Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Screening Globally, Watching Locally
2. The Long Life of Crime - Lessons for Post-Network Television
3. Program Guide
Part One â" Watching Tatort since 1970
Part Two â" Watching German Crime Dramas on Netflix since 2017
Part I â" Network Television
1. History and Format of the Crime Series Tatort (Crime Scene) (ARD, 1970-)
o Innovating within the Tried and True
o Intersections of National, Regional, and Local Viewing
o Tatort-Tourism
o âClose to Realityâ
2. Following the Flow - The National News, Regional Crimes, and Global Literacy
3. Tatort Hamburg (NDR)
o âRechnen Sie mit dem Schlimmsten!â (Worst-Case Scenario, NDR, September 24, 1972)
o âVoll auf Hassâ (Committed to Hate, NDR, November 8, 1987)
o âAuf der Sonnenseiteâ (On the Sunny-Side, NDR, October 26, 2008)
4. Tatort Berlin (SFB/RBB)
o âKeine Tricks, Herr B¼lowâ (No Tricks, Mr. B¼low, RBB/SFB, May 28, 1989)
o âBerlin, beste Lageâ (Berlin, Top Location, RBB, January 10, 1993)
o âEine ehrliche Hautâ (An honest Skin/Man, RBB, January 4, 2004)
5. Tatort Leipzig/Dresden (NDR/MDR)
o âTaxi nach Leipzigâ (Taxi to Leipzig, NDR, November 29, 1970)
o âJetzt und Allesâ (Now and Everything, MDR, July 31, 1994)
o âTodesstrafeâ (Death Penalty, MDR, May 25, 2008)
6. Part One Conclusion
Part II - Netflix
1. Introduction â" Part Two
o Converging on Crime
o Netflix and the German Mediascape
o From Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) to Babylon Berlin (Netflix/Sky/ARD, 2017-)
o Fernsehfilm, Limited Series, and Period Drama
o Unofficial U.S. Format Adaptations and Cultural Authenticity
o Transnational Casting and Production Practices
2. Crime Time: Dark (Netflix 2017-2020)
o Dark Synopsis
o Transmedia Families
o Time-Shifting as a Post-Network Formal and Narrative Device
o Experimenting with Television â" The Bunker/Childrenâs Room
o The Modular Architecture of Post-Network Crime Dramas
3. Relational Memory: Perfume (Netflix 2018)
o Switching Channels - Domestic Rivals on Netflix
o ZDF Crime Series
o Perfume Synopsis
o Waxing Nostalgic â" Perfume, Post-Memory, and Restorative Nostalgia
o Peripheral Adjacencies â" Welcome to Fargo, Germany
o Relational Memory and Micro Flows in Transmedia Television
o Abandoned Futures and Ruined Pasts
4. Watching National Television on Netflix: Dogs of Berlin (Netflix 2018-)
o Dogs of Berlin Synopsis and Narration
o Dogs of Berlin - An Unofficial Tatort Adaptation on Netflix
o Reproducing the East as Homeland
o Violent Crime as Authentication Factor
o âKaiserwarteâ â" Surveilling Bodies in Motion
o Transmedia Migration as White Male Privilege
o The Illusion of Liveness - Watching Soccer with Neo Nazis
5. Part Two Conclusion
Bibliography
Index