Television Goes to the Movies

Television Programs Go to the Movies: Crossing Boundaries in Exhibition Spaces Theatrical Event Television A Particularly American Distinction?Conclusion Television’s Detractors Go to the Movies: Cinematic Representations of Television The Material Presence of Television The Artless Industry Tawdry, Cheap, Exploitative, and Mind-Deadening Melodramatic, Familial, and Feminine Movies about Other Media Conclusion Television Stories Go to the Movies: Strategies of Adaptation What Adaptation Says about Media Capacities Commonalities of Adaptation Television's Starless Skies "This Is Not a Routine Expedition": Action, Gloss, and Subtle Re-Genrification Marge Simpson's Negligee Revealed: Sex, "Pervasive Language," and Adultification Mocking Television Conclusion Television Producers Go to the Movies: Transforming Professional Identities Transforming Professional Identities Scorsese Was Right Transforming into a Filmmaker The Spaces between Filmmakers and TV Guys Conclusion Coda: Let It Go?Works Cited