Remake Television

Edited by Carlen Lavigne - Contributions by William Proctor; Steven Gil; Ryan Lizardi; Heather Marcovitch; James W. Martens; Matthew Paproth; Cristina Lucia Stasia; Karen Hellekson; Kimberley McMahon-Coleman; Lorna Piatti-Farnell; Lynnette Porter; Helen T

Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne,examines multiple definitions of television remakes, from reboots (like Charlie's Angels) to adaptations (The Walking Dead) and sequels (Doctor Who). It addresses cross-cultural issues while also interrogating the changing contexts and challenges posed by generational and media format shifts.

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Carlen Lavigne Part I: Debates and Definitions 1.Interrogating The Walking Dead: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Zombie Matrix William Proctor 2.A Remake by Any Other Name: Use of a Premise Under a New Title Steven Gil 3.The Nostalgic Revolution Will Be Televised Ryan Lizardi 4.Multiverses and Multiversions: Meditations on the Rebootings of Fringe Heather Marcovitch 5.Look-(Stop Me If You've Read This One) But There Were These Two Spies: The Avengers Through the Swinging 60s James W. Martens Part II: Remakes and the American Cultural Moment 6.Once Upon A Time in the 21st Century: Beauty and the Beast as Post-9/11 Fairytale Carlen Lavigne 7.Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Romney Lost: Politics, Football, and Friday Night Lights Matthew Paproth 8."These Aren't Your Mother's Angels": Feminism, Jiggle Television and Charlie's Angels Cristina Lucia Stasia Part III: Exploring the Remake 9.Forbrydelsen, The Killing, Duty, and Ethics Karen Hellekson 10."I Was Hoping It Would Pass You By": Dis/ability and Difference in Teen Wolf Kimberley McMahon-Coleman 11.That Haunting, Eerie Return: Narrative, Genre, and Iconography in Dark Shadows and Dark Shadows: The Revival Lorna Piatti-Farnell 12.Smart, Sexy, and Technologically Savvy: (Re)Making Sherlock Holmes as a 21st-Century Superstar Lynnette Porter 13.Remaking Public Service for Commercial Consumption: Jamie's School Dinners Comes to America Helen Thornham and Elke Weissmann 14.Who are we? Re-Envisioning the Doctor in the 21st Century Paul Booth and Jef Burnham 15."More Village": Redeveloping The Prisoner Peter Clandfield Contributors Index