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Television Studies:
Television Studies:
is an academic discipline that deals with critical approaches to television. Usually, it is distinguished from mass communication research, which tends to approach the topic from a social sciences perspective. Defining the field is problematic; some institutions and syllabuses do not distinguish it from media studies or classify it as a subfield of popular culture studies.
One form of television studies is roughly equivalent to the longer-standing discipline of film studies in that it is often concerned with textual analysis yet other approaches center more on the social functions of television. For example, analyses of quality television, such as Cathy Come Home and Twin Peaks, have attracted the interests of researchers for their cinematic qualities. However, television studies can also incorporate the study of television viewing and how audiences make meaning from texts, which is commonly known as audience theory or reception theory.
Most Popular TV Shows As determined by IMDb Users:
1 9.6 IMDB
Black Mirror (2011)
2 8.9 IMDB
Game of Thrones (2011)
3 9.4 IMDB
Big Little Lies (2017)
4 8.6 IMDB
When They See Us (2019)
5 9.1 IMDB
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
6 8.5 IMDB
Good Omens (2019)
7 8.4 IMDB
Designated Survivor (2016)
8 7.7 IMDB
Lucifer (2015)
9 8.2 IMDB
Tales of the City (2019)
10 7.5 IMDB
Killing Eve (2018)
11 8.3 IMDB
Dark (2017)
12 8.6 IMDB
Swamp Thing (2019)
13 8.5 IMDB
Stranger Things (2016)
14 8.98 IMDB
The 100 (2014)
15 7.7 IMDB
Outlander (2014)
16 8.5 IMDB
Breaking Bad (2008)
17 9.5 IMDB
What/If (2019)
18 6.4 IMDB
Deadwood (2004)
19 8.7 IMDB
NOS4A2 (2019)
20 6.9 IMDB
Billions (2016)
21 8.4 IMDB
Jessica Jones (2015)
22 8.0 IMDB
Dead to Me (2019)
23 8.2 IMDB
The Office (2005)
24 8.8 IMDB
Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
25 7.9 IMDB
Riverdale (2017)
26 7.3 IMDB
Attack on Titan (2013)
27 8.8 IMDB
The Walking Dead (2010)
28 8.3 IMDB
Peaky Blinders (2013)
29 8.8 IMDB
Friends (1994)
30 8.9 IMDB
Vikings (2013)
31 8.6 IMDB
Supernatural (2005)
32 8.5 IMDB
Westworld (2016)
33 8.8 IMDB
The Society (2019)
34 7.1 IMDB
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
35 8.4 IMDB
Good Girls (2018)
36 7.9 IMDB
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
37 7.6 IMDB
Happy! (2017)
38 8.3 IMDB
Fleabag (2016)
39 8.6 IMDB
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
40 8.2 IMDB
Euphoria (2019)
41 7.4 IMDB
Animal Kingdom (2016)
42 8.2 IMDB
Gentleman Jack (2019)
43 8.1 IMDB
Jinn (2019)
44 3.3 IMDB
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
45 7.5 IMDB
The Flash (2014)
46 7.9 IMDB
Warrior (2019)
47 8.3 IMDB
True Detective (2014)
48 9.0 IMDB
Arrow (2012)
49 7.7 IMDB
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
50 7.0 IMDB
Band of Brothers (2001)
51 9.5 IMDB
The Blacklist (2013)
52 8.1 IMDB
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
53 8.4 IMDB
NCIS (2003)
54 7.8 IMDB
Doom Patrol (2019)
55 8.3 IMDB
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
56 8.0 IMDB
Pose (2018)
57 8.5 IMDB
Too Old to Die Young (2019)
58 7.5 IMDB
Suits (2011)
59 8.5 IMDB
Criminal Minds (2005)
60 8.1 IMDB
Catch-22 (2019)
61 7.9 IMDB
City on a Hill (2019)
62 8.4 IMDB
The Sopranos (1999)
63 9.2 IMDB
Shameless (2011)
64 8.7 IMDB
Money Heist (2017)
65 8.6 IMDB
High Seas (2019)
66 6.9 IMDB
Bad Blood (2017)
67 7.4 IMDB
Krypton (2018)
68 7.1 IMDB
Tales of the City (1993)
69 8.7 IMDB
Sherlock (2010)
70 9.1 IMDB
Gotham (2014)
71 7.9 IMDB
One Punch Man (2015)
72 8.9 IMDB
Mad Men (2007)
73 8.6 IMDB
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019)
74 8.1 IMDB
Yellowstone (2018)
75 8.3 IMDB
Jane the Virgin (2014)
76 7.8 IMDB
The Wire (2002)
77 9.3 IMDB
Doctor Who (2005)
78 8.7 IMDB
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
79 8.1 IMDB
American Horror Story (2011)
80 8.1 IMDB
Supergirl (2015)
81 6.4 IMDB
Line of Duty (2012)
82 8.6 IMDB
Rick and Morty (2013)
83 9.3 IMDB
Younger (2015)
84. 7.8 IMDB
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
85 8.1 IMDB
Love, Death & Robots (2019)
86 8.7 IMDB
Dexter (2006)
87 8.7 IMDB
Fargo (2014)
88 9.0 IMDB
Years and Years (2019)
89 8.4 IMDB
Homeland (2011)
90 8.3 IMDB
Wild Bill (2019)
91 6.5 IMDB
Parks and Recreation (2009)
92 8.6 IMDB
Letterkenny (2016)
93 8.5 IMDB
Better Call Saul (2015)
94 8.7 IMDB
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
95 8.3 IMDB
Sex Education (2019)
96 8.4 IMDB
Lost (2004)
97 8.4 IMDB
Carnival Row (2019)
98 Barry (2018)
99 8.3 IMDB
Elementary (2012)
is an academic discipline that deals with critical approaches to television. Usually, it is distinguished from mass communication research, which tends to approach the topic from a social sciences perspective. Defining the field is problematic; some institutions and syllabuses do not distinguish it from media studies or classify it as a subfield of popular culture studies.
