Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural, social, and economic contexts in which they are created. The book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the shifting role of the CBC as Canadaâs public broadcaster, the dynamics of Canadaâs multicultural and multiracial audiences, and the function of televisionâs âstar system.â Foreword by The Globe and Mailâs television critic, John Doyle.