236, 380, 395

Dodge Caravan, 380

Dolby, 247, 256, 265

Dolby Digital, 247

Dolenz, Mickey, 293

Doll's House, A, 65

dominant ideology, 446, 447, 452

Don Lee Broadcasting, 258

Donald's Cousin Gus, 327

Donald Duck, 327, 333

Donna Reed Show, The, 78, 280

Don't Fence Me In, 313

Dont Look Back, 291

Doug, 46, 354

Douglas, Mary, 375

Dow, 464

Downey, 385

Dr. Dre, 306

Dragnet, 54, 57, 264, 280, 281

Drake, Larry, 65

Drawn Together, 357

Drescher, Fran, 62

DTV (digital television), 4, 160, 166, 170, 192, 196, 202, 219, 228, 243-244, 247-279, 255, 267, 269

dubbing, 230, 246

Dukes of Hazzard, The, 231

Dumont Network, 339

Duncan Hines, 385

DV (digital video), 170, 196, 202

DVC Pro, 169

DVCAM, 169

DVCProHD, 169

DVD, 3, 15, 23, 182, 186, 188, 212, 213, 232, 236, 254-256, 274, 364, 440, 444, 451, 453

DVR (digital video recorder), 4, 14, 274

Dyer, Gillian, 128

Dyer, Richard, 53, 54, 60, 81, 128, 385-386, 392

Dylan, Bob, 93-94, 155, 291

Dynasty, 40, 436

EASTMAN Color, 336

economic structure, 362, 364

Ed Sullivan Show, The, 70, 293

editing,195-226

continuity, 202-215

news, 215-216

nonlinear, 199-202

non-narrative, 215-216, 224-225

editor, 199, 200, 202, 210, 215, 218, 220, 221, 228, 229, 233, 235, 264

Edwards, Anthony, 51-52

Eisenstein, Sergei, 24, 226, 389

Electric Circus, 293

Ellis, John, 17, 18, 37, 47, 225, 250, 465

empirical research methods, 418-425

content analysis, 422-425

hypodermic needle, 421, 456

limited effects, 421

uses and gratifications, 421

empiricism, 418, 423, 425, 451, 461

End of the Innocence, The, 299, 308

Energizer, 410, 411

Engel, Georgia, 61

enigma, 25, 26, 28, 32, 33, 36-38, 44-46, 113, 114, 385

Entertainment Weekly, 382

epic theater, 69, 71, 397

ER, 18, 40, 46, 51, 59, 139, 181, 239, 455

Erickson, Hal, 360

ESPN, 3, 111, 113, 274, 275, 372

establishing shot, 176, 204, 205, 213, 222

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 299

ethnic studies, 455, 459-461

ethnography, 446, 449, 451, 465

Everybody Loves Raymond, 401

Everything is Everything, 314, 319

Express Yourself, 299, 302, 309

eyeline match, 204, 210

fade, 172, 214, 215, 238, 287

Fairbanks, Jerry, 261

Faking It, 45

Falk, Peter, 62, 149, 150

Falluja, 85

Falluja: The Hidden Massacre, 85

false consciousness, 446

Fame, 281, 433

Family Feud, 117

Family Friendly Programming Forum, 8

Family Guy, 357

family values, 7, 8

Fantastic Voyage, 27

Fantômas, 40

Farnsworth, Philo T., 257

Fat, 306

Fatboy Slim, 302

Father Knows Best, 78

Fawcett, Farrah, 56-57, 62, 76

FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 243, 270, 271

Federal Express, 398

Federal Trade Commission, 405

FedEx, 398

Felix the Cat, 258, 326, 331, 336

feminism, 78, 80, 322, 323, 418, 428, 455-458

Fenton, Tom, 100

Feuer, Jane, 432

Field, Sally, 57

50 Cent, 57, 61

fill light, 151-155

film

16mm, 15, 166-169, 172, 259, 260

35mm, 167, 168, 171, 267

formats, 167, 168

super-8, 167, 169, 171

Final Cut Pro, 199-202, 226

Fincher, David, 299

Finish Line, 384

Fireside Theatre, 260

Fischer, Lucy, 80

Fiske, John, 10, 11, 17, 80, 85, 116, 117, 323, 448, 449, 463

Flash-Matic, 276

flashback, 110, 249, 281, 444

Fleischer, Max, 332, 351

Flickr, 16

Flintstones, The, 325, 340-344, 348, 349, 353, 359

Flitterman-Lewis, Sandy, 463

flow, 6, 7, 10-14, 16, 17, 44, 47, 84, 102, 104, 106, 110, 112, 116, 234, 238, 239, 277, 369

