We now disrupt this broadcast: how cable transformed television and the internet revolutionized it all / Amanda D. Lotz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Cable Transforms Television, 1996-2010; 1 Transformation, Then Revolution; 2 Cable?; 3 A Death Spiral?; 4 300 Channels, Why Is Nothing On?; 5 Cable's Image Problem; 6 The Long Road to Original Cable Series; 7 Cable's First Antihero; 8 OZ Locks Up Cable's New Strategy; 9 Seeds of Transformation; 10 The Death of Television! It's a Golden Age of Television!; 11 The Shield: Not Your Father's Cop Show; 12 Monk: Just Distinct Enough; 13 Cable's Rising Tide Doesn't Lift All Channels; 14 Cable Gets Real. 15 Mad Men Brings AMC Prestige but Loses Money16 The Walking Dead Redefines Cable Success and Strategy; 17 Cable Goes Global; 18 Watching Cable Before the Internet; 19 Distinction Fails; Major developments of the transformation: 1996-2016; Part Two: The Internet Revolutionizes Television, 2010-2016; 20 Seeds of the Revolution; 21 Netflix: Diabolical Menace or Happy Accident?; 22 Over the Top of What?; 23 TV Whenever, Wherever; 24 Cable under Pressure; 25 Game of Thrones Introduces the Global Blockbuster; 26 TV Goes Indie?; 27 The End of the Early Days. 28 Portals: The Beginning of the Middle Days29 The Unbundling Continues; 30 Signs of Failure; 31 A Vision of the Future; Conclusion: All We Need to Know About the Future of Television .