Introduction: Flying the Flag for Contemporary Transatlantic Television Drama Matt Hills, Michele Hilmes and Roberta Pearson Part One: Transatlantic Industries Section One Introduction 1) Making Masterpiece Matter: The Transnational Cultural Work of America's Longest-Running Prime-Time Drama Series Michele Hilmes 2) Traveling Without a Passport: 'Original' Streaming Content in the Transatlantic Distribution Ecosystem Karen Petruska and Faye Woods 3) BBC America: Cloning Drama for a Transnational Network Chris Becker 4) Branding Bridges: Sky Atlantic, 'Quality' Imports and Brand Integration Sam Ward Part Two: Transatlantic Programs Section Two Introduction 5) Sherlock and Elementary: The Cultural and Temporal Value of High-end And Routine Transatlantic Television Drama Roberta Pearson 6) Mainstream trends and Masterpiece Traditions: ITV's Downton Abbey as a Hit Heritage Drama for Masterpiece in the US Eva Redvall 7) Meta-commentary and Mythology: Episodes as a Performance of Transatlantic TV Jonathan Bignell 8) Boundary collisions in HBO-BBC transnational coproduction: Rome and Parade's End Robin Nelson 9) Game of Thrones: Investigating British Acting Gary Cassidy and Simone Knox Part Three: Transatlantic Fans and Audiences Section Three Introduction 10)Black Mirror as a Netflix Original: Programme Brand 'Overflow' and the Multi-Discursive Forms of Transatlantic TV Fandom Matt Hills 11) Contextualizing Quality US Television Programs for the UK: The Guardian's Media and Televisions Blogs and the Role of Critics Paul Rixon 12) Fans, Fezzes and Freebies: Branding British Television Series at the San Diego Comic Con Lincoln Geraghty 13) From Imagined Communities to Contact Zones: American Monoculture in Transatlantic Fandoms Lori Hitchcock Morimoto 14) Crossing Over the Atlantic: SuperWhoLock as Transnational/Transcultural Fan Text Paul Booth Glossary Index Glossary

This is a varied and wide-ranging collection that shows almost unfailing excellence (unsurprisingly given the calibre of many of the authors included); it is a valuable addition to this rapidly expanding field.

"This is a varied and wide-ranging collection that shows almost unfailing excellence (unsurprisingly given the calibre of many of the authors included); it is a valuable addition to this rapidly expanding field." -- Shannon Wells-Lassagne, Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies "For anyone interested in the relationship between British and American television, this book is a must-read. It significantly updates and expands the existing literature in the field and manages to address a wide variety of aspects that emerge in the transnational relationship between the two countries. Hills, Hilmes, and Pearson have managed to bring together the top names in the study of the transatlantic relationship to investigate developments in the production, in the textual construction, and in fan and audience practices based on British and American television drama." --Elke Weissmann, Reader in Film and Television, Edge Hill University "As we experience what many now call a golden age of television drama, this wonderful collection provides a valuable contribution to the long history of drama exchange between Britain and the United States. Focusing on imports, adaptation, and co-productions, it represents a worthwhile addition to reading lists, at a watershed moment when the way we locate and consume drama is undergoing radical change." --Jeanette Steemers, Professor of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King's College London

Selling point: Forecasts the future of industry and production strategies Selling point: Looks at the transformation of television fandom Selling point: Discusses Netflix as a major factor of transnational television popularity

Matt Hills is Professor of Media and Film at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Participatory Culture based there. His monographs include Fan Cultures, The Pleasures of Horror, Triumph of a Time Lord and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event. He has published more than a hundred journal articles/book chapters on media fandom. Michele Hilmes is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she taught media studies for more than twenty years. Her books include Hollywood and Broadcasting: From Radio to Cable, Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922-1952, Network Nations: A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting, and Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States. Roberta Pearson is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Nottingham. Her books include Many More Lives of the Batman, Star Trek and American Television, Reading Lost: Perspectives on a Hit Television Show and Cult Television.

Selling point: Forecasts the future of industry and production strategies Selling point: Looks at the transformation of television fandom Selling point: Discusses Netflix as a major factor of transnational television popularity