Since the cable revolution of the 1990s and early 2000s, the TV landscape has changed dramatically. Beyond Television explores the modern mediascape and changes in television production through analyses of prominent TV series (e.g. True Detective, Transparent, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, Twin Peaks: The Return and Euphoria) and interviews with more than 100 people from the industry, including David Chase, David Simon, Mary Harron, Nic Pizzolatto, Beau Willimon, Tricia Brock, Jesse Armstrong, Jay Duplass, Joel Fields, Tom Fontana, Angela Kang, Peter Gould, Derek Cianfrance, Tom Perrotta, Sabrina Sutherland and Sam Levinson.
Andreas Halskov (b. 1981) has a master's degree in Film Studies and English from Copenhagen University. He teaches film and works as an external lecturer at the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus. Halskov has given lectures and seminars on film and television in many contexts and written numerous articles. He is a writer and editor of the scholarly non-profit film journal 16:9 and has co-written and edited two books on American television drama and The Oscars. He is also the author of a monograph on the films of David Lynch and functions as a recurring film and TV expert in Danish media.
"Andreas Halskov's Beyond Television: TV Production in the Multiplatform Era is, quite simply, a tour de force work on American television from the first golden age to the present era of 'TV Plenty' or post-TV. Halskov's skill is his extensive knowledge of television and scholarly approaches towards the medium. His passionate engagement with the production of TV, how it is disseminated and its impact on the European television industry is palpable, and it makes for an immersive, informative and entertaining read. This book is a 'must-buy' for TV scholars and students as well as a general reading public interested in the history of today's dominant entertainment medium." -- Prof. Kim Akass (co-author of Quality TV and TV's Betty Goes Global).