and interruption, 12, 110, 116

Flowers and Trees, 332

Flying-A Productions, 263

focal length, 161-163, 179, 180, 272, 400

telephoto, 110, 161-163, 191, 400, 401

wide angle, 161-163, 180, 322, 400, 401

focal plane, 161

focal point, 161

focus, 163-166, 400

deep, 156, 165, 166

pull, 400

rack, 164

shallow, 164, 165

soft, 165

foley, 234

Foo Fighters, 299

Food Network, 368

Forbes, 73-74

Forbes, Malcolm, 447

Ford, Harrison, 25

Ford, John, 429

Ford Motor Company, 373, 393

Fosse, 290

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, 357

Fox, 3, 83, 108, 118, 255, 346, 353, 354, 364, 371, 372, 454

FoxNews, 107

framing, 173, 175, 176, 191, 192, 246, 248, 402, 441

close-up, 56, 173, 174, 176

extreme close-up, 175, 176

extreme long shot, 173

long shot, 174-176

medium close-up, 174, 246

medium long shot, 174

Francis, Genie, 74-75

Frank, Robert, 308

Frasier, 140, 142, 262, 277, 367

Freakazoid!, 358

French Kiss, 295

Freud, Sigmund, 68, 80, 449

Friday Night Videos, 288

Friedman, James, 129

Friends, 34-37, 39-41, 54, 62, 222, 262, 353, 444

Frith, Simon, 321, 323

From Here to Eternity, 29-30

FTC, see Federal Trade Commission

Full Monty, The, 31

Gabriel, Peter, 305

Gabriel, Teshome H., 465

Gallo Winery, 379

game show, 114-116, 118, 120-122, 129, 143, 145, 294, 397

Gandolfini, James, 181

Gap, The, 56, 212, 376

Gatorade, 375

Gauntlett, David, 464

gay culture, 458

Gaye, Marvin, 128, 317

GEICO, 165, 176

Geis, Michael L., 413

Gelbart, Larry, 282

Gellar, Sarah Michelle, 154

gender identity, 457, 459

General Hospital, 44, 74

General Motors, 373

genre, 48, 87, 99, 114, 119-122, 124, 138, 278, 418, 421, 428, 429-435, 449, 461-462

classical period, 435-436

genre study, 99, 119, 418, 428, 430, 436, 461-462

definition, 432

self-reflexivity and, 435-436

George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The, 70, 121, 122, 219

Geraghty, Christine, 462

Gerald McBoing Boing Show, The, 337

Gertie the Dinosaur, 327, 336

Gettin' Grown, 201-202

Ghost Whisperer, 278

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, 345

Gibbons, Euell, 377

Gidget, 57

Gilligan's Island, 235, 278

Gilmore Girls, 7, 8-10, 55, 56, 62, 239

Gitlin, Todd, 17, 323, 463

Give It Away, 308

Gleason, Jackie, 344

globalization, 452, 453

Godard, Jean-Luc, 29, 71, 72, 212, 215

Gold Diggers of 1933, The, 291

Golf channel, 368

Gondry, Michel, 299, 314

Gone with the Wind, 24, 26, 31

Goodwin, Andrew, 128, 295, 322, 463

Goofy Gophers, The, 339

Google, 16, 73

Gorazde, 100, 101

"Got Till It's Gone," 242

Graham, Lauren, 8, 10, 62, 156, 266

Gramsci, Antonio, 447, 455

Grant, Cary, 411

Gray, Herman, 460, 464-465

Greer, Aaron, 200-202

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, 230

Grey's Anatomy, 23, 34, 40, 231

Griffith, Andy, 35, 54

Griffith, D. W., 23

Gronbeck, Bruce E., 427-429, 463

Grossberg, Lawrence, 323

Guiding Light, 42

Gumby Show, The, 349

Gymnopedie, 236

Habermas, Jürgen, 454

Hagman, Larry, 76

Hair Club, The, 397

Hall, Stuart, 10, 18, 449, 464

Halloween, 29, 349

Hanna, Bill, 340

Hanna-Barbera, 279, 340, 342, 356

Hannigan, Alyson, 221

Happy Days, 306, 309

Haralovich, Mary Beth, 464

Hard Day's Night, A, 281, 293

Harris, Julie, 67

Harrison, Mark, 359

Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, 357

Havins, Alexa, 41

Hawaii Five-O, 148

HBO, 3, 23, 31, 77, 266, 274, 384

HD, see high-definition

HDCAM, 168, 169

HDTV, see high-definition television

HDV, see high-definition video

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, 345

He Said, She Said, 184-186, 188, 399

Heath, Stephen, 250

hegemony, 446-448, 453, 455

Help!, 293

Hendershot, Heather, 359

Henley, Don, 299

Hennesy, 249

Henning, Paul, 428-429

Herman, Edward S., 452

Herrera, Anthony, 46

Herzegovina, 100

Hi8, 166, 168, 172

High Noon, 27

high-definition (HD), 160, 166-171, 181, 188, 191, 196, 219, 254, 266, 267, 290, 399

high-definition television (HDTV), 170-171, 181, 184, 188, 254, 266, 290

high-definition video, 166, 167, 170, 191

high-key lighting, 153, 154

Hilfiger, Tommy, 375

Hill, Annette, 129, 462, 464

Hill, Lauryn, 314-320

Hill Street Blues, 68, 77, 272

Hilton, Paris, 73, 125

hiphop, 316, 317

Histeria!, 358

historical reality, 86, 87, 89-91, 97-100, 109, 112, 114, 126, 127, 146, 409, 411

historical world, 86-91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 104, 107, 114, 116, 118-120, 122, 123, 126, 127, 159, 172, 250

