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Postmodern television is a category or period of modern television related to the art and philosophy of postmodernism, often making use of postmodern principles such as satire, irony, and deconstruction.
List of postmodernist shows
edit- 30 Rock[1]
- Arrested Development[2][3]
- The Bachelor[4]
- Bob's Burgers[5]
- Breaking Bad[5]
- The Bullwinkle Show[6]
- Catfish[7]
- The Colbert Report[8][9]
- Community[10][11][5]
- Curb Your Enthusiasm[12]
- Ed, Edd and Eddy[5]
- Fallout[13]
- Family Guy[3][5]
- Fleabag[14]
- Freakazoid![15]
- Futurama[3]
- Hell on Wheels[16]
- Inventing Anna[17]
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia[3]
- The Larry Sanders Show[12][18]
- Magpie Murders[19]
- Miami Vice[20]
- Monty Python's Flying Circus[21]
- Mystery Science Theater 3000[22]
- Neon Genesis Evangelion[23]
- The Office[24]
- The Prisoner[25]
- Real Housewives[4]
- The Rehearsal[26]
- The Ren & Stimpy Show[6]
- Rick and Morty[27]
- Riverdale[28]
- RuPaul's Drag Race[29]
- Scrubs[3]
- Seinfeld[30][3]
- The Simpsons[31][6][3]
- The Singing Detective[32]
- The Sopranos[33]
- South Park[8][31][3]
- Space Ghost: Coast to Coast[34]
- Spartacus[35]
- SpongeBob SquarePants[36]
- Stranger Things[37]
- True Detective[38]
- The Twilight Zone[25]
- Twin Peaks[31][25][32]
- Vanderpump Rules[4]
- WandaVision[39]
- The X-Files[40][25]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ TV Finales FAQ – Google Books
- ^ 'Arrested Development' finds new life in the land of Netflix – Baltimore Sun
- ^ a b c d e f g h How Always Sunny Surpassed Seinfeld – Den of Geek
- ^ a b c IN PRAISE OF REALITY TV AS 'POSTMODERN ART PAR EXCELLENCE' – Brooklyn Magazine
- ^ a b c d e Postmodernism in Television — The Factory Times
- ^ a b c Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic's Art – Defining Our Terms|Animation World Network
- ^ These Reality TV Shows Are the Pinnacle of Trashy Fun – MovieWeb
- ^ a b Satire TV – Google Books (pg.135)
- ^ Is the US ready for a fictional president?|Celebrity|The Guardian
- ^ The Post-Modern Sitcom|Toronto Standard
- ^ Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love 'Community' – The New York Times
- ^ a b 'You Should See Yourself': Jewish Identity in Postmodern American Culture on JSTOR
- ^ Fallout and the Post-Modern Television Post-Apocalypse - Paste Magazine
- ^ The 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade – The New York Times
- ^ Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #260 Freakazoid! "Five Day Forecast/The Dance of Doom/Handman" and "Candle Jack/Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet/The Lobe" - Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
- ^ 'HELL ON WHEELS' IS BOTH A TACTICAL HOMAGE TO THE WESTERN GENRE AND A POSTMODERN PASTICHE|PopMatters
- ^ The 10 best TV shows of 2022 so far – BBC Culture
- ^ The Politics of Humor – Google Books
- ^ 'Magpie Murders' Review: A Postmodern Mystery on PBS – WSJ
- ^ The Postmodern Presence – Google Books (pgs.35–36)
- ^ How Monty Python's Mix of Postmodern Absurdity and Political Satire Influenced Shows Like 'Rick and Morty' – Laughing Squid
- ^ Cable's 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'|EW.com
- ^ On Evas and Angels: Postmodern Fantasy Devotion to Neon Genesis Evangelion|PopMatters
- ^ 'The Office': a postmodern success wraps up – Orange County Register
- ^ a b c d Strange TV: Innovative Series from The Twilight Zone to the X-Files – Google Books
- ^ Wilson, Jack (August 22, 2022). "'The Rehearsal' Blurs the Lines Between Reality and Simulation". Collider. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Rick and Morty Almost Swallows Itself in a Too Meta Midseason Premiere – Paste Magazine
- ^ In Defense of Riverdale|The Smart Set
- ^ The Perfectly Postmodern Reality TV of 'RuPaul's Drag Race – The Ringer
- ^ The world according to 'Seinfeld' No hugging, no learning. No aging, commitment or obligation. We've laughed at such postmodern sentiments for nine years. Is there anything wrong with that? – Baltimore Sun
- ^ a b c American TV Detective Dramas – Google Books (pg.36)
- ^ a b Eckart Voigts-Virchow (GieBen) "Goodbye suspense goodbye"? Postmodern TV Crime in The Singing Detective (1986) and Twin Peaks (1990–91) – cinetext
- ^ Postmodern laughs from the mob – The Boston Globe
- ^ Weirdest Space Ghost Guest Stars, Ranked – MovieWeb
- ^ Making sense of the bloodiest postmodern show on television, Spartacus - Slate Magazine
- ^ Kids' TV Grow Up – Google Books (pg.182)
- ^ Why Netflix's Teen Dramas Feel So Retro – The Atlantic
- ^ Best TV Shows Ever: Top 100 Television Programs – The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ A Sitcom Through the Ages: A Postmodern Review of Marvel's 'WandaVision'|LiveWire
- ^ The X-Files and the Aesthetics and Politics of Postmodern Pop on JSTOR