Reaching back to the beginnings of television, The Greatest Cult Television Shows offers readers a fun and accessible look at the 100 most significant cult television series of all time, compiled in a single resource that includes valuable information on the shows and their creators. While they generally lack mainstream appeal, cult television shows develop devout followings over time and exert some sort of impact on a given community, society, culture, or even media industry. Cult television shows have been around since at least the 1960s, with Star Trek perhaps the most famous of that era.…mehr
Reaching back to the beginnings of television, The Greatest Cult Television Shows offers readers a fun and accessible look at the 100 most significant cult television series of all time, compiled in a single resource that includes valuable information on the shows and their creators. While they generally lack mainstream appeal, cult television shows develop devout followings over time and exert some sort of impact on a given community, society, culture, or even media industry. Cult television shows have been around since at least the 1960s, with Star Trek perhaps the most famous of that era. However, the rise of cable contributed to the rise of cult television throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and now, with the plethora of streaming options available, more shows can be added to this categorization Reaching back to the beginnings of television, the book includes such groundbreaking series as The Twilight Zone and The Prisoner alongside more contemporary examples like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Hannibal. The authors provide production history for each series and discuss their relevance to global pop culture. To provide a more global approach to the topic, the authors also consider several non-American cult TV series, including British, Canadian, and Japanese shows. Thus, Monty Python's Flying Circus appears alongside Sailor Moon and Degrassi Junior High. Additionally, to move beyond the conception of "cult" as a primarily white, heteronormative, fanboy obsession, the book contains shows that speak to a variety of cult audiences and experiences, such as Queer as Folk and Charmed. With detailed arguments for why these shows deserve to be considered the greatest of all time, Olson and Reinhard provide ideas for discussion and debate on cult television. Each entry in this book demonstrates the importance of the 100 shows chosen for inclusion and highlights how they offer insight into the period and the cults that formed around them.
Christopher J. Olson is pursuing his PhD in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Previously, he worked as an Adjunct Professor at Dominican University in River Forest, IL, where he taught classes on masculinity and interracial communication. He is the co-author of Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema (Lexington, 2016) and co-editor of Making Sense of Cinema: Empirical Studies into Film Spectators and Spectatorship (Bloomsbury, 2016) and Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between: Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media. Olson is also the author of 100 Greatest Cult Films (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). CarrieLynn D. Reinhard is an Associate Professor in Communication Arts and Sciences at Dominican University near Chicago, Illinois. She co-created The Pop Culture Lens podcast and helped found the Professional Wrestling Studies Association. Reinhard is the co-author of Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema (with Christopher Olson) and author of Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities (Lexington, 2016)
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Acknowledgements Introduction Absolutely Fabulous (1992 2012) Adventure Time (2010 2018) The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992 1996) Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000 2015) Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990 2000) Arrested Development (2003 2019) Arrow (2012 2020) Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005 2008) The Avengers (1961 1969) Babylon 5 (1994 1998) Battlestar Galactica (1978 1979) Baywatch (1989 2000) Beauty and the Beast (1987 1990) The Black Adder (1982 1983) 000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 2003) Charmed (1998 2006) Community (2009 2015) Cowboy Bebop (1998 1999) Crazy Ex Girlfriend (2015 2019) The Critic (1994 2001) Daria (1997 2001) Dark Shadows (1966 1971) Darkwing Duck (1991 1992) Deadwood (2004 2006) Degrassi Junior High (1987 1989) A Different World (1987 1993) Doctor Who (1963 present) Dragon Ball Z (1996 2003) Family Guy (1999 present) Farscape (1999 2003) Fawlty Towers (1975 1979) Fraggle Rock (1983 1987) Freaks and Geeks (1999 2000) Frisky Dingo (2006 2008) Futurama (1999 2013) Gargoyles (1994 1996) Gilligan's Island (1964 1967) Gilmore Girls (2000 2007) The Golden Girls (1985 1992) Hannibal (2013 