Hitchcock, Alfred, 21, 199, 429

Hobson, Dorothy, 18, 464

Holbrook, Morris B., 129

Holdstein, Deborah H., 323

Holmes, Katie, 86

Holmes, Su, 119, 121, 129

Holly, Buddy, 299, 309

Home Improvement, 367

Honeymooners, The, 344

Homicide: Life on the Street, 212

Hopper, Hedda, 339

Houseman, John, 378

Houston Astros, 108

How I Met Your Mother, 264

Howard, Ron, 230

Hubley, John, 334

Hull High, 281

Hullabaloo, 293

Human Nature, 299

Humphrey, Renee, 237

Hunt, Darnell M., 465

Hurd, Earl, 328

Hurd, Geoffrey, 435-436

Hurrell, George, 308

HUT (households using television), 370-371

Hutton, Lauren, 26, 401

Hyundai, 388-390, 411

I Love Lucy, 58, 218, 219, 261-263, 365, 371

IBM, 387

Ibsen, Henrik, 65

icon, 81, 438

iconography, 139, 147-149

ideological analysis, 413, 434-435, 462

ideology, 7, 11, 17, 18, 79, 127, 128, 226, 322, 364, 375, 387, 439, 445-451, 455-457, 460

IFC (Independent Film Channel), 24

illusion of depth, 161-163, 180, 335

image quality, 166, 169, 170, 219, 265

In Da Club, 57

In Living Color, 231

in medias res, 25, 41, 46

Independent Film Channel, see IFC

independent producers, 263, 264, 365

Infiniti, 401

infrastructure, 447, 452

Inside Politics, 454

Internet, The, 3, 15, 16, 89, 119, 255, 287, 382, 386, 451, 454

interruption, 6, 14, 17, 31, 32, 44, 47, 104, 106, 341, 456

Interstate Love Song, 308

intertextuality, 73, 74, 77, 79, 127, 389, 410-412

Intimate and Interactive, 300

iPod, 3, 288

Iraq, 85, 86, 146

Ironic, 310, 336

Ironside, 148

Ishtar, 24

It's Garry Shandling's Show, 246

It's Oh So Quiet, 290, 291, 299

I'll be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You, 332

Jack Benny Show, The, 218

Jackass, 419

Jackie Gleason Show, The, 70, 261

Janie's Got a Gun, 303

Jackson, Janet, 242, 308

Jackson, Michael, 73, 306, 307, 308

Jazz on a Summer's Day, 291

Jazz Singer, The, 329

Jeopardy!, 115-117

Jermyn, Deborah, 119, 121, 129

Jetsons, The, 355

Jhally, Sut, 109, 413

Jimmy Eat World, 231

Joey, 40, 54

Johnny Bravo, 356

Johnson, Don, 33, 76

Johnson, Magic, 112

Johnson & Johnson, 373

Jones, Chuck, 343

Jones, Davy, 293

Jones, Tom, 304

Jonze, Spike, 290, 299, 309

Jordan, Michael, 112, 375

jump cut, 204, 212, 323

Kaminsky, Stuart, 128, 433-434

Kaplan, E. Ann, 80, 128, 322, 458, 459, 463

Katz Television Group, 372

Kavka, Misha, 124

Kazan, Elia, 66

Kelly, Gene, 290, 411

Keslowitz, Steven, 360

Ketchum, Hall, 186-187

key light, 151-154

keyframe, 348

Kilborn, Richard, 421

Kilbourne, Jean, 413

Kindem, Gorham, 158

Kinder, Marsha, 322

kinescope, 218-219, 259, 265

King Kong, 349

Kirshner, Don, 293

Kiss, 304

Klasky, Arlene, 355, 356

Klein, Calvin, 384

Knutson, Gunilla, 383

Kodak, 336

Kompare, Derek, 122

Kournikova, Anna, 113

Kreutzner, Gabriele, 464

Kricfalusi, John, 337, 355

Kutcher, Aston, 221

L.A. Law, 65, 210, 459

Lacan, Jacques, 449

Lacey, Nick, 47, 463

Laing, Dave, 321

Landy, Marcia, 80

Lang, Fritz, 309

Larry Sanders Show, The, 266

Laugh-In, see Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

laugh track, 219, 235, 240, 282, 344, 432, 435

Law & Order, 34, 68, 100, 278, 435, 455

Lawrence, Florence, 74

Lazere, Donald, 128

Lazy Bones, 276

Leave It to Beaver, 355

Leaving Las Vegas, 308

Lee, Tommy, 73

Left of the Dial, 72

Leno, Jay, 146

lens, 59, 94, 160-163, 272

normal, 161-162

telephoto, 161-162

wide angle, 161-162

letterbox, 184-186, 188

Letterman, David, 230, 233, 282, 447

Levi's, 393

Lewis, Justin, 46,

Lewis, Lisa A., 80, 323

Lewis, Thomas S. W., 284

LFE (low-frequency effects), 247

LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) identities, 458-459

Library of Congress, 24

Lifetime, 3

lighting, 10, 59, 137, 139, 150, 151, 153-155, 157, 158, 165, 196, 262, 291, 303, 309, 310

