Cop shows : a critical history of police dramas on television /

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Author / Creator:Sabin, Roger, 1961- author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Description:viii, 219 pages ; 26 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10150537
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Other authors / contributors:Wilson, Ronald, 1954- author.
Speidel, Linda, 1967- author.
Faucette, Brian, author.
Bethell, Ben, author.
ISBN:9780786448197
0786448199
9781476616438
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This collection of essays examines Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Naked City, The Untouchables, The F.B.I., Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch, Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, CSI, The Shield, The Wire, and Justified"--
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dragnet
  • 2. Highway Patrol
  • 3. Naked City
  • 4. The Untouchables
  • 5. The F.B.I.
  • 6. Columbo
  • 7. Hawaii Five-O
  • 8. Kojak
  • 9. Starsky & Hutch
  • 10. Hill Street Blues
  • 11. Cagney & Lacey
  • 12. Miami Vice
  • 13. Law & Order
  • 14. Homicide: Life on the Street
  • 15. NYPD Blue
  • 16. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • 17. The Shield
  • 18. The Wire
  • 19. Justified
  • 20. They also served...: A Roll Call of Other Notable Cop Shows
  • Appendix: The Tommy Westphall Hypothesis: Or: Why Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, The Wire and CSI Don't Exist
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index