Traces the evolution of perceptions of 'Indians' in series television over 50 years. This book examines series including: "Radisson"; "Forest Rangers"; and "Spirit Bay". It analyses the narrative arcs, characterizations, dialogue and looks at how inflections of familiar genres like soaps and sitcoms shape both the series and viewers' expectations.

Taking the reader behind the cameras, Mary Jane Miller traces the history of television drama on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) English network over four decades. She combines interviews with forty CBC personnel with her own commentary to explore how programs were made and why.

In Outside Looking In: Viewing First Nations Peoples in Canadian Dramatic Television Series Mary Jane Miller traces the evolution of perceptions of Indians in series television over 50 years. The series examined are Radisson (1957); Forest Rangers and other childrens series in the 60s and early 70s; Beachcombers which shows Jesse Jim growing from teenager to husband and step father: Spirit Bay the first to have a First Nations cast; The Rez, a late 90s serio-comic look at young adults; the six seasons and five movies of North of 60 whose complex characters deal with stubborn problems like...