One form of television studies is roughly equivalent to the longer-standing discipline of film studies in that it is often concerned with textual analysis yet other approaches center more on the social functions of television. For example, analyses of quality television, such as Cathy Come Home and Twin Peaks, have attracted the interests of researchers for their cinematic qualities. However, television studies can also incorporate the study of television viewing and how audiences make meaning from texts, which is commonly known as audience theory or reception theory.
Most Popular TV Shows As determined by IMDb Users:
1 9.6 IMDB
Black Mirror (2011)
2 8.9 IMDB
Game of Thrones (2011)
3 9.4 IMDB
Big Little Lies (2017)
4 8.6 IMDB
When They See Us (2019)
5 9.1 IMDB
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
6 8.5 IMDB
Good Omens (2019)
7 8.4 IMDB
Designated Survivor (2016)
8 7.7 IMDB
Lucifer (2015)
9 8.2 IMDB
Tales of the City (2019)
10 7.5 IMDB
Killing Eve (2018)
11 8.3 IMDB
Dark (2017)
12 8.6 IMDB
Swamp Thing (2019)
13 8.5 IMDB
Stranger Things (2016)
14 8.98 IMDB
The 100 (2014)
15 7.7 IMDB
Outlander (2014)
16 8.5 IMDB
Breaking Bad (2008)
17 9.5 IMDB
What/If (2019)
18 6.4 IMDB
Deadwood (2004)
19 8.7 IMDB
NOS4A2 (2019)
20 6.9 IMDB
Billions (2016)
21 8.4 IMDB
Jessica Jones (2015)
22 8.0 IMDB
Dead to Me (2019)
23 8.2 IMDB
The Office (2005)
24 8.8 IMDB
Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
25 7.9 IMDB
Riverdale (2017)
26 7.3 IMDB
Attack on Titan (2013)
27 8.8 IMDB
The Walking Dead (2010)
28 8.3 IMDB
Peaky Blinders (2013)
29 8.8 IMDB
Friends (1994)
30 8.9 IMDB
Vikings (2013)
31 8.6 IMDB
Supernatural (2005)
32 8.5 IMDB
Westworld (2016)
33 8.8 IMDB
The Society (2019)
34 7.1 IMDB
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
35 8.4 IMDB
Good Girls (2018)
36 7.9 IMDB
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
37 7.6 IMDB
Happy! (2017)
38 8.3 IMDB
Fleabag (2016)
39 8.6 IMDB
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
40 8.2 IMDB
Euphoria (2019)
41 7.4 IMDB
Animal Kingdom (2016)
42 8.2 IMDB
Gentleman Jack (2019)
43 8.1 IMDB
Jinn (2019)
44 3.3 IMDB
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
45 7.5 IMDB
The Flash (2014)
46 7.9 IMDB
Warrior (2019)
47 8.3 IMDB
True Detective (2014)
48 9.0 IMDB
Arrow (2012)
49 7.7 IMDB
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
50 7.0 IMDB
Band of Brothers (2001)
51 9.5 IMDB
The Blacklist (2013)
52 8.1 IMDB
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
53 8.4 IMDB
NCIS (2003)
54 7.8 IMDB
Doom Patrol (2019)
55 8.3 IMDB
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
56 8.0 IMDB
Pose (2018)
57 8.5 IMDB
Too Old to Die Young (2019)
58 7.5 IMDB
Suits (2011)
59 8.5 IMDB
Criminal Minds (2005)
60 8.1 IMDB
Catch-22 (2019)
61 7.9 IMDB
City on a Hill (2019)
62 8.4 IMDB
The Sopranos (1999)
63 9.2 IMDB
Shameless (2011)
64 8.7 IMDB
Money Heist (2017)
65 8.6 IMDB
High Seas (2019)
66 6.9 IMDB
Bad Blood (2017)
67 7.4 IMDB
Krypton (2018)
68 7.1 IMDB
Tales of the City (1993)
69 8.7 IMDB
Sherlock (2010)
70 9.1 IMDB
Gotham (2014)
71 7.9 IMDB
One Punch Man (2015)
72 8.9 IMDB
Mad Men (2007)
73 8.6 IMDB
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019)
74 8.1 IMDB
Yellowstone (2018)
75 8.3 IMDB
Jane the Virgin (2014)
76 7.8 IMDB
The Wire (2002)
77 9.3 IMDB
Doctor Who (2005)
78 8.7 IMDB
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
79 8.1 IMDB
American Horror Story (2011)
80 8.1 IMDB
Supergirl (2015)
81 6.4 IMDB
Line of Duty (2012)
82 8.6 IMDB
Rick and Morty (2013)
83 9.3 IMDB
Younger (2015)
84. 7.8 IMDB
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
85 8.1 IMDB
Love, Death & Robots (2019)
86 8.7 IMDB
Dexter (2006)
87 8.7 IMDB
Fargo (2014)
88 9.0 IMDB
Years and Years (2019)
89 8.4 IMDB
Homeland (2011)
90 8.3 IMDB
Wild Bill (2019)
91 6.5 IMDB
Parks and Recreation (2009)
92 8.6 IMDB
Letterkenny (2016)
93 8.5 IMDB
Better Call Saul (2015)
94 8.7 IMDB
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
95 8.3 IMDB
Sex Education (2019)
96 8.4 IMDB
Lost (2004)
97 8.4 IMDB
Carnival Row (2019)
98 Barry (2018)
99 8.3 IMDB
Elementary (2012)