在艾玛·皮尔和轮胎工业部之间，英国电视在20世纪六七十年代对美国流行文化产生了重大影响。杰弗里·米勒（Jeffrey Miller）以完全不同的方式首次对美国电视上的英国节目进行了全面研究，讨论了为什么美国电视台引进了《复仇者》和《巨蟒飞翔马戏团》（Monty Python’s Flying Circus）等系列剧；美国观众是如何接受这些独特的英国节目的；以及这些节目的成功如何重塑了美国电视。
米勒的生动分析涵盖了三种类型：间谍剧、古装剧和素描喜剧。除了对该剧本身的仔细阅读之外，米勒还考虑了电视台为美国观众包装的节目，以及导致其被接受的影响，包括美国电视业寻求新的广告收入和PBS的创建。
Something Completely Different: British Television And American Culture
Between Emma Peel and tire Ministry of Silly Walks British television had a significant impact on American popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. In Something Completely Different, Jeffrey Miller offers the first comprehensive study of British programming on American television, discussing why the American networks imported such series as The Avengers and Monty Python’s Flying Circus; how American audiences received these uniquely British shows; and how the shows’ success reshaped American television.
Miller’s lively analysis covers three genres: spy shows, costume dramas, and sketch comedies. In addition to his close readings of the series themselves, Miller considers the networks’ packaging of the programs for American viewers and the influences that led to their acceptance, including the American television industry’s search for new advertising revenue and the creation of PBS.
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