Category: Blogs
DRUNK HISTORY by Andrew J. Salvati
Incongruity, Immanuel Kant once observed, is an essential element of humor. “In everything that is...
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COUNTRY MUSIC, LIL NAS X, AND THE ‘OLD TOWN ROAD’ CONTROVERSY by Gary R. Edgerton
Well to me it [country music] is soul music. It’s probably white man’s soul music. And it comes...
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REALITY TV: TENDER TELEVISION, ‘TRASH’ TELEVISION AND THE DUTY OF CARE TOWARDS PARTICIPANTS by Sarah Arnold
A few years ago a colleague suggested that I watch an unusual television programme about people...
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WATCHING MURDER FOR COMFORT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME??! by Elke Weissmann
There is a lot of talk about mental well-being at the moment, and it’s great to see that we also...
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A WEEK WITHOUT TELEVISION by Kerr Castle
What could be simpler than a week without TV? The idea of avoiding television completely – whether...
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WHY DO WE LOVE SOAPS? THE RELEVANCE OF SERIALIZED CONTENT PRODUCTION by Manuel José Damásio
When I started working for the soap operas production industry in Portugal I was always a little...
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SAVED BY THE SCHEDULE (AGAIN) by Richard Hewett
The broadcast schedule has been much on my mind of late – and not just because, at the time of...
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THE FOXTROT OF COMEDY DRAMA – SLOW, SLOW, QUICK, QUICK, SLOW – DON’T FORGET THE DRIVER by Tom Nicholls
How to write about a television programme that you love and that has even moved you to tears? Many...
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DOES NOT COMPUTE – WHY WE MUST FAIL TO DISCONNECT FROM NETFLIX by Bärbel Goebel Stolz
First of all, let me start with a personal note. I am a compulsive organizer. My desk space in...
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WATCHING ITV WHEN YOU COULDN’T GO SHOPPING by Jonathan Bignell
In the Summer of 1994, it became legal for shops to open on Sundays. Until then, the British...
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POPULISM AND EMPTY LIBERALISM IN BBC’S MOTHERFATHERSON by Danny Nicol
The British Broadcasting Corporation was established, and continues to operate, partly to fashion...
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LESS TALK, MORE ACTION: SPEEDING UP THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IN NETFLIX’S BLACK SUMMER by Stella Gaynor
Fast, frenetic and a breath of fresh air from the drawn out soul searching in other zombie...
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