Television Drama from Germany

Florian Krauß is a lecturer at the University of Siegen, Germany, and a freelance script editor. He has held visiting scholar positions at the universities of Bologna, Copenhagen and Utrecht and served as visiting professor at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, and as research associate at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Quality TV Drama: Fields of Research and Practitioners’ Perspectives.- 3. Drama Production in Networks: Starting Points, Methods and First Results.- 4. Germany’s Television Landscape: Actors and Production Areas.- 5. Financing and Distributing Television Drama: Economic Networks.- 6. Quality Drama as Transnational Expansion: Exports and Local Specifics.- 7. Contents and Forms of German TV Drama: Aesthetic and Narrative Styles and Criticisms.- 8. Quality TV and Its Production Cultures: Negotiations on Writing and Producing.- 9. To Be Continued: Conclusion and Outlook.