Derek Kompare is Assistant Professor of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published several articles on television history and genre, including his work on Nick at Nite, The Osbournes, and the "television heritage" of the 1970s.

• INTRODUCTION1. Industrializing Culture: The Regime of Repetition in the United States, 1790-19202. Transcribed Adventures: Radio and the Recording3. ® : Film on Early Television4. Familiarity Breeds Content: Reconfiguring Television in the 1960s and 1970s5. Our Television Heritage: Reconceiving Past Television6. Old Wine in New Bottles: Broadcast Rerun Syndication since the 1980s7. TV Land: Cable and Satellite as Boutique Television8. Acquisitive Repetition: Home Video and the Television HeritageCONCLUSIONNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHY

"In this compelling contribution to the field, Kompare argues that repetition, rather than liveness or presentness, is 'the primary structuring factor of commercial television in the United States.'"-- Sharon Sharp, Film Quarterly2006 SCMS Kovacs Book Award: Honorable Mention

Derek Kompare is Assistant Professor of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published several articles on television history and genre, including his work on Nick at Nite, The Osbournes, and the "television heritage" of the 1970s.

• INTRODUCTION1. Industrializing Culture: The Regime of Repetition in the United States, 1790-19202. Transcribed Adventures: Radio and the Recording3. ® : Film on Early Television4. Familiarity Breeds Content: Reconfiguring Television in the 1960s and 1970s5. Our Television Heritage: Reconceiving Past Television6. Old Wine in New Bottles: Broadcast Rerun Syndication since the 1980s7. TV Land: Cable and Satellite as Boutique Television8. Acquisitive Repetition: Home Video and the Television HeritageCONCLUSIONNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHY

"In this compelling contribution to the field, Kompare argues that repetition, rather than liveness or presentness, is 'the primary structuring factor of commercial television in the United States.'"-- Sharon Sharp, Film Quarterly2006 SCMS Kovacs Book Award: Honorable Mention

Derek Kompare is Assistant Professor of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He has published several articles on television history and genre, including his work on Nick at Nite, The Osbournes, and the "television heritage" of the 1970s.

• INTRODUCTION1. Industrializing Culture: The Regime of Repetition in the United States, 1790-19202. Transcribed Adventures: Radio and the Recording3. ® : Film on Early Television4. Familiarity Breeds Content: Reconfiguring Television in the 1960s and 1970s5. Our Television Heritage: Reconceiving Past Television6. Old Wine in New Bottles: Broadcast Rerun Syndication since the 1980s7. TV Land: Cable and Satellite as Boutique Television8. Acquisitive Repetition: Home Video and the Television HeritageCONCLUSIONNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHY

"In this compelling contribution to the field, Kompare argues that repetition, rather than liveness or presentness, is 'the primary structuring factor of commercial television in the United States.'"-- Sharon Sharp, Film Quarterly2006 SCMS Kovacs Book Award: Honorable Mention