Johnson, Victoria E. <br/><br/>
Heartland TV   prime time television and the struggle for U.S. identity /   [electronic resource] : 
Victoria E. Johnson. 
 - New York :   New York University Press,   c2008. 
 - x, 262 p. :   ill. ;   24 cm. 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: TV, the heartland myth, and the value of cultural popu lism -- "Essential, desirable, and possible markets": broadcasting midw estern tastes and values -- Square dancing and champagne music: regiona l aesthetics and Middle America -- "Strictly conventional and moral": C BS Reports in Webster Groves -- "You're gonna make it after all!": the urbane Midwest in MTM Productions' "quality" comedies -- "There is no ' Dayton chic'": queering the Midwest in Roseanne, Ellen, and The Ellen S how -- Fertility among the ruins: reconstituting the traumatized heartl and -- Epilogue: Red state, blue state, purple heartland. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2010. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Television broadcasting of news-- United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Middle West-- On television.<br/> Middle West-- Press coverage-- United States.