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Mass (or multiple) murder, a recurring theme in contemporary American television, has been depicted in innumerable crime dramas since the airing of Jack Webb’s relaunched police procedural Dragnet (NBC, 1967–70) and another of his shows applauded for its commitment to institutional authenticity and representational verisimilitude, Adam-12 (NBC, 1968–75), a half-century ago.
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Diffrient, D.S. (2023). ‘Homicidal Hams’ and ‘Psycho Clowns’: Serial Killer Humour in American Television Comedies. In: Fanning, S.E., O’Callaghan, C. (eds) Serial Killing on Screen. Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_10
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