Remake Television
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Remake Television

Reboot, Re-use, Recycle

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Remake Television

Reboot, Re-use, Recycle

About this book

Remakes are pervasive in today's popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, "re-imaginings," or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance to underused properties). Some TV remakes have been critical and commercial hits, and others haven't made it past the pilot stage; all have provided valuable material ripe for academic analysis.

In Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne,contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives on remake themes in popular television series, from classic cult favorites such as The Avengers (1961–69) and The X-Files (1993–2002) tocurrent hits like Doctor Who (2005–present) and The Walking Dead (2010–present). Chapters examine what constitutes a remake, and what series changes might tell us about changing historical and cultural contexts—or about the medium of television itself.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Interrogating The Walking Dead
  5. A Remake by Any Other Name
  6. The Nostalgic Revolution Will Be Televised
  7. Multiverses and Multiversions
  8. Look—(Stop Me If You’ve Read This One) But There Were These Two Spies
  9. Once Upon a Time in the 21st Century
  10. Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Romney Lost
  11. “These Aren’t Your Mother’s Angels”
  12. Forbrydelsen , The Killing , Duty, and Ethics
  13. “I Was Hoping It Would Pass You By”
  14. That Haunting, Eerie Return
  15. Smart, Sexy, and Technologically Savvy
  16. Remaking Public Service for Commercial Consumption
  17. Who Are We? Re-Envisioning the Doctor in the 21st Century
  18. “More Village”
  19. Index
  20. Contributors