In this comprehensive textbook, now updated for its third edition, Jonathan Bignell provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audience research, television history and broadcasting policy, and the analytical study of individual programmes. Features include:a glossary of key termskey terms defined in marginssuggestions for further readingactivities/assignments for use in class New and updated case studies feature:\'Every Home Needs a Harvey\' adapproaches to news reportingtelevision schedulingCSI Crime Scene Investigationanimated cartoon seriesIndividual chapters address: studying television, television histories, television cultures, television texts and narratives, television genres and formats, television production, television and quality, television realities, television you can\'t see, television audiences, beyond television. 67 Halftones, black and white