Category: Comedy
IN DEFENCE OF CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP: THE PROBLEMATIC...
Posted by CSTonline | Oct 27, 2017 | Blogs, Game Shows, Sitcom, Transnational TV, UK TV | 0
ODE TO ADAM AND JOE by Richard Hewett
Posted by CSTonline | May 8, 2017 | Blogs, Box sets / DVD, Comedy, Commercial TV, UK TV | 0
IN DEFENCE OF CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP: THE PROBLEMATIC NATURE OF WORKING CLASS NOSTALGIA by Ross Garner
Oct 27, 2017 | Blogs, Game Shows, Sitcom, Transnational TV, UK TV | 0
N.B. Before reading this blog it is worth stating that my cultish sensibilities frequently draw me...
Read MoreCfP: The CW Network. Deadline: Aug 1, 2017
Jun 29, 2017 | CFP, CFPs, CFPs books/edited collections, Comedy, Commercial TV, Drama, Genres, production, US TV | 0
The CW network offers a compelling coming of age story reflective of its changing demographic. In...
Read MoreODE TO ADAM AND JOE by Richard Hewett
May 8, 2017 | Blogs, Box sets / DVD, Comedy, Commercial TV, UK TV | 0
A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Friday nights were (all too briefly) enlivened by a...
Read MoreWHEN TWO BECOMES ONE by Richard Hewett
Mar 24, 2017 | BBC, Blogs, Comedy, Cult TV/Sci Fi/Horror, Public Service Broadcasting, Sport, UK TV | 0
As this goes to press (can we say that about online materials?), series four of Line of...
Read MoreTHE NIGHTLY SHOW: WHO’S WATCHING? by Lyndsay Duthie
Mar 16, 2017 | Audience, Blogs, Comedy, Commercial TV, News, production, UK TV | 0
It was a bold scheduling move on the part of ITV, the UK’s main commercial television channel....
Read MoreWHERE HAVE ALL THE WRINKLES GONE? by Jamila Baluch
Contemporary media culture seems to suggest that it is unacceptable for a woman to look her age if...
Read MoreTEACHING GENRE USING NETFLIX by Jennifer O’Meara
Although Netflix’s approach to genre is different to those predominant in screen studies, the...
Read MoreThe wonderful world of the (Australian) web series by Sue Turnbull
Jan 20, 2017 | Blogs, Comedy, Social media, Web Series, Youtube | 0
Here’s the pitch. Game of Thrones meets Mad Max in a post-apocalyptic wilderness somewhere North...
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