Strange TV: Innovative Television Series from The Twilight Zone to The X-Files

Rating:
Summary: A fun yet solid look at 'TV culture'
Review: This book is a set of essays dedicated to thoughts about some of the surrealist and post-modernist elements in popular "strange" TV shows, from "The Twilight Zone" in the 1950's through "Twin Peaks" in the 80's and "The X-Files" in the 90's.

It is an academically focused book with references, etc. However, if you like reading about how culture was shaped by television and vice versa, or if you wouldn't mind reading a little bit of critical thinking about some of your favorite pop-culture TV shows, this book is a good choice.

It was a pleasant feeling to get the impression that the author enjoyed watching the shows as much as he liked expounding on his theories about them. The essays were humorous at times, and this tempered the academic tone that otherwise could have made "Strange TV" a very dry book.