TV Female Foursomes and Their Fans

<p> <I>The Golden Girls Designing Women Living Single Sex and the City Girlfriends Cashmere Mafia</I> and <I>Hot in Cleveland</I> stand out as some of America's favorite television series. Their lovable female foursome characters engage in witty banter as they challenge American stereotypes about sex love family work and community.</p><p> These sitcoms and comedy-dramas live on as cable TV re-runs and through online fan communities demonstrating mass appeal across generations of women and men. Connecting fan commentary with analysis by television scholars this book explores the development of these series from the 1980s on with a focus on the role of fan cultures in reproducing these popular American shows.</p>