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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Genre Is Big Business on the Small Screen
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'In this article, the author discusses significance of genre filmmaking in television broadcasting, as of September 2016. He cites examples of genre films like the documentary "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation," which is a horror film, and the '"Griff the Invisible," and mentions that genres like horror, sci-fi and fantasy have always been prominent on the small screen. He notes that TV programs lower scrutiny than films, citing example of "Glitch and Cleverman."

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    y separately published work icon Metro Magazine no. 190 Spring 2016 10620995 2016 periodical issue 2016 pg. 124
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124 Genre Is Big Business on the Small Screensmall AustLit logo Metro Magazine
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  • Not Quite Hollywood Mark Hartley , 2008 single work film/TV
  • Griff the Invisible Leon Ford , 2010 single work film/TV
  • Cleverman Jon Bell , Jonathan Gavin , Ryan Griffen , Michael Miller , Jane Allen , Stuart Page , Justine Gillmer , 2016 series - publisher film/TV
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