2015) He Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983 1985) Home Movies (1999 2004) H.R. Pufnstuf (1969 1970) Iron Chef (1993 1999) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005 present) The Joy of Painting (1983 1994) Key and Peele (2012 2015) The Kids in the Hall (1988 1994) Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974 1975) The League (2009 2015) Lost (2004 2010) Lost in Space (1965 1968) Lucha Underground (2014 present) Max Headroom (1987 1988) Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969 1974) Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995 1998) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010 2019) My So Called Life (1994 1995) Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988 1999) The Office (2001 2003) Outlander (2014 present) Oz (1997 2003) Parks and Recreation (2009 2015) Pee wee's Playhouse (1986 1991) Pinky and the Brain (1995 1998) Police Squad! (1982) The Prisoner (1967 1968) Quantum Leap (1989 1993) Queer as Folk (2000 2005) Red Dwarf (1988 2017) The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991 1996) Rocko's Modern Life (1993 1996) Roswell (1999 2002) Sailor Moon (1995 2000) Saved by the Bell (1989 1992) Scrubs (2001 2010) SCTV (1976 1981) Sense8 (2015 2018) Smallville (2001 2011) South Park (1997 present) Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993 2008) Spaced (1999 2001) Sports Night (1998 2000) Star Trek (1966 1969) The State (1993 1995) Steven Universe (2013 present) Strangers with Candy (1999 2000) Supernatural (2005 2020) Tenacious D (1997 2000) The Tick (1994 1997) True Blood (2008 2014) The Twilight Zone (1959 1964) Twin Peaks (1990 1991) Upright Citizens Brigade (1998 2000) Veronica Mars (2004 present) The Walking Dead (2010 present) The Wire (2002 2008) Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 2001) The X Files (1993 2018) The Young Ones (1982 1984)
Acknowledgements Introduction Absolutely Fabulous (1992 2012) Adventure Time (2010 2018) The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992 1996) Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000 2015) Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990 2000) Arrested Development (2003 2019) Arrow (2012 2020) Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005 2008) The Avengers (1961 1969) Babylon 5 (1994 1998) Battlestar Galactica (1978 1979) Baywatch (1989 2000) Beauty and the Beast (1987 1990) The Black Adder (1982 1983) 000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 2003) Charmed (1998 2006) Community (2009 2015) Cowboy Bebop (1998 1999) Crazy Ex Girlfriend (2015 2019) The Critic (1994 2001) Daria (1997 2001) Dark Shadows (1966 1971) Darkwing Duck (1991 1992) Deadwood (2004 2006) Degrassi Junior High (1987 1989) A Different World (1987 1993) Doctor Who (1963 present) Dragon Ball Z (1996 2003) Family Guy (1999 present) Farscape (1999 2003) Fawlty Towers (1975 1979) Fraggle Rock (1983 1987) Freaks and Geeks (1999 2000) Frisky Dingo (2006 2008) Futurama (1999 2013) Gargoyles (1994 1996) Gilligan's Island (1964 1967) Gilmore Girls (2000 2007) The Golden Girls (1985 1992) Hannibal (2013 2015) He Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983 1985) Home Movies (1999 2004) H.R. Pufnstuf (1969 1970) Iron Chef (1993 1999) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005 present) The Joy of Painting (1983 1994) Key and Peele (2012 2015) The Kids in the Hall (1988 1994) Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974 1975) The League (2009 2015) Lost (2004 2010) Lost in Space (1965 1968) Lucha Underground (2014 present) Max Headroom (1987 1988) Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969 1974) Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995 1998) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010 2019) My So Called Life (1994 1995) Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988 1999) The Office (2001 2003) Outlander (2014 present) Oz (1997 2003) Parks and Recreation (2009 2015) Pee wee's Playhouse (1986 1991) Pinky and the Brain (1995 1998) Police Squad! (1982) The Prisoner (1967 1968) Quantum Leap (1989 1993) Queer as Folk (2000 2005) Red Dwarf (1988 2017) The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991 1996) Rocko's Modern Life (1993 1996) Roswell (1999 2002) Sailor Moon (1995 2000) Saved by the Bell (1989 1992) Scrubs (2001 2010) SCTV (1976 1981) Sense8 (2015 2018) Smallville (2001 2011) South Park (1997 present) Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993 2008) Spaced (1999 2001) Sports Night (1998 2000) Star Trek (1966 1969) The State (1993 1995) Steven Universe (2013 present) Strangers with Candy (1999 2000) Supernatural (2005 2020) Tenacious D (1997 2000) The Tick (1994 1997) True Blood (2008 2014) The Twilight Zone (1959 1964) Twin Peaks (1990 1991) Upright Citizens Brigade (1998 2000) Veronica Mars (2004 present) The Walking Dead (2010 present) The Wire (2002 2008) Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 2001) The X Files (1993 2018) The Young Ones (1982 1984)
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