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Apocalyptic television programs


  • Here are entered works on television programs set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event. Works on television programs set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc., are entered under [Dystopian television programs.]
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    • Doomsday television programs
    • End-of-the-world television programs
    • Post-apocalyptic science fiction television programs
    • Post-apocalyptic television programs
    • Postapocalyptic science fiction television programs
    • Postapocalyptic television programs
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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat: 2015025520: Race, gender, and sexuality in post-apocalyptic TV and film, 2015.
    • found: Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993(subcategory under Science Fiction Film: SF Disaster Films. The two main species of SF disaster movies are the end-of-the-world films, involving some catastrophic upheaval due to natural, man-made, or extraterrestrial causes, and films dealing with post-holocaust situations in which remnants of Earth's population strive to make a go of it.)
    • found: Post-apocalyptic TV series and shows, via WWW, Dec. 2, 2010(The Post-Apocalyptic landscape is one of the staples of blockbuster sci-fi adventure films and, surprisingly frequently, television series, including the most current series, The Walking Dead, which features a zombified post-apocalyptic setting ... In movies and tv, in particular, there's a growing sub-genre of pre-apocalyptic storytelling. Generally these are stories that give us glimpses of the results of worldwide devastation and then, through the wonders of time travel, give our heroes the opportunity to prevent the oncoming devastation)
    • notfound: Yee, M.M. Moving image materials: genre terms, 1988
  • LC Classification

    • PN1992.8.A67
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on television programs set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event. Works on television programs set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc., are entered under [Dystopian television programs.]
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    • Note under [Dystopian television programs]
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    • 2015-07-14: new
    • 2020-06-17: revised
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