Through close textual analysis of an individual episode of an American television series of your choice, discuss how it either does, or does not, conform to the tenets of ‘Quality TV'. In addition, outline the problems/benefits that defining this series as ‘Quality TV' has, in other words, assuming your chosen series is ‘Quality TV', why is that significant?

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For this analysis I have chosen the series of Taken to find out whether it conforms to the tenets of ‘Quality TV'. Taken chronicles 50 years of alien abduction and government conspiracies, all circling around three families. The whole saga begins during World War II. We witness a bomber go down with its crew, who then miraculously all survive. But what follows is more terrifying than the crash. Crew member Russsell Keys is plagued by nightmares of the crash and when he learns that his fellow crewmen are dying he is plagued by much more.
Meanwhile, Sally Clarke is unhappily married with kids, a lonely woman......

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Title: Essay Of Series 'Taken'
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