With discussions integrated throughout on the latest developments in television's on-going convergence with other media, this revised fifth edition provides students with a whole toolbox of implements to disassemble television and read between the lines, teaching them to incorporate critical thinking into their own television viewing. "In recent years, TV has radically changed and, simultaneously, tapped into genres and technical formulas pioneered decades ago. Butler's magisterial book-including a terrific new chapter by Amanda Lotz-enables us to make sense of it all. There is, quite simply, no more comprehensive resource for the student of television." -Heather Hendershot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Instructors of undergraduate television studies courses know that Butler's Television is a smart, accessible, and indispensable teaching tool, whether our objects of study are The Beverly Hillbillies or Breaking Bad, Monday Night Football or Meet the Press. This exciting new edition incorporates up-to-date critical perspectives on the latest developments in a medium that keeps expanding across multiple modes of delivery, ways of watching, and forms of communication." -Mary Desjardins, Dartmouth College "Given television's pervasive presence in our personal and political lives today, it's vital to understand how TV works as an expressive form, a business, and a cultural force. Jeremy Butler's updated Television proves more indispensable than ever before in exploring these facets of the medium." -Christine Becker, University of Notre Dame "Television remains the best book out there for introducing students to the art, industry, and culture of television as we actually experience it. An essential guide to the stories television tells, yesterday and today." -Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin, Madison