Category: Blogs
CSTonline by Kim Akass
I am writing this blog with a heavy heart. After 21 years and 2,000 blogs I have taken the...
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‘If Women Don’t Find You Handsome, They Should At Least Find You Handy’: The Red Green Show, Canadianness and Subversive(?) Masculinities – by Melissa Beattie
In 1991, comedian (and trained engineer) Steve Smith debuted The Red Green Show (CBC, 1991-2006),...
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Diplomatic Risks: Yes, Minister – by Melissa Beattie
Like many academics who find themselves under a word limit, I recently found that there were a few...
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La Vie En Flique? Tropiques Criminels – By Melissa Beattie
An officer in a bit of disrepute arrives on an island which is a French Overseas Territory… No, I...
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Diplomatic Immunity?: Night Court – By Melissa Beattie
As I am certain many of you also do, I find myself revisiting television series that I enjoyed...
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The Immortal (Un?)Beloved by Melissa Beattie
Those of you who have been following my work for awhile may have realised that I have a certain...
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‘Plus ça Change, Plus c’est la Même Chose’?: CBC’s Saint-Pierre by Melissa Beattie
A police officer who has become unpopular in his home department is seconded to a small island...
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On Task, the Women are Robbed by Delanie Widdifield
Brad Ingelsby struck gold with Mare of Eastown (HBO, 2021), a small town mystery series helmed by...
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Slowness as Antidote in Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus by Sarah Lahm
I had been meaning to write something about the slowness of Pluribus (Apple TV+, 2025-present) for...
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Slow Television, Vivid Crime: Steven Zaillian’s Ripley and the Aesthetics of Duration by Sérgio Dias Branco
Steven Zaillian’s Ripley (2024), available on Netflix, arrives with the familiar signals of...
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Into the Sunset?: Night Manager, Series Two by Melissa Beattie
Timing does often seem to be everything, particularly when there is a very limited foreknowledge...
Read MoreTV in Mind by James Walters
What do television shows look like in our mind’s eye? Let me start with a personal experience. Two shows that I enjoyed immensely – Sex Education and The Mandalorian – seemed, to me at least, to have reached satisfying...
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