Daytime soap operas. Evening news. Late-night talk shows. Television has long been defined by its daily schedule and the viewing habits that develop around it. Technologies like DVRs iPods and online video have freed audiences from rigid time constraintsâwe no longer have to wait for a program to be on to watch itâbut scheduling still plays a major role in the production of television. Prime-time series programming between 8:00 and 11:00 p. m. has dominated most critical discussion about television since its beginnings but Beyond Prime Time brings together leading television scholars to explore how shifts in televisionâs industrial practices and new media convergence have affected the other 80% of the viewing day. The contributors explore a broad range of non-prime-time forms including talk shows soap operas news syndication and childrenâs programs non-series forms such as sports and made-for-television movies as well as entities such as local affiliate stations and public television. Importantly all of these forms rely on norms of production financing and viewer habits that distinguish them from the practices common among prime-time series and often from each other. Each of the chapters examines how the production practices and textual strategies of a particular programming form have shifted in response to sweeping industry changes together telling the story of a medium in transition at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contributors: Sarah Banet-Weiser Victoria E. Johnson Jeffrey P. Jones Derek Kompare Elana Levine Amanda D. Lotz Jonathan Nichols-Pethick Laurie Ouellette Erin Copple Smith . Language: English