and character, 59

color, 154

direction and intensity, 151

hard light, 155

high-key, 153

low-key, 153

soft light, 155

three-point, 151

Like a Prayer, 302

Like a Virgin, 302

Lincoln, 374

Lincoln, Elmo, 33

Lion King, The, 331

lip sync, 233

live broadcasts, 4, 219, 258, 436

Live to Tell, 303

live-on-tape, 218, 220, 222, 225, 233, 239, 244, 245, 248, 265

Long, Ben, 192

looping, 230

Lost, 34, 40

Louis XVI, 378

Lovett, Lyle, 308

low-frequency effects, see LFE

low-key lighting, 153-155

Lowe, Andrew, 18, 464

Lucas, 314

Lucas, George, 196, 267, 314

Lucas with the Lid Off, 314

Lucci, Susan, 76, 222

Lucky, 254, 310

luminance, 172

Lury, Karen, 158, 239

Lusted, David, 462

Lynch, David, 28, 215, 429

M*A*S*H, 39, 282

M&M, 398

Mac, Bernie, 439

McDonald, Eugene F., 276

Macbeth, 65

MacCabe, Colin, 463

MacDonald, J. Fred, 464

Macintosh, 387, 388

Macromedia Flash, 348

Madden, John, 111

made-for-TV movie, 31

Madonna, 80, 81, 288, 299, 302, 303, 309, 323, 458, 459

Magnum, P.I., 148, 445

Mahan, Jeffrey, 433-434

Majors, Lee, 190

Malcolm in the Middle, 71, 176, 230

Mama Knows the Highway, 186-187

Man in the Mirror, The, 306

Man in the Moon, 313

manifest content, 422

Mannix, 263

Manthey, Jerri, 125

Marc, David, 18, 430

Margera, Cole "Bam", 7

Margulies, Julianna, 46

Mark VII, 263

Marx, Groucho, 411

Marx, Karl, 435, 446

Married...With Children, 239, 353

Mary Hartman, Mary Harman, 436

Mary Tyler Moore Show, 34, 61

Masciarotte, Gloria-Jean, 80

Mastermind, 116

Masterson, Danny, 63, 221

match cut, 210, 212, 239

match-on-action, 204, 210, 214, 223

Material Girl, 302, 323

Matlock, 54

Max Headroom, 266

McCay, Winsor, 327, 328

McChesney, Robert W., 451, 453

McCracken, Eugene F., Commander, 357

McDonald's, 265, 375, 376, 386

McDowell, Andie, 230

MCI Network, 386

McIntyre, Jamie, 89

means of production, 446

media text, 76

mediasphere, 454

Méliès, Georges, 308

Mellencamp, Patricia, 80, 129, 463

Mercedes-Benz, 386, 392

Mercer, Colin, 322, 463

Mercer, Kobena, 322

Merman, Ethel, 332

Messaris, Paul, 362, 382-384, 391, 409-410, 413

Metcalf, Mark, 155

Metropolis, 309

MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), 23, 255, 330, 338, 353, 358

Melrose Place, 436

Miami Vice, 33, 35, 37, 76, 148, 149, 279, 399

Michaels, Al, 112

Mickey Mouse Club, The, 263, 339

microphone, 244-247, 250

MicroStrategy, 186, 399

Midnight Cowboy, 30

Midnight Special, 293

Mighty Mouse Playhouse, The, 339

Miller, Keith, 100-101, 226

Miller, Toby, 462

Millett, Kate, 455

Mills Brothers, The, 332

Milton Berle Show, The, 70, 293

Minnie the Moocher, 332

Minute Maid, 108

Miranda, Carmen, 339

mise-en-scene, 137, 145, 157, 158, 160, 177, 189, 199, 224, 227, 392, 397, 400, 427, 428, 430, 445, 448

Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, The, 316

Mission: Impossible, 263

MIT, 48, 346, 360

Mitchell, Joni, 242

Mittell, Jason, 48, 463

Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 81

mode of production, 48, 195-225, 233, 239, 245, 264, 327-330, 333, 340, 346, 352, 353, 358, 359, 449

single-camera, 195-216

multiple-camera, 195-196, 216-224

Modern Moist Towelette Collecting, 368

Modleski, Tania, 80, 128, 250, 456

Monaco, Paul, 463

Monday Night Football, 108, 170

Mongoloid, 292

Monkees, The, 281, 293-294

Monogram Pictures, 22

Monroe, Marilyn, 56, 81, 302

montage, 279, 307, 389, 403

Montenegro, 30

Monterey Pop, 291, 301

Monty Python's Flying Circus, 266

Moonlighting, 71, 190, 273

Moorti, Sujata, 464

Morissette, Alanis, 312

Morley, David, 128, 449

morphing, 409

Morris, Errol, 97

Morris, Gillian, 231

Morse, Margaret, 128, 322, 360, 407-408

Moschitta, Jr., John, 398

Moscow Art Theater, 67

Mothersbaugh, Mark, 356

Motown, 316

Mountain Dew, 401

movie of the week, see MOW

MOW (movie of the week), 21, 22, 31-33, 35, 47, 48, 149, 197

MP3, 289

Mr. and Mrs., 117

MTV, 31, 80, 95, 118, 126, 287-289, 292-297, 300, 301, 306, 320-323, 356, 368, 372

MTV2, 7, 288, 295, 301

MuchMoreMusic, 288

MuchMusic, 288, 293-295, 297-300, 321, 322

Mulcahy, Russell, 289

Murder, She Wrote, 34

Murphy Brown, 6-8, 18, 56, 459

Murray, Janet, 13, 48

Murray, Susan, 129

Musburger, Robert B., 158

music, 61, 199, 220, 228, 229, 231-234, 236, 238, 239, 241, 247, 249-251, 279-281, 283

pitch, 61

music video, 57, 72, 81, 154, 238, 288, 289, 291, 299-301, 303, 305, 306, 308, 320-322, 403, 409, 458

