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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sabin, Roger, 1961- author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Description:	viii, 219 pages ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Detective and mystery television programs -- United States -- History and criticism. Television cop shows -- United States -- History and criticism. Detective and mystery television programs. Television cop shows. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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

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