Author Description

Introduction: Television Formats: A Global Framework For Tv Studies / Tasha Oren And Sharon Shahaf -- More Than Copycat Television: Format Adaptation As Performance / Vinicius Navarro -- Calling Out Around The World: The Global Appeal Of Reality Dance Formats / Dana Heller -- Television Formats And Contemporary Sport / Tony Schirato -- A Political Economy Of Formatted Pleasures / Eddie Brennan -- Interpreting Cubanness, Americanness, And The Sitcom: Wpbt-pbs's ¿qué Pasa U.s.a.? / Yeidy M. Rivero -- From Discrete Adaptations To Hard Copies: The Rise Of Formats In European Television / Jérôme Bourdon -- National Mike: Global Host And Global Formats In Early Italian Television / Chiara Ferrari -- Telenovelas In Brazil: From Traveling Scripts To A Genre And Proto-format Both National And Transnational / Joseph Straubhaar -- Reversal Of Fortune?: Hollywood Faces New Competition In Global Media Trade / Paul Torre -- Idol Worship: Ethnicity And Difference In Global Television / Biswarup Sen -- Nz Idol: Nation Building Through Format Adaptation / Joost De Bruin -- Global Television Formats In Africa: Localizing Idol / Martin Nkosi Ndlela -- We Are The World: American Idol's Global Self-posturing / Erica Jean Bochanty-aguero -- The Social And Political Dimensions Of Global Television Formats: Reality Television In Lebanon And Saudi Arabia / Marwan Kraidy -- A Revolution In Television And A Great Leap Forward For Innovation?: China In The Global Television Format Business / Michael Keane -- Global Television Formats And The Political Economy Of Cultural Adaptation: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In India / Lauhona Ganguly -- Global Franchising, Gender, And Genre: The Case Of Domestic Reality Television / Sharon Sharp -- Reiterational Texts And Global Imagination: Television Strikes Back / Tasha Oren. Edited By Tasha Oren And Sharon Shahaf. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.