"Shawn Shimpach's Television in Transition is a timely and originalstudy of the complex industrial and textual dynamics ofcontemporary televisoin production. . . Like the industry itexamines, Television in Transition's thesis is multifaceted, butShimpach does an excellent job in guiding the reader through thenew narratives and spatio-temporal configurations of TVIII.„(Popular Communication, 12 July 2011)
“Shimpach's canny book shows how these uncertain times reveala cultural and corporate desire--in on-screen heroicsand industrial antics alike---to„save“ television ... even as it transforms before ourvery eyes.„ John Hartley, author of “TelevisionTruths„
“With trenchant insight and far-reaching interpretation, ShawnShimpach confronts transformations in the media landscape thatdramatically are changing the fundamental experience of TVtoday. Most impressively, he demonstrates richly productiveways to combine industry analysis with close reading of individualprograms in order to account for continuities and breaks in whattelevision now means in our everyday life. This is destinedto be a major work in television studies." Dana Polan, Cinema Studies, New York University author of The Sopranos(Duke University Press) and Julia Child's The FrenchChef (forthcoming, Duke)
„Shimpach has written a smart and savvy book that connects thenew industrial configurations of American television to the textsit produces. He examines aesthetics, narrative, and genrewhile accounting for the ideological workings of gender andincorporating an international perspective.“ Roberta Pearson, University of Nottingham
„Shimpach eloquently describes the impact of new global businessforces in the TV industry through an insightful examination of fourdifferent kinds of heroes. His analysis reveals new ways to thinkabout what stories TV can tell about heroism in the 2000s.“Sharon Ross, Columbia College Chicago