Black and Blue TV

Laurena Bernabo is an assistant professor of entertainment and media studies in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Introduction 1 1 BLM and DEI: On-and Off-Screen Diversity Initiatives 23 2 Early BLM Cop Shows (2013-2020): Adjusting to a New Normal 53 3 Post-Floyd TVPD: How Policing Is Broken and Why It Will Never Be Fixed 82 4 Beyond the Police Procedural: Black Lives Matter in Comedies and Dramas, Too 107 5 Beyond 2020: Or, Back to Business as Usual? 140 Acknowledgments 157 Notes 159 Index 000

"Black and Blue TV is a compelling and timely work that sheds new light on television's relationship to a particularly fraught moment in recent U.S. history. Stretching far beyond the boundaries of genre analysis, Laurena Bernabo's research engages deeply with the on-the-ground tensions within the television industry that enable and constrain meaningful calls for change. This is a terrific book that promises to be a touchstone for further research in television production studies." - Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, author of TV Cops: The Contemporary American Television Police Drama "Urgent and illuminating, Black and Blue TV offers a nuanced look at how television has responded to era-defining racial justice activism. Built on rare access to media professionals, Bernabo's production studies approach delivers incisive takes on how TV creators are grappling with their role shaping understandings of crime, justice, and race." - Lori Kido Lopez, author of Race and Digital Media: An Introduction