摘要

随着中国的经济文化的发展，与世界的联系越来越紧密。美国作为世界唯一的超级大国，在文化上也处于垄断的地位。美剧作为美国文化的重要载体，在中国受到广大人民的喜爱。美剧作为美国传播其价值观的主要手段，在当今世界和平演变愈演愈烈的大环境下，对美国文化价值观的传播起到推波助澜的重要作用。所以分析和研究美剧已成为当下的一个重要的领域。
在本文中，首先将美剧进行了初步的分类，并对每一种类别进行了初步的分析。当今的美剧主要有以下五个大类：肥皂剧，情景喜剧，情节系列剧，纪实类系列剧，脱口秀类系列剧。
其次，在介绍了美剧的基础上，还介绍了美国电视剧的最高奖项，艾美奖。在介绍艾美奖的同时，我们可以通过艾美奖的发展历程了解美剧的核心价值观。通过纷繁的美剧产业背后，了解整个美剧产业的核心思路。
本文中还有很多缺陷与不足，希望各位读者为了笔者的成长，能不吝赐教。

关键词：文化，美剧，分类，管理 

Abstract

With the China's economic and cultural development, more and more people take closely linked with the world. The United States as the world's only superpower has a monopoly in the cultural status. U.S. drama being as an important carrier of American culture in China is loved by the masses of people. American TV as the tool of the U.S. of peaceful evolution in the world today intensified the larger environment, the spread of American cultural values play a role in the region. Therefore, analysis and study of contemporary U.S. drama has become an important field.
In this article, first, we made a preliminary classification of the U.S. drama, and each class had a preliminary analysis. Today's U.S. drama mainly in the following four categories: soap operas, sitcoms, drama series, documentary category, talk Category drama series.
Upon completion of the United States play a preliminary classification of the future, in order to further standardize the Chinese American TV industry, to accelerate U.S. theater-related industries, have the effect of American TV's specification and improving management of views and suggestions to relevant managers and related experts to provide information.
The result of this thesis will be a supplement to the literature on American TV series and be able to provide some reference for the government.

Key words: Culture, the U.S. drama, classification, management