musical director, 199

MusiquePlus, 288

Musser, Alec, 41

My Artistical Temperature, 340

My Little Pony, 353

My Name Is Earl, 71, 264

My So-Called Life, 21, 156, 166

Myers, Greg, 413

mythic analysis, 434, 435

Naficy, Hamid, 465

Nanny, The, 62

narration, 61, 71, 230, 249, 391

narrative, 21-48

made-for-television (or MOW), 31-33

serial, 40-47

series, 33-40

theatrical film, 22-31

National Enquirer, The, 104

National Football League, see NFL

National Television System Committee, see NTSC

NATO, 100

Natural Miracle Bra, 382

naturalism, 64, 68-69, 72, 80, 330-334, 337, 352, 358, 377

Nesmith, Michael, 293, 294

Netflix, 3

Neuwirth, Allan, 359

Never Too Far From Home, 173-175

New Wave, 337

New York Times, 260

Newcomb, Horace, 17, 129, 463-464

Newhart, 62, 262

Newhart, Bob, 62

Newlywed Game, The, 117

news, 12, 18, 83, 85, 89, 90, 93, 94, 98, 99, 128, 144, 146, 147, 157, 169, 172, 180, 196, 217, 220, 230

and ideology, 452

and the public sphere, 454

costume design, 150

editing, 215, 216

hard news, 103, 104, 109

lighting, 153

location shooting, 147

microphones, 246

newscast, 99-103, 105-107, 127, 138, 143

set design, 144, 146

soft, 103, 104

NFL (National Football League), 108, 110-112, 367

Nichols, Bill, 84, 86, 87, 89, 127, 226

Nickleodeon, 325

Nielsen Media Research, 3, 34, 367-370, 412, 419, 420

Nightmare on Elm Street, 33

Nik at Nite, 7

Nike, 375, 411, 436, 439, 440

1984, 120, 387, 388, 405

Nipkow, Paul, 257

Nixon, Cynthia, 9

NLE (nonlinear editing), 199, 200, 202, 218, 226, 228, 269

No Business of Yours, 217

No Direction Home, 93

nondiegetic music, 249, 403, 405

nonlinear editing, see NLE

non-narrative, 83-127

forms and modes, 87-98

genres, 99-126

Noriega, Chon, 461, 465

Northern Exposure, 199, 204-211, 212, 215, 235, 239

Nothing Compares 2 U, 312

Notts, Don, 35

Nova, 99

Noxzema, 383, 389

NTSC (National Television System Committee), 168, 170, 271

Nunn, Heather, 129

NYPD Blue, 181, 430

O.C., The, 231, 436

Obalil, Linda, 331

objective correlative, 58

Oceantics, 326

O'Connor, Sinéad, 312

Office, The, 36, 124, 264

Ogilvy & Mather, 379, 380

Oh Father, 299

Ohanian, Thomas A., 226

Olivier, Laurence, 65

Olsson, Jan, 18

On the Greener Side, 308

On the Waterfront, 66

180 degree rule, 203-204, 206, 213, 222, 225, 402

Oprah Winfrey Show, The, 75, 121, 459

Ordinary People, 26, 84, 455

O'Reilly, Tim, 15

O'Reilly Factor, The, 91

Original Amateur Hour, The, 121, 260

Orwell, George, 387

Osbourne, Ozzy, 122, 125

Osbournes, The, 121, 122, 125

Otherside, 308

OurMedia, 15

Paik, Nam June, 72

Pampers, 385

pan-and-scan, 184-186

Panavision, 182

Panic Room, 299

Papa Don't Preach, 302

paradigmatic structure, 444

Paramount-Fleischer-Famous Studios, 339

Park, Nick, 349

Parker Lewis Can't Lose, 282

Parker, Sarah Jessica, 9

parody, 98, 293, 306, 331, 379, 384, 410, 411, 436

Partridge Family, The, 293

pastiche, 98, 411

PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), 3, 34, 93, 94, 97, 231, 284, 288

Pee-wee's Big Adventure, 187-188

Peirce, C. S., 438

Pegley, Karen, 322

Penn, Sean, 30, 303

People Meters, 367-369

People Weekly, 79

People's Choice Awards, 7

People's Court, 120

Pepsi, 197, 362, 393, 395

performance, 60, 79, 80, 146, 155, 219, 264

anti-naturalist, 64, 68, 80

Brechtian, 71, 476

in commercials, 397, 398, 457, 458

in music video, 301-303, 306

Method, 65, 67, 68

naturalist, 64-66, 80

signs of, 60-63, 80

vaudeville , 69, 70

Perkins, Elizabeth, 184-186

perspective, 161, 162, 195, 211, 212, 334-337

sound, 244-247, 250, 306

Pertussin, 377

Pet Shop Boys, 302

phenakistoscope, 328

Philadelphia, 304

Philco, 67, 406-407

Philco Television Playhouse, 67

Philip Morris, 261, 371, 373

Phillips, Michael E., 226

Pigs is Pigs, 338

Pillsbury, 398, 408, 409

pilot, 31, 33, 51, 181, 261, 354

Pinky and the Brain, 358

Pinocchio, 336

pitch, 61-62, 241, 244, 246, 250

pixel, 168

Play Your Cards Right, 117

Playhouse 90, 67, 68

point-of-view shot, 210, 211-212, 225

police show, 432-434

political economy, 119, 126, 323, 413, 418, 428, 451, 452, 456, 460, 462, 464

Polley, Eugene, 276

polysemy, 2, 6-11, 16, 17, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 373, 388, 412, 449, 461

Poniatoff, Alexander M., 265

Pontiac, 308

Pop Idol, 123, 126

Porter, Cole, 313

Post Grape-Nuts, 377, 378

Potemkin, 24

Potter, Harry, 55

PowerPuff Girls, The, 357

Praise You, 299

Presley, Elvis, 293, 294

Price Is Right, The, 91, 117, 123, 129, 145

Prison Break, 40, 44

Procter & Gamble, 385

product placement, 231, 372

proletariat, 446

Propaganda Films, 299

protocol, 278

Psychic Friends Network, 362

psychoanalysis, 438, 445, 449, 462

Public Broadcasting Service, see PBS

public domain, 231, 232

public sphere, 451-453, 464

pull focus, 400

quadraphonic sound, 255

Quake, 408

Quayle, Dan, 6-9, 18

Queen, 289

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, 458

queer theory, 418, 455, 458-459, 461, 464

racial studies, 455, 459-461

R.E.M., 313

Rabinovitz, Lauren, 323, 464

radio, 30, 33, 40, 42, 69, 73, 85, 104, 108, 120, 121, 124, 128, 227, 246, 253, 257-260, 262, 268, 270, 275, 276, 278, 279, 281-284, 287, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 300, 320, 357, 362, 368, 418, 435, 453, 455

Radio Corporation of America, see RCA

Radio-Television News Directors Association, see RTNDA

Raging Bull, 30

RAI, 85

Raiders of the Lost Ark, 24-29, 41

Raney, Arthur, 128

Rapping, Elayne, 48

Rashad, Phylicia, 188

Rastafarianism, 317

ratings, 22, 34, 40, 109, 113, 147, 273, 300, 367-371, 372, 419, 420

RCA (Radio Corporation of America), 257, 270, 271, 326

RCD, see remote control device

re-establishing shot, 204, 206

Reagan, Ronald, 87

Real World, The, 11, 86, 95-96, 118, 120, 126, 148, 308, 398

Reality Blurred, 119

Reality in Advertising, 395

Reality Show, The, 126

reality television, 22, 84, 87, 91, 99, 118-120, 122, 124, 126-127, 129, 172, 217, 224

Rear Window, 31

ReBoot, 345, 351

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 304, 308

Reebok, 384

Reed, Donna, 455

Reeves, Jimmie, 112-113

Reeves, Rosser, 393-395

Remot-O-Matic, 275

remote control device (RCD), 4, 14, 124, 275-278, 298, 369, 464

Ren & Stimpy, 354-355, 357

Renaissance (European), 161-162, 335, 350, 446

rendering, 164, 335, 351

Reno 911, 172

Rent, 290

Replacements, The, 232

Republic Pictures, 22

Requiem for a Heavyweight, 253

Resnais, Alain, 28

Return to Innocence, 302

"Revolution," 411

Reynolds Aluminum, 406

Reynolds, Gene, 282

Richie, Nicole, 309

Rigby, Jennifer, 15

RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures, 22

Robe, The, 182

Roberts, Robin, 323

Rocky, 33, 46, 377, 435

Rolex, 374

Roll with It, 299

Rope, 27

Roseanne (the person), see Barr, Roseanne

Roseanne (the program), 75, 77-80, 217, 459

Roseanne Barr Show, The, 77

Rosing, Boris, 257

rotoscope, 332, 333, 350

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, 240, 267-269

Rowland, Jr., Willard D., 48

RTNDA (Radio-Television News Directors Association), 85, 102, 128

Ruff and Reddy Show, The, 340-342

Rufkaur, David, 379

Rugrats, 354-356

ruling class, 446, 447

Ruoff, Jeffrey, 129

Ryan, Meg, 63, 81

Ryan, Nolan, 111

Sajak, Pat, 123

Sale of the Century, The, 117

Samuelson, Bob, 113

Sandler, Kevin, 360

Sanford and Son, 58

Saran Wrap, 406

Satie, Erik, 236

Saturday Night at the Movies, 22, 23

Saturday Night Live, 70, 98, 217, 233, 265, 275, 432

Savage, Fred, 237

Savan, Leslie, 376, 413

Saved by the Bell, 432

scan line, 168-169

scanning, 184, 186, 257

scene, 27, 28, 37, 38, 42, 67, 198, 199, 202, 203, 213, 220, 222, 225, 239, 240, 264, 444

spatial continuity, 203

scenic designer, 138

Schenk, Sonja, 192

Schick Tracer, 409

Schultz, Sherwood, 278

Schwartzenegger, Arnold, 87

scientific method, 422, 424, 445

SciFi channel, 368

Scopitone, 292

Scott, Ridley, 154, 387

Scream, 308

screen direction, 204, 213, 222, 225

screen time, 27, 28, 214

screenplay, 24

Sealab, 357

See How They Run, 31

segmentation, 2, 6, 12, 38, 47, 84, 104, 341, 342

segue, 238

Seinfeld, 217, 239, 249, 430

Seinfeld, Jerry, 58

Seiter, Ellen, 375, 385, 413, 464

Selleck, Tom, 81

semiotics, 226, 418, 436-446, 448, 461, 462

Serkis, Andy, 350

set design, 10, 116, 138, 142-146, 149, 157

set designer, 138

Se7en, 299

Sex and the City, 7, 9

sexual politics, 457, 459

SFX, see special effects

Shaffer, Paul, 233

Shakespeare, William, 65

shallow space, 156

Shandling, Garry, 246

Shindig, 293, 301

Shocked, Michelle, 308

Shook, Fred, 128

shooting script, 212

Shore, Michael, 321

shot-counter shot, 204, 206

shot-reverse shot, 206, 225

Showtime, 23, 31, 274, 384

sign, 58, 61, 62, 138, 239, 343, 375, 413, 423

signified, 10, 54, 56, 176, 202, 378, 437-440, 445

signifier, 54, 56, 281, 437-439, 444, 445

Signorielli, Nancy, 422-425

Silence of the Lambs, The, 30

Silverman, Kaja, 226

Silverstone, Alicia, 303

Simple Life, The, 121, 125

Simpsons, The, 58, 325, 346, 349, 353-354, 356, 359-360

Singin' in the Rain, 230

Sixth Sense, The, 444

60 Minutes, 83

$64,000 Question, The, 116

Skirrow, Gillian, 250

Skovmand, Michael, 129

Slap Shot, 30

Sledgehammer, 304-305

Smashing Pumpkins, 308

Smith, Kurtwood, 63

Smith-Barney, 378

Smith-Shomade, Beretta E., 464

Smooth Criminal, 306

Snader, Louis, 292

Snow White, 331, 333, 335-336, 348, 350

soap opera, 40-42, 44, 46, 47, 62, 73, 74, 76, 99, 110, 113, 121, 138, 141, 142, 176, 217, 222, 226, 235, 244, 279, 343, 369, 385, 396, 408, 421, 435, 436, 456, 464

social actor, 86, 90-94, 97, 124

"Solidarity Forever," 237

Sony, 451

Sopranos, The, 40, 58, 138-139, 176, 181

Soul Train, 293

Soundie, 292

South Park, 149, 326, 357-359

space

off-screen, 248

on-screen, 248

Space Command, 276

Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, 357

Spears, Britney, 103, 288, 310

Special Bulletin, 266

special effects, 28, 159, 189, 202, 214, 215, 269, 372, 389, 409, 411, 412

Spigel, Lynn, 4, 18, 457, 464

sports, 12, 33, 84, 86, 87, 99, 100, 102-104, 107-116, 118, 120, 121, 127, 128, 137, 138, 143, 146, 147, 150, 154, 157, 162, 163, 176, 180, 181, 190, 196, 216, 224, 229, 233, 235, 246, 256, 274, 275, 300, 325, 342, 384, 400, 403, 432, 437

Spotlight, The, 85, 297

Springsteen, Bruce, 304, 310

Sprint, 108, 109

Stabile, Carol A., 359

Stage Show, 293

Staiger, Janet, 48, 197, 225

Stam, Robert, 463

Star Trek, 263, 269, 365

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, 160, 196, 269

State Farm Insurance, 109

Steadicam, 179-181

Steamboat Willie, 329-331

Steiger, Rod, 67

Steinman, Clay, 89, 367, 412

stereotype, 79, 122, 354, 455, 457

Stingray, 263

Stone, Matt 357

Stone Temple Pilots, 308

storyboard, 198, 213

Straight Up, 299

Strasberg, Lee, 67

Streep, Meryl, 65

Streetcar Named Desire, A, 66

Streets of Philadelphia, The, 304

Streets of San Francisco, The, 148

Strike, 24, 389

stripped syndication, 40

structuralism, 462

subjective shot, 210, 211-212

subtitling, 230

Sullivan, Ed, 70, 293, 298

Sundance Channel, 24

Super Bowl, 110, 113, 367, 380, 382, 387, 401

Superman, 31, 34

Superman III, 31

superstructure, 447

Surreal Life, 125

surround sound, 247, 256

Survivor, 83, 118, 122-123, 125, 367

sweeps, 369

sweetening, 220, 235

switcher, 220

Symphony in Slang, 338

syndication, 35, 37, 40, 99, 218, 219, 261, 340, 354, 356, 359, 372

synergy, 364-366, 452

syntagm, 27, 444

syntagmatic structure, 27, 442

Taco Bell, 411

Take On Me, 333

talk show, 121, 128, 143, 146, 229, 266

Tarantino, Quentin, 429

Taxi, 262

Taxicab Confessions, 96-97, 162

Taz-mania, 358

Taylor, Charles, 242

Technicolor, 332, 336

technological manifest destiny, 254

TechTV, 350

Tegan and Sara, 231

TelePrompTer, 89

Telescription, 292

television apparatus, 137, 449, 450

television criticism, 10, 17, 18, 77, 226, 322, 455, 457, 464

televisuality, 396, 412

Tennant, Neil, 302

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 409

Terry, Paul, 111

Terrytoons, 339, 355

Teutul, Sr., Paul, 96, 245

Texaco Star Theatre, 365

That '70s Show, 63, 138, 221, 231

That's Life, 281

Theory of the Leisure Class, The, 374-375

Thin Blue Line, The, 97-98

thirtysomething, 177

This Is Cinerama, 182

"This Song Don't Have a Video," 313

Thompson, Kristin, 48, 158, 197, 225

Thompson, Robert J., 128, 322

Thriller, 306, 322, 323

ticker, 274

Tide, 393, 424

timbre, 61, 62, 240, 241, 244, 246, 250, 251

time

screen, 27, 28, 214

story, 27, 214

Time Code, 27

Time Warner, 373

Tiny Toon Adventures, 358

Titanic, 26

TiVo, 3, 4, 14

TNC, see transnational corporation

TNT (Turner Network Television), 3, 23

Tonight Show, The, 77, 146

Tonight Tonight, 308

Toon Disney, 325

Top of the Pops, 293

Tork, Peter, 293

Total Request Live (TRL), 297, 300

Touched By an Angel, 169

Toy Story, 351

Toyota, 393

Tragically Hip, 313

transnational corporation (TNC), 365-366, 452

treatment, 8, 78, 305, 309

Trebek, Alex, 115

Trip to the Moon, A, 308

TRL, see Total Request Live

Tron, 346

Tropiano, Stephen, 464

Truth or Dare, 291

Tuchman, Gaye, 128

Tun-O-Magic, 275

Turner, Chris, 360

Turner, Ted, 23

Turner Classic Movies, 23

TV Guide, 4, 16, 51, 74, 428

tweening, 348, 349, 352

21 Jump Street, 263

24, 40, 44

24p, 169

Twelve Angry Men, 253

Twin Peaks, 31, 40, 77, 299, 429

2Pac, 306

two-shot, 176

typecasting, 76

U.S. Army, 375

Ultravox, 289

Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The, 290

UN (United Nations), 84, 100

unique selling proposition (USP), 393-395

Untouchables, The, 264

UPA (United Productions of America), 334

UPN, 3, 364, 371

USA Network, 3

USA Today, 367

USP, see unique selling proposition

Vande Berg, Leah R., 322, 427-429, 463

Van Beuren Studios, 339

vaudeville, 33, 69, 70, 80, 253

VCR (videocassette recorder), 3, 4, 23, 276

Veblen, Thorstein, 374

verisimilitude, 147

Viacom, 356, 366, 367, 453

Victoria's Secret, 381-382

video

editing, 199, 202, 226, 228, 269

format, 167, 168, 172

videocassette, 15, 23, 188, 366

videotape, 73, 96, 218-220, 254-256, 258, 260, 264-267, 269, 283, 289, 290, 301, 400, 420

video-on-demand (VoD), 14, 16

videocassette recorder, see VCR

videographer, 124, 160, 168, 196, 248

videography, 59, 159, 160, 397, 399, 400, 427, 428, 430

Viera, Dave, 158

Viera, Maria, 158

Vietnam War, 317

Vimeo, 15

Viva La Bam, 7, 8, 191

Vivre sa Vie, 29

VJ (video jockey), 295, 298-300

Vogue, 299, 308

Voice of Firestone, The, 260

voice-over, 71, 100, 101, 230

volume, 61, 240, 241, 244, 250

VTR (video tape recorder), 265, 267

W2XBS, 258, 327

Wainwright III, Loudon, 313

Walker, Texas Ranger, 308

Walkowitz, Rebecca L., 18

Wall Street Journal, 367

Wallace and Gromit, 349

Walt Disney Studios, 263

Walters, Barbara, 92

Ward, Jay, 340, 342

Ward, Peter, 192

Warner Brothers, 330, 331, 338, 339, 358

Warth, Eva-Maria, 464

Watkins, Bruce, 48

waveform, 229, 242-243

Way You Make Me Feel, The, 306

WB, The, 30, 355, 371

Weapon of Choice, 302

weather, 12, 100, 102-104, 238, 269, 295

Weather Channel, 189, 274

Web, The (The World Wide Web), 16, 41, 73, 76, 85, 119, 123, 124, 128, 247, 251, 321, 348, 360, 364, 367, 368, 382, 428, 464

Weezer, 307

Weis, Elizabeth, 251

Wells, Paul, 360

Wenner, Lawrence A., 128, 322, 427-429, 463

West, Amy, 124

Western, 54, 58, 162, 254, 265, 430, 431, 446

Weynand, Diana, 226

WGN, 23

Whannel, Garry, 128, 463

What a Cartoon! Show, 356

What! No Beer?, 24

What's Opera, Doc?, 338

Whedon, Joss, 429

Wheel of Fortune, 117, 118, 123, 129, 145, 189

White Stripes, 299

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, 114, 115, 118, 145

widescreen, 182-184, 187-189, 200

Wikipedia, 120

Wild at Heart, 299

Will and Grace, 264, 458

Williams, Raymond, 6, 16, 17, 295

Willis, Bruce, 444

Willow, 409

Wimbledon, 146

Winfrey, Oprah, 73, 75, 80, 91, 121, 459

wireframe, 350

Wisk, 385

Without a Trace, 34

WKRP in Cincinnati, 231

Wolf, Mark J. P., 333, 349

women's movement, 455, 464

women's suffrage, 455

Wonder Years, The, 167, 230, 237, 247, 249, 282

Woodstock, 291

Woolery, Adrian, 334, 360

Woollacott, Janet, 463

World Premiere Toons, 356

WorldCom, 401

Wrangler, 393

WTBS, 23, 108

WVTM, 104

WWOR, 23

Wyle, Noah, 46

Yahoo!, 16

Yankovic, "Weird Al," 306

Yes, Dear, 372

You Might Think, 231

Young, Jacob, 41

Young and the Restless, 278, 436

Your Show of Shows, 218

YouTube, 15

Yugoslavia, 100

zapping, 276

Zenith, 276

Zest, 380

Zettl, Herbert, 158, 226, 250-251

zipping, 277

Ziv, 263

zoetrope, 328

zoom lens, 163, 272

Zworykin, Vladimir